![]() ![]() The comfort zone is safe and easy, but boring. The unknown is exciting, but scary and difficult. The truth is that we don't know how long it will take, just that it will take as long as it takes (and that it will take a long time).įinding the right project is hard! It has to hit that tiny sweet spot between the unknown and the comfort zone. This time we'll be faster." Now it sounds optimistic to say out loud that Earthblade could be released within 5 short years of Celeste. I was happy to read that, but then I saw the only reply, which was from someone who had evidently followed us since TowerFall because they responded with something like, "Get ready to wait 5 years :/"Īt the time I thought to myself, "No. I think a lot about an exchange I read on a gaming forum (or maybe it was on Reddit), soon after Celeste's release, where a player expressed how excited they were to see what our team would make next. It took us 4 prototypes to find Earthblade, and it's now been over 3 years since Celeste's initial release. In the meantime, now you know the general vibe. When we finally do show it off, be sure to point your feet away from animals and small children, and prepare for your footwear to be blasted clean off your feet. It'll probably be a while before you get more information about Earthblade. But 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. While making Celeste, we basically tweeted out whatever interesting-looking thing we were working on day-to-day, when we were in the mood for sharing. ![]() We've debated back and forth how to talk about this game during development. We also just wanted to let everyone know the name of the game now that we've settled on one, so that we can all stop calling it EXOK4. 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. The poster and logo are by Pedro Medeiros, and the music by Lena Raine. ![]() If you're curious about the other games highlighted at T he Game Awards this year, Shacknews has what you need.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. Earthblade was previously targeting a 2023 release date, but the game will now launch in 2024. The player also deals out some blows of their own with a bladed weapon. We see a knight enemy launch a sword at a player, with the sword slowly following behind them. The trailer also shows off official artwork for some of the characters in Earthblade.Ĭombat is also highlighted in the Earthblade trailer. We see a diverse amount of environments that players will likely traverse during their journey. The Earthblade gameplay trailer shows off that pixel art style that was also present in Celeste. During The Game Awards, we got our first glimpse at gameplay in Earthblade, as well as the news that the game will come out in 2024. With Celeste being one of the most beloved indie games of the last several years, there’s been a lot of excitement swirling around the developer's next title, Earthblade.
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