PUBLISHING DEAL SIGNED FOR MORRITON MANOR

Bochum, July 21st, 2025. Backwoods Entertainment and Application Systems Heidelberg team up once again for their new game Morriton Manor Stories: Nordic Whispers. The game is being developed in collaboration with Rocket Beans TV (BEANS Entertainment GmbH). Supported by state funding, production on the title will start later this year, when Backwoods Entertainment release their current project We Stay Behind. 

The playable prototype will be showcased at Indie Arena Booth at Gamescom in August. Journalists are welcome to register for press meetings. Just respond to this email.

In this update:

• Morriton Manor Stories: Nordic Whispers has a publisher and receives state funding
• The game will be showcased at Indie Arena Booth at Gamescom
• Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3012400/
• Presskit: https://backwoods-entertainment.com/presskit/

After their debut title Unforeseen Incidents and their current project We Stay Behind, Morriton Manor Stories: Nordic Whispers will not only be the third title of German developer Backwoods Entertainment, but also the third produced in collaboration with Application Systems Heidelberg.

The teams successfully received German state funding from Film- & Medienstiftung NRW and MFG Baden-Württemberg.

• Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/3012400/Morriton_Manor_Stories_Nordic_Whispers/

The Morriton Manor game is based on a popular, German Twitch/YouTube franchise airing on Rocket Beans TV. Together with Hauke Gerdes, the creator of the world and original story, Backwoods Entertainment will make a game not only using the setting and characters, but also game mechanics of the original tabletop roleplaying adventure Hauke created. 

Morriton Manor Stories: Nordic Whispers is a mystery detective game with RPG elements. Cursed by demonic forces, a mysterious island is trapped in a time loop. Leah Glessner, Private Investigator of the Supernatural, uses her unique gift of photographic memory to confront evil. Skill your character. Investigate. Solve the case.

The game will be an innovative detective game accessible to everyone not familiar with the franchise, but will expand the original universe and put its beloved characters in the center of the story.

Backwoods Entertainment and Application Systems Heidelberg will showcase an early demo of Morriton Manor Stories: Nordic Whispers at this years Indie Arena Booth at Gamescom (Hall 10.2). Journalists and creators are welcome to email them for press meetings. Just respond to this email.

Currently, Backwoods Entertainment is working on the final development steps of their single-player third-person mystery We Stay Behind - in the game, a comet is on course to destroy a small town but its inhabitants refuse to leave. You interview the people of Laburnum Creek, explore a beautiful national park and unravel the secrets of this picturesque town.

• Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1142570/We_Stay_Behind/

The game is set to release later this year. 

Backwoods Entertainment is an award-winning indie game studio from Germany. We set out to make original and fun story-driven games. In 2018 we released our debut title Unforeseen Incidents, which was well received all over the world. We’re currently working on two new games: Morriton Manor Stories: Nordic Whispers (in collaboration with Hauke Gerdes and Rocket Beans TV) and the interactive mystery We Stay Behind.