FOLK COLLECTOR

Folk Collector is an open-world RPG in development by Theo Passingham, an audio-visual artist, folk musician and game designer working across sound, immersive media and performance.

The game explores traditional folk song and melody through a vast interactive world, asking how folk traditions are collected, remembered and reimagined. Rather than treating folk music as something fixed in an archive, Folk Collector imagines it as something living, playable and evolving.

Music is at the heart of the game. Traditional songs, melodies and stories will shape the world, characters and ways that players interact with it.

CURRENTLY IN DEVELOPMENT

Folk Collector is being developed through a series of playable prototypes funded by an Arts Council England grant and A-N grant.

Each prototype tests different aspects of the future game's mechanics, music, visual language and world. Folk Collector is currently in early development. Feedback, ideas and conversations are welcome.

Explore the Prototypes
Animated illustration of a fox standing on grass in a forested area with trees and a waterfall in the background, under a blue sky.

Play!

PASSWORD: ilovefolk

A cartoon illustration of Winnie the Pooh walking on a green grassy hill with pink blossoms around him.

Run the Tune

A pixelated 3D-style fox with red fur, black nose, and upright ears standing on green grass in a forest setting with trees and small green creatures in the background.

Drey

A cartoon-style digital scene of a grassy field with a mountain and cloudy sky in the background. There is a humanoid animal character with orange fur, wearing a beige outfit, standing outdoors facing two other characters. One character is a large, stylized gray and white creature with a dark chest, and the other is a small gray creature with a round face and pointed ears. The small character has a message box with the word "Interact" and the letter "E" in it.

Finding Folk