The Silent Swan
The Silent Swan is a relaxed and slow first-person narrative experience that combines the open levels formula with mechanics of a walking simulator. The game follows Mirov, whom, after waking up seventeen years into the future, enters The Land Beyond the Walls in search of the past he left behind. Throughout the game Mirov will gradually near the bed of the calamity that struck his home, and get closer to the truths he is determined to unearth, while a strange uneasiness warns him he best walk back.
The levels the player will traverse are megalithic urban areas, much larger and expansive than there is any need for, which the player will cross following different objectives, as the story gradually unravels around them.
The Silent Swan is the story of two cities: Urzhum and Sernur; of two conflicts: past and future; and of two people; Selene and Mirov.
The Silent Swan is the debut videogame of Praenaris. It began development as a university project entitled Project Circenses in late 2020. Originally thought as an oversized walking simulator to showcase the 3D work of the team, it ballooned into the game it now is after joining the PlayStation Talents program.
Release date: November 3rd 2023.