#EARTHBLADE BAND UPDATE#

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#EARTHBLADE BAND UPDATE#

i Update your settings here, then reload the page to see it. Just earlier this year.) It will take some time before you can play Earthblade and go on an adventure with Névoa, though: The game won't be available until 2024. (Extremely OK didn't get its winged statue after the show ended, but a fan unknowingly purchased it from eBay and At The Game Awards in 2018, it won best independent release of the year. We wouldn't be surprised if you have high expectations for Earthblade, seeing as Celeste had won several awards after it was launched. Extremely OK also says you'll be piecing together Earth's fractured history as you play. The trailer shows you some of the obstacles you'll have to face and the foes you'll have to defeat while exploring the remnants of a ruined world. Earthblade, you'll play Névoa, which the developer describes as an'enigmatic child of Fate' (with horns) who's returning to Earth. There is a light at the end of this long tunnel, it turns out.Extremely OK Games, the developer behind the award-winning platformer Celeste, has revealed its new project at this year's Game Awards. But even before seeing the reactions, I can say that making and releasing this trailer has given us a big morale boost and made the game feel a lot more real and finishable. It has been a long process and we have a lot of work ahead of us. Thank you for your patience, and thanks for watching our little teaser and being excited about our game! This is one of those dream projects that we can't believe we have the resources to actually make. No one wants to release this game as soon as possible more than us, but this just feels realistic considering the scope of the game and where all of our lives are at right now. Regardless, we still stand by our 'explor-action' classification for now.Īnd of course we amended our release year from 202X to 2024 - after previously hoping to have it out in 2023.

Maybe we're just too close to it, or overthinking it… or maybe it will drift nearer to that archetype as development continues. It does feature character growth and progression - your moveset is not static as in Celeste - but structurally it doesn't feel quite right to promise something that fits nicely in line with those storied Metroids and Vanias. We think that this 'seamlessness' will likely be Earthblade's defining feature, and it is related to why we hesitate to call this game a 'Metroidvania'.

But we found it so engaging and time-consuming of an idea that it quickly swallowed up almost the entire runtime. In our original plan for the teaser, this panning shot was much shorter and was only to be used as the finale to a much more typical indie game trailer. The result is this long panning shot across different areas, with Névoa (the player character) showing up repeatedly, engaging in several different actions that players will take part in as they explore. We thought very hard about the best way to show off that central element. But reading the word isn't really the same as seeing the free-roaming, dynamically-loading map in action. When we did the original Vibe Reveal for Earthblade we made sure to mention the game's 'seamless' world. We're also planning a livestream on Twitch for Monday- we're taking questions ahead-of-time for that on social media, and it'll be a fun hang out with the team where we answer questions and talk about the trailer with y'all. Please share your thoughts with us on Twitter or Mastodon, on our Discord or in the video comments on YouTube 🙂 we genuinely love reading feedback and reactions to our work. We're nervous and excited to see the reception it gets! We've been talking to Geoff Keighley of the Game Awards about doing a reveal at the event for a while now, and this year the planets aligned for it to finally happen! Thank you Geoff and TGA team for giving us this opportunity to introduce Earthblade to a lot of people who otherwise wouldn't hear about it. Happy Earthblade Reveal Trailer day!! (And also Game Awards day, for those who celebrate) If you haven't seen it yet, watch the trailer before you read this newsletter! The entire team is SO excited to share it and so proud of what we've made.

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