{"id":90027,"date":"2025-01-23T00:14:32","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T00:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/metroidvania-from-celeste-devs-canceled-amid-development-woes\/"},"modified":"2025-01-23T00:14:32","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T00:14:32","slug":"metroidvania-from-celeste-devs-canceled-amid-development-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/neclink.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/23\/metroidvania-from-celeste-devs-canceled-amid-development-woes\/","title":{"rendered":"Metroidvania From Celeste Devs Canceled Amid Development Woes"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Earthblade<\/em> was going to be the next game<\/a><\/span> from the creators behind 2D pixel art action hits TowerFall<\/em> and Celeste<\/em>. But on Wednesday, designer Maddy Thorson announced the project was quietly canceled last month after a fallout between some of the team\u2019s members and the realization that the game\u2019s protracted development had become a real slog. <\/p>\n

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\u201cFor us on the inside we\u2019ve had some time to process, grieve, and work toward accepting this, although that process is nonlinear and still ongoing,\u201d Thorson wrote. \u201cFor those only reading this now who might be emotionally invested in this project, we\u2019re sorry to disappoint you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earthblade<\/em> was announced by indie team Extremely OK Games back in 2021<\/a><\/span> and revealed its first gameplay in a trailer at The Game Awards 2022. Originally set to come out as early as 2023, development didn\u2019t progress as quickly as the team had expected. A planned 2024 launch was eventually delayed as well. <\/p>\n

In the cancellation announcement today, Thorson writes of a falling-out with pixel artist Pedro Medeiros, whose visual style defined the aesthetic of the upcoming project, over a dispute related to IP rights for Celeste<\/em>, the beloved 2018 GOTY contender. \u201cWe eventually reached a resolution, but both parties also agreed in the end that we should go our separate ways,\u201d Earthblade<\/em>\u2019s director wrote. \u201cPedro is now working on his game Neverway<\/em>, which you should check out – we\u2019ve played it and it\u2019s very promising.\u201d<\/p>\n

Thorson went on to pull the curtain back some on the latest project\u2019s difficult development. \u201cCeleste<\/em>\u2019s success applied pressure on us to deliver something bigger and better with Earthblade<\/em>, and that pressure is a large part of why working on it has become so exhausting,\u201d Thorson wrote. \u201cPedro isn\u2019t to blame for this-in fact the split with him has given us the clarity to see that we have lost our way, and the opportunity to admit defeat. I feel many ways about it, but one big feeling is undoubtedly relief.\u201d<\/p>\n

For now, Thorson and Celeste <\/em>co-creator Noel Berry have gone back to prototyping new potential projects while the rest of the team has moved on. The dream of Earthblade<\/em> might be dead, but the minds behind it aren\u2019t done making games. <\/p>\n

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