The Endless Forest

The Endless Forest is a multiplayer online game for Microsoft Windows by Belgian studio Tale of Tales. In the game, the player is a deer in a forest without direct goals or the ability to chat with other players. Pictograms above player's heads represent their names. Players communicate with one another through sounds and body language. The player begins the game as a fawn. In a little over a month, the deer grows up and becomes a stag. Common activities include exploring the forest, eating, drinking water, and sleeping under trees. There are also social activities that deer commonly engage in, such as dancing, pool parties, hide and seek, and tag. Abiogenesis is a mechanic that allows the developers to intervene directly on the game environment, and allows them to change things in real time. It is an event that either happens randomly, or is organized in advance.