Night in the Woods releases on iOS

Night in the Woods has just gone live on iOS, completely unannounced. This is the game’s first mobile port, while it has already been released on a variety of other platforms since its initial release in 2017.

Night in the Woods on iOS is $5.99, making it by far the most affordable method to play. It’s only 2.1 GB in size, which is much less than the preceding releases.

Night in the Woods makes a sneaky appearance on Apple Store

The mobile port was announced last year, but little has been heard about its progress since then. The debut was completely unannounced before it went live on the Apple App Store today, with fans simply noting that it had been there.

The developer behind this long-awaited port detailed the process of getting it functioning on iOS in a tweet thread, noting that it had been a challenging task. “I’ve been working on this for, quite literally, years“, he remarked. “I’ve developed new approaches for compressing the incredible number of sprites the game uses so that it can fit into a phone. I’ve given three GDC talks about it. It’s been my project for half a decade“.

I am absolutely thrilled to announce that Night in the Woods is now available for iOS devices. You can go and get it. You can go play it today. https://t.co/97Km5ntPTo

Developer Scott Bensontweeted a stream of comedy commercials for the port after the game was released in this new version. The game is shown running on an antique Nokia as well as a 1990s office phone in the commercials.

ad for the 2004 NITW iOS port 😬 pic.twitter.com/CUu4NOIDuH

What Night in the Woods is about

For those of you who haven’t read it yet; Night in the Woods follows Mae Borowski, a 20-year-old college dropout who returns home to live with her parents. The storey deals with mental illness, particularly depression; as well as capitalism and the demise of labour unions and small companies. This is told through Mae’s re-discovery of her hometown and how much it has changed since she was a youngster, as well as the revelation of its dark secrets.

Night in the Woods is available on the PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, PC, and iOS platforms.

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