Book of Travels - Open World Sandbox Merchant RPG 

I remember getting a few hundred hours into Skyrim and fallout 3 and realizing: I’m not a brave adventurer, I’m a traveling vendor for various merchants.

This game is perfect for me. And I would probably never find it myself. Thank you, you beautiful bastard.

What an authentic concept for a game. Its so well executed too. I hope this game gets more attention.

What a beautiful art style this game has, lovely.

reminds me a lot of that game Journey that came out ages ago on the ps3. you'd travel the sands as a little person of some kind in a cloak and you would sometimes cross games with other players as they would show up in your game naturally. from there you could choose to progress together or just part ways as you saw fit. minimal emote style interactions too. I really liked that game a lot

"Everywhere you go, there was some kind of interesting thing happening, and then you talk to somebody and they're all like 'ugh, my cousin's late! I don't know where he's at. He was coming in along the southeast road' and then like obviously you get the challenge like 'okay I'm gonna go walk the southeast road'. And then you find the guy and he says that he dropped his lockbox somewhere in the woods, and then like now you're exploring the woods for the lockbox. And then you bring the lockbox back, and then he goes and meets with his cousin and you've *changed* something in the world." Basically this is a game of nothing but sidequests, and I love it.

This seems like the kind of game that reminds me of that Playstation game 'Journey'. I wishlist it and will wait till full release. Though I'll admit, watching the game makes me super sleepy and relaxed. A way different vibe than the other games of today.

We appreciate your hard work Matt. Always pulling for you. Get some rest from streaming

As someone who spent hours fishing in WoW for a sense of relaxation this game looks like my dream. Going to to have to pick this one up!

I think the word you're looking for to explain the trade portion is "Barter"

Wow, I love the way the graphics look. I love how the character walks and travels through the world. I love the concept of trading in place of conventional money. The Might and Delight devs have made some clever fascinating games.

oh my god, this is literally walking around a painting! It's gorgeous

If you check the Dev's background on Steam...over the past several years they have already developed and published several games like this before either in design and/or artwork, world build and lores. It seems that a buildup of work that culminates into this TMORPG. I have a good feeling that it will develop well. They are unlike others who promises a lot yet lack any precursor products. Also from the high positive reviews and sales of their previous products, I'm assuming that they are also solvent, financially capable to carry it through.

This game is actually out?? I remember seeing this in a Kickstarter some years back. Definitely going to check this out!

The music on the character creation screen is STUNNING ! So deep and well designed

Interesting. I learned the vellan language from someone else as part of a questline. Your luck with the loot is nuts. Ive been wandering around with a backpack full of garbage for hours lol. I hope the devs are able to achieve the incredible premise of the game. I tend to throw my money at things like this because its stuff the big studios would never even attempt.

feeling kenshi and outward vibes from this, looks beautiful too

This looks absurdly addicting :D THANKS for bringing it to our attention!

This looks absolutely breathtakingly beautiful

The composition of this game is incredible! The entire opening sequence is so beautiful, from the artwork to the voice over to the general ambiance. Thank you for showing it off!

Just a correction on the multiplayer part: you play on shared servers, but they're incredibly small numbers. It's been about 5 or 7 people in the beta so far. So you usually won't see people except in towns or if you're playing with a friend

Fuck, this is absolutely lovely! It's wonderful when games lean into an art style. 💕

What a cool game. Considering how different, and chill the game is compared to the norm, it’s very encapsulating. Kind of like active storytelling, but not. Very cool.

I remember seeing this on kickstarter way back, glad to see this one made it out of production

Im captivated by the idea of this game. I hope they keep working on it!

This just seems like such a relaxing game. I would have never even found it if you didn't post this!!! Thank you

I love the look of the game. Very gentle on the eyes, like a moving watercolor painting.

Casting spells by rope tying is one of the most creative things I've ever heard.

"you can be a legendary spellcaster if you can make tea that keep people not tired and awaken" that's basically a drug lord's definition

Yet another reason to love you and your channel Splatt' Such games are all too rare and such a breeze of fresh air.

This game looks so relaxing and I can imagine it will be very rewarding to get your character to level up and go far

It really is quite beautiful. Much love to the artist/artists. I really enjoy the mechanics as well. Very cool interpretation of magic.

Such a cool game! I'd love to see a let's play series.

I just want to say with my time playing the book of travels it was weird to get accustomed to the new style of play but I am use to playing the patient game so I gave it some time to sink in and every bit of it was new, the people I meet really did have an impact and even though communication was limited it reminds me of when I try to speak a different language, I can barely understand but I got the jest 😅. The impact of actually meeting someone is surprising and what’s cool is you’ll want to find someone even if it for a while because 4 arms is better then two when you’re lifting a bolder.

Looks really interesting, finally a unique concept and game I would want to play. The fast talker trait funnily fits too.

That concept of random players jumping in and out of your game reminds me of journey

This game reminds me of another "trading" game Splatt covered awhile back, of the ttRPG Ryuutama, and of The Banner Saga. The covered game was your character taking over a business from her(?) parent(s) and had a kind of cartoony art style, and looked very interesting. Ryuutama is a Japanese ttRPG that is commonly described as "Hayao Miyazaki's Oregon Trail" and is a collaborative storytelling game (and would probably make an amazing video game). This one looks nice and relaxing. That tea and knot magic are in here really speaks to the laid-back feel of this game; as both are refined and storied traditions in real life. Splatt keeps mentioning "becoming part of the world" and it makes me hope that there's some amount of response from the game itself as you adventure. NPCs mentioning your (and other player's) name/nickname, and the events you are a part of, as you level up. I'd find that _extremely_ satisfying.

I like the art, but it seems a little too camouflaged to me. Everything blends in a little too well and makes it hard to tell important objects from background.

When you open the game, you see "Twelve Minutes" then the letters go away one by one and you are left with a small word. But not always the same. You can be left with "Lies" or with "Ten". Ten is probably a hint to make you realize that your loops are ten minutes long, not 12. It can make you wonder what you have to do to get those 2 extra minutes.

What a lovely game. I could watch you play this for hours

The way the overall mechanics function makes this game seem a lot like a pseudo-fantasy version of the “Red Paperclip Social Experiment.” Loving the art style too, absolutely gorgeous game.

Interesting game that will be fun for anyone who likes wandering, curious. and just making their own stories. The art is also really beautiful.

When that narration started after character building is thought, “damn that’s slow talking” and I’m already watching on 1.25 speed.

Splatty, you're the best. The way you break down a game is excellent. :)

This looks really cool. I think I'd have a greater appreciation for it if you saw your equipment on your character, but this does look like something I'd want to give a try once I get a PC, nonetheless.

Oh man do I love the art style! Seems quite unique. I was thinking that as soon as you were selecting the "form", but the moment you actually loaded in...

ahhh ive had my eye on this game since it's announcement! really hope i can get it soon. seems so beautiful and unique!

the man starts narrating the story and i am simply✨IMMERSED✨

That reference to Caramon Majere took me by surprise. I see you're a man of culture.

Splat: The Bus Boy is Coming!!!! Me: Who? Splat: The Bus Boy!! Me: Why should I care? Spalt: He's here to clean your table!!! And steal your dishes!!! Run!!!

I really like the art style (they always excel in this area with all their past games) and the gameplay mechanics seem interesting. I'm gonna keep an eye out for this for sure

Heey! I really like the way, how you playing this Game. You read everthing, speak with everyone. A true explorer... I would happily watch a series from your travels :D

I like the idea of gaining "knowledge" instead of XP/EXP or "experience". After all, what is experience but knowledge?

You somehow always manage to find the games whose art styles stick in my memory long after the video has gone up. I find I'll come across something years later, long after I've forgotten already, and just seeing it once will send my memories back to when you posted the video where I saw it first haha.

The thing im most impressed about is how well you read lol That being said, the game looks awesome

Magical tea that makes people stay up for days? We are cooking meth, arent we?

as an absolute lorefiend that cares a lot about good worldbuilding and immersion, this looks super intriguing!! It's still early access, I hope they find a good following where this can get really off the ground and get the bugs ironed out

Sometimes I love youtube recommendations... you sir gained a sub, and this game looks really interesting.

The dragon lance reference made me subscribe instantly

9:40 "The Bus Boy arriving in town." Is that a reference to the 1965 movie, "Bus Riley's Back in Town"?

Drangonlance reference... nice. This is going straight on my Steam wishlist. It looks like a game I could totally lose myself in.

Collecting, exploring, wandering. This is EXACTLY my kind of game! YES!

Some might say this game is too much like work, but I would say it's knot work.

I've been having so much fun with this game.

You don't get xp, you get knowledge Hold up, wait a minute, is that real life

Holy shit I had no idea this existed. I want this so bad. I’m not big on playing Early Access, personally, though I appreciate what it can do for a game. I think it’s overall usually a good thing. I just prefer to play the game when it’s mostly finished. I hope this isn’t stuck in Early Access for too long. I wanna play! Edit: oh, no. It looks like they just fired more than half of their devs…

Ah this reminds me of an old Elder Scrolls title or something. I miss games where everything is not entirely clear right from the get go.

The way multiplayer works reminds me of Journey. I saw this on the switch Store yesterday, and this video popped up for me today. I am intrigued!

Remember seeing this on Kickstarter and couldn’t find it again

The word you may be searching for is 'barter.'

Oh man, you had me at isolated and alone!

Love the artstyle, just wish they made it singleplayer and offline.

So this is The Red paperclip 📎 the game. From what I heard in the intro explanation.

12:07 - where actual gameplay starts.

Definitely wish listed. It makes me think of a MMOish version of Thousand Threads.

Man I wish the streamers I like watched this channel

this is definitely my kind of game but I feel it might take a few practice tries to get into it I love role playing, but it has to be...right. and I feel this has just the right mechanics and atmosphere to be "right" I feel like you really get to create your own person, and not in a way where it relies on you to come up with everything which is hard for me, but also not too little where all you get to choose is your name and how you look which then it feels too fake of a character this has just enough story elements, where you can live what your traits are etc, where its a perfect middle between creating a character from scratch and creating a character within an established environment like, I can see myself being able to come up with background bc its not just going off of 1 race which comes with its own history and lore. it's choosing from a bunch of different puzzle pieces and I get to fill in the blanks of my unique puzzle that likely no one else will have exactly but yeah this game feels a little intimidating with the permadeath, that makes me a little anxious bc I know if I love the character I create It will be hard or even impossible to start up a new one if I die but if I can try a demo and see, I might find that I'm OK with dying if I do. idk. it definitely stands out, and feels like it's worth the risk of anxiety, because I think even getting in one good long game play would be worth the money even if I don't want to play again after dying kind of excited for this and most likely going to get, if not full price then on sale edit: I get anxious over continuous time too, unless there's no consequences. I hate feeling like I have to stick to it and it leads to obsession. so I'd like to know how much consequence there is to missing a day or whatnot

I would love to look into this game farther ^^

Listening to him say "Cuppa" lol

Digging the character creation music.

Permadeath and other people can enter your game, what could possibly go wrong?

I saw the thumbnail and it immediately made me think of the art style from the shelter series even though it's not quite that. neat to hear it's by the same developers

my only concern with the game is the interactions that require more than 1 player, if there aren't any other players on your server, or there are and you never run into them, you're kind of locked out of some of the more interesting content.

I was on the fence whether to buy this game or not.. what sold me was the fact that the character model wears a backpack. The one thing I truly hate about (MMO)RPGs is that you have an inventory system but you can't equip visible backpacks on your character...

I really like the idea of a game like this. Love this channel for shining light on so many good indie projects!

Cardamon majere. Wow, there's a blast from the past. This looks a very tempting game.

As soon as you finished explaining the mechanics, I thought of the mobile game The Trail

What an absolutely gorgeous game. Reminds me of Pyre. Keep up the great work Splatty. You're my favorite streamer of all time. I call you Splatterwaffle for some reason.

I watched 2 mins of the game and was instantly sold, I need to get it!

would love it if it was offline singleplayer

This really _is_ something different. Thanks Splatt!

YOU make games interesting! I bought it and it doesn't hold a candle to watching you play it!

u said its a lil strange game but honestly it looks like the best take on rpg and mmo for me

It has midevilish trading but no currency values that differ based on rulers changing, the relationship between their source and the country you are in, and the relative value of their base metals? Pshhh. I'll still try it, but that seems kinda stepped down instead of up.

This game is making me so excited and I'm pretty jaded. Thanks for the tip, Splat!

26:50 Every one likes certainteas' in all pursuits :P

check back in on this one Splatty!

Don't know if you've ever played the old snes game "Romancing Saga" but, that non-linear immersive feeling you kept trying to describe gave me such nostalgic feels towards the game. Would not be surprised if there was some influence!

Looks interesting. I could use a light cozy game, even if it's got perma-death.

and then one day you're without the Internet and you can't play. Great idea, looking forward to it.