Image via Safe Flight Games and GameWorks Ventures
Sigono, Safe Flight Games, GameWorks Ventures and Shueisha shared an update on Project Salon, an upcoming pixel art and beastfolk barber adventure game about running a salon for furry characters. This is the first time Signono is tied to the title as a publisher. The Steam page is live for the PC title and there are now three screenshots offering looks at the title. [Thanks, 4Gamer!]
In Project Salon, players act as a barber who cuts the hair (or fur) of certain customers that can include humans or the furry style beastfolk. The three initial screenshots show two potential customers, with one possibly being an orc-like character with horns and bear ears and the other a dragon with two heads. The official art also shows the player character, who seems to be human, working on a cat-like person while a bear, mouse, and unicorn wait their turn.
The three screenshots hint at how gameplay might work in the title. In one, we see the two-headed dragon Varo speaking. This seems to be a phase in which the customer tells us what type of haircut they might want. The two dragons both have long hair as they look at us from the barber mirror. This hints at the atmosphere in the game, as Varo’s quote reads, “Under current laws, only I count as a person. My brother is considered an organ.” A follow-up screenshot for them shows them both with shorter hair and a zoomed-in section of a knot being cut out of their hair. In another, we see us helping with the other customer and getting to choose what the front and back of her hair will look like. There are three options for each and the hint suggests what her response could be and said, “She should be happy with any of these… if she even has a preference.” It also shows there are up to three preview options or someone could just cut.
Here are the three screenshots:
Project Salon is currently in development for PCs, though there’s no release date or official name for the beastfolk barber game yet.