We really hope that at the end of this, some of you will enjoy what we make”. The poster and logo are by Pedro Medeiros, and the music by Lena Raine. “We’ll be here, slowly grinding away at that task every day. Earthblade that's the name of our next game We‘re also showing off this teaser poster, and a snippet from the game's soundtrack. “Now it’s our job to turn this ephemeral, pristine mind-object into a real, imperfect and human actual-object,” Thorson concludes. It took a while, but we feel like we’ve settled on the right compromise… with Earthblade.” “Prototypes EXOK1-3 taught us a lot,” Thorson explains, “but ultimately we ventured way too far from our comfort zone for them to realistically ever get finished. Thorson notes it’s taken the studio four prototypes – and three years – to find Earthblade. Some patience may be required, however Thorson says it’ll “probably be a while” before the studio is ready to share more on Earthblade, and that the team doesn’t know how long development will take, “just that it will take as long as it takes (and that it will take a long time).” This content is hosted on an external platform, which will only display it if you accept targeting cookies. The next release from the Celeste team, coming 20XX. “We didn’t want to reveal much about the game or its story yet, but we think that this well establishes the world and the feeling of being in it.”Īccording to Thorson, while the studio has traditionally been quite open with its day-to-day work, “an air of mystery lends itself particularly well to this project, so we’ve opted to save it all up for a big reveal that will hopefully blow your socks off.”Ī 2D explor-action game in a seamless pixel art world.

“Think of this as a vibe reveal,” explains Extremely OK’s Maddy Thorson in Earthblade’s announcement post. Extremely OK Games, the studio behind acclaimed platformer Celeste, has unveiled its next project, Earthblade – what it calls a “2D explor-action game in a seamless pixel art world” – via some mood-setting teaser art and a musical snippet.

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