page_title: Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest
section_title: Synopsis
hierarchical_section_title: Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest / Synopsis
caption_attribution_description: Białowieski Park Narodowy
context_page_description: Werewolf: The Apocalypse – Heart of the Forest is an upcoming visual novel role-playing video game developed by Different Tales and published by Walkabout Games, planned for release in Q4 2020 for Linux, MacOS, and Microsoft Windows. It is based on White Wolf Publishing's tabletop role-playing game Werewolf: The Apocalypse, and is part of the larger World of Darkness series.
  The player takes the role of Maia Boroditch, an American woman of Polish descent, who has recurring nightmares about a forest and wolves, and travels to Białowieża in Poland to learn about her family history and investigate the primeval Białowieża Forest. The gameplay is text-based, and consists of reading narration while making decisions that affect the story's direction and Maia's personality. Actions consume rage and willpower resources, and affect what actions can be performed in the future.
  The game is designed by Jacek Brzeziński and Artur Ganszyniec, and is themed around anger and activism in times of climate change and ecological disasters, portrayed through werewolf myths, and taking influence from Polish werewolf legends.
context_section_description: The story is set in Poland, in the World of Darkness, and has the player take the role of Maia Boroditch, a 24-year-old American woman of Polish descent. She has recurring nightmares of a forest, wolves, and blood, and feels a connection to the forest that drives her to travel to Białowieża in Poland to investigate and learn about her family history. There, she meets the guide Daniel, fellow student Anya, and the local resident Bartek, and explores the Białowieża Forest, one of the last remaining primeval forests in Europe, visiting sacred spots including an ancient burial site, an abandoned wolf den, and a ceremonial place of power.
caption: Maia travels to the Białowieża Forest, one of the last European primeval forests.
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