{"rewrite":{"id":"r_2f5971df4334c6a8ef99054f","clusterId":"c_8ddf783e7cd4d98ffa3681a0","slug":"team17-releases-silver-pines-a-rotoscope-survival-horror","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Team17 Releases Silver Pines, A Rotoscope Survival Horror","summary":"Team17 has released Silver Pines, a Metroidvania-style survival horror game from developer Wych Elm. The 2.5D title uses hand-drawn rotoscope animation and a neo-noir look. Players control private detective Red Walker, searching the small American town of Silver Pines for a missing musician named Eddie Velvet. New clues and items expand movement through locked doors and hidden passages. Ammunition and healing items are limited, and revolver reloads use QTEs. It is out now for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2.","whyItMatters":"A publisher of Team17's size putting its weight behind a rotoscope-animated Metroidvania horror game gives the format a retail-scale release rather than a niche one.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe game is built around scarcity rather than combat flow. Ammunition and healing items are resources to manage, and reloading a firearm such as the revolver runs through a QTE, so the act of staying armed carries its own risk.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWych Elm\u0026#39;s town opens the way a Metroidvania map does. Clues and items acquired along the route widen what Walker can reach, and the map is stocked with locked doors and hidden passages. Monsters patrol the way through, with bosses at the larger stops. The 2.5D presentation uses hand-drawn rotoscope animation under a neo-noir aesthetic, and the search for Eddie Velvet drives the route.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Silver Pines ships with hand-drawn rotoscope animation, a technique that forces every frame through an artist's hand. Wych Elm chose that cost over a faster pipeline for a Metroidvania where reloads are QTEs.","twitterPost":"Silver Pines pairs hand-drawn rotoscope animation with QTE revolver reloads, so Wych Elm's art pipeline and combat timing share the same frame-by-frame cost.","threadsPost":"Silver Pines launches with hand-drawn rotoscope animation, meaning Wych Elm's artists redrew the movement for every frame rather than rigging it. Pairing that with QTE revolver reloads puts the game's costliest art choice and its tightest combat input on the same frame-by-frame budget.","newsletterBlurb":"Team17 has released Silver Pines, a Metroidvania-style survival horror game developed by Wych Elm. It uses hand-drawn rotoscope animation and a neo-noir aesthetic, with private detective Red Walker searching the town of Silver Pines for a missing musician named Eddie Velvet. Ammunition and healing items are limited and revolver reloads run through QTEs. It is available now for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, and Nintendo Switch 2.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/09/173404.html\",\"title\":\"Hand-drawn Rotoscope Metroidvania-style Survival Horror 'Silver Pines' Released\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4171,"outputTokens":669,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791508930,"createdAt":"2026-10-09T01:16:29.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-09T01:21:06.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T01:21:06.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_8ddf783e7cd4d98ffa3681a0","canonicalTitle":"手描きロトスコープ採用のメトロイドヴァニア風サバイバルホラー『Silver Pines』リリース","representativeArticleId":"a_32be93a8077d8b8aa3c40488","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Silver Pines\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"release\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-09T00:30:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-09T00:30:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-09T01:21:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/09/173404.html","title":"手描きロトスコープ採用のメトロイドヴァニア風サバイバルホラー『Silver Pines』リリース"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Silver Pines"],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"release","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}