Resolute Bay - Behind the Name

Surprisingly (or perhaps not), coming up with a game name is quite tough.

My criteria:

• Something memorable
• Easy to pronounce
• Not too similar to an existing game
• Ideally have a subtle horse connection

I went back and forth on it for a long time before settling on something so I could get on with putting the Steam page up. Cue not so subtle wishlist now_plea 🙏!_

So why Resolute Bay?

For the horsey folks, a Bay looks something like this:

Photo by Elisa Pitkänen / Unsplash

For everyone else, this is probably what comes to mind:

Photo by Iswanto Arif / Unsplash

No, not Bae...

One of the main game mechanics revolves around maintaining your resolve while depleting your opponent's until they back down. Kind of like health in most other games. So to win, our Bay needs to stay Resolute 💪.

A Resolute Bay fending off a Black Bear

And why is our Resolute Bay fending off bears...? To solve the mystery of their disappearing herd, who happened to last be seen at Resolute Bay.

A Resolute Bay gazing longingly across Resolute Bay

Turns out Resolute Bay is also a real place, all the way up in the north of Canada:

And so we have our Resolute Bay who's travelling to Resolute Bay in Resolute Bay.

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