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According to the new video game’s creators, Herobeat Studios, this dystopic yet familiar burnt landscape is entirely intentional. They’re eerily reminiscent of the Black Summer fires of 2019–2020 – which tore through more than 24 million hectares of Australian bushland, killing an estimated one billion animals along the way. The opening scenes from Endling: Extinction is Forever are confronting. All of them are woefully unprepared for what comes next. She manages to limp her way to a cave where she collapses, birthing four little cubs. Later, as she attempts to navigate her way down a cliff, a moose races through the haze with its antlers on fire, startling the vixen who falls and injures herself. The smoke is suffocating as she begins to dig beneath a fallen tree, searching for a way out. Amongst the carnage, a fox streaks through the foliage, frantically trying to find safety. If one came close to death, I quickly learned to carry it so it wouldn’t fall behind, and then I ran to find food as soon as possible.Red and yellow flames lick the sky and engulf the forest. When one of my cubs died, I booted right back out to the main screen and made sure I prioritised getting my little buddies fed when I reloaded my save. It turns out I haven’t changed much from my childhood when I would cheat in those retro choose your own adventure books and flip back to the previous page if I made the wrong decision. Your poor little fox kits can die if you’re not a capable mama fox and don’t ensure they get fed regularly, leaving you to continue the game with fewer mouths to feed. It wasn’t until later that I realised what this feature truly achieved - by taking the time to pick how each one looks, they feel more ‘yours’, making it sting a little more when one of them dies. Near the start of Endling - Extinction is Forever, the fox you control gives birth to four adorable kits, and you can customise each one by cycling through different skins.

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