Merscom to Create New Hidden Object Franchise, Coyotes Tale

July 23, 2008

Merscom
to Create New Hidden Object Franchise, Coyote’s Tale

From the team that developed
Blood Ties

Merscom announced at Casual Connect
Seattle it will be launching an original hidden objects franchise, with the
first title, Coyote’s Tale: Fire and Water, scheduled for launch in Q3 2008.
Coyote’s Tale: Fire and Water is the brainchild of Matt Shetler, Merscom’s
Producer for the Blood Ties project, and is being developed by GO! Games, the
Siberian developer who also developed Blood Ties.

Coyote’s Tale: Fire and Water begins
with two sisters vacationing in Mexico. But what was supposed to be a pleasant
time is interrupted by a torrential thunderstorm, and the two women soon become
caught in a mythical adventure lead by Coyote, an ancient storytelling god. The
sisters set out to help restore balance to an unstable universe, but cryptic
warnings about a mysterious betrayer suggest that something more sinister is at
work.

Key Features include:

  • Animated and atmospheric
    environments

  • Two playable characters offering
    different play styles and storylines

  • Unique story based on Aztec
    mythology

  • Beautiful visual style inspired by
    Mesoamerican art

  • Multiple mini-games

  • Variety of hidden object modes

  • In-game tutorial seamlessly
    integrated into the story

  • Reward system that affects game
    play

“Matt did such a great job with
Blood Ties, we wanted to give him the freedom to take his ideas and imagination
to the next level,” explained Lloyd Melnick, Chief Customer Officer at Merscom,
“Coyote’s Tale represents an original IP that we think has the potential to be
one of the next big hidden object franchises.”