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In anticipation of Mardi Gras on February 5, Tale of Tales have combined the artistic talents of the players of The Endless Forest with the skills of students Digital Art and Entertainment at Howest college in Kortrijk, Belgium. The result of this extraordinary collaboration is 9 new sets of disguises, designed by the players and modelled and textured by the students.

The Endless Forest has been running as an open-ended multiplayer virtual environment since September 2005. Ever since its launch, the players of the game have contributed greatly to its ongoing development.

"The players of The Endless Forest are immensely creative. This should come as no surprise in an environment that contains no explict gameplay, pre-defined goals or even chat. The most simple interaction requires a healthy dose of creativity. And our players seem to really enjoy that. This activity spills over into the web forums that accompany the game. There the players make countless suggestions for new features and post amazing concept art. Realizing some of these designs and making them part of the game is a dream come true."

To celebrate the occasion, the Twin Gods will leave their pedestal and fly through the forest bringing joy and flowers to everyone during a special ABIOGENESIS event on Tuesday, 5 Febrary at 5 pm, Belgian time.The Endless Forest can be downloaded for free from http://Tale-of-Tales.com/TheEndlessForest

Tale of Tales is a game development studio headed by media artists Auriea Harvey and Michaël Samyn. Their upcoming horror title "The Path" has recently been selected for the Independent Games Festival.

The Endless Forest players whose designs were used are Moogie, Rah-Bop, Lyrak, Silverfyre and Twenty-One. The students of the Howest college who have worked on this project are Patricio Astudillo, Laurens Bekaert, Sem Brys, Stijn Fastenaekels, Bart Spiers and Martijn Symaeys. http://www.howest.be