Mundaun: Porting a Hand-Penciled Horror World to Console

Mundaun, a hand-penciled horror game by Hidden Fields, ported to PS4 and Xbox One by Sickhead Games

Title: Mundaun
Release Date: 2021
Developer: Hidden Fields
Publisher: MWM Interactive
Platforms: PlayStation 4, Xbox One
Engine: Unity

Mundaun is a first-person folk horror adventure from Michel Ziegler, the sole founder of Hidden Fields, set in a dark and isolated valley of the Swiss Alps. Sickhead handled the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ports, both shipping day-and-date with the PC release. That simultaneous launch meant running two separate console certification pipelines in parallel, each with its own submission requirements and hardware targets, while coordinating directly with a one-man studio. Hidden Fields is exactly the kind of developer that benefits most from a porting partner: Ziegler spent seven years building this game largely alone, and handing off the console work meant he wasn’t also navigating PS4 and Xbox One platform requirements at the finish line.


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