Neverway is a horror RPG Stardew Valley from one of the artists behind Celeste
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Summary
A new role-playing video game (RPG) called Neverway is creating buzz in the gaming world.
The game is the creation of Coldblood Inc, comprising artist and designer Pedro Medeiros (Celeste, Towerfall), and coder Isadora Sophia, who built the open-source ‘Murder Engine’ on which the game is built.
Neverway involves a female protagonist who starts a new life on a farm, becoming the ‘immortal herald of a dead god’
The game includes elements of horror, life simulation, and friendship, along with combat and crafting, and allows the player to advance time at their own pace through a slowly unfolding horror story.
Gaming journalists have compared it to Zelda: A Link to the Past, and Mother 3, and its soundtrack is created by Martin Kvale (Dome Keeper) and Lucy Taylor (Disasterpeace, Hyper Light Drifter).
It is yet to be released, but funding has come via Outersloth, the creators of Among Us. Papers, 2023).
