The Lost Legends of Redwall

Development

In 2012, brothers Christopher and Alan Miller acquired licensing rights to the Redwall book series from the Redwall Abbey Company, intending to make a feature film. That year, Christopher launched a website and Facebook page for a video game concept he was working on with series illustrator Sean Rubin, originally titled Redwall: The Adventure Game, planned for Microsoft Windows, macOS, mobile phones, and tablets in Fall 2012. After talks with Miller, independent developer Soma Games optioned the video game rights in 2013 and took over primary development, now calling the title Redwall: The Warrior Reborn. Soma Games ran a Kickstarter campaign from April to May 2013 to fund a Redwall-themed Minecraft map called 'AbbeyCraft', with additional funds over the target going toward the adventure game. Soma Games CTO Chris Skaggs stated that developing a Minecraft map and server as the first step allowed fans and the Minecraft community to participate in evolving the game. The campaign raised $17,618 of the $11,000 goal, reaching the first stretch goal for adding St. Ninian's Church to AbbeyCraft, which was released on Soma Games' website on August 9, 2013.