In 2021, Extremely OK Games, notable developers behind the indie hit Celeste, announced that they were working on a new project, Earthblade. The team set a launch window of 2023, then pushed it back to 2024, further delaying the game to sometime after 2024. However, in a blog post, lead designer Maddy Thorson announced that there will be no more delays, as they have decided to cancel the game entirely. One of the reasons behind Earthblade's troubled cycle came from internal disagreements over who held the IP rights to Celeste, with Extremely OK Games' art director leaving the company as a result. This led to the team looking back at the slow progress they'd made, and decide to end development. While Earthblade won't come to be, the remaining team has decided to work on smaller projects for now,

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[64bitmodels]

disappointing, i was really looking forward to this

 

[LeyendaV]

An overrated team with a one-hit-wonder overrated game. While it's a shame to see these kinds of things happen, it was kinda obvious it was gonna end this way.

 

[BlusterBong]

Guys i think We found Team Meat 2.0, just with a minor difference (you know the one)

 

[Sir Tortoise]

oh boy I can't wait for GBATemp to be very normal about this

 

[Reploid]

oh well lol

 

[Bunjolio]

I didn't know about this game until I had seen it was cancelled from some article I saw on my phone. It sucks tho because I love celeste(if you couldn't tell lol), and I'm sure this game would have been fun. Also thanks for reminding me I should probably finish farewell...

 

[Cranesbill]

At least we got a cool piece of lost media to find in the future

Anyways yeah I’m probably one of the few here that genuinely liked Celeste. The difficulty, soundtrack and level style made it enough for me to say it was solid

Was interested to see what this game would provide, but . . I guess not

 

[Scarlet]

At least we got a cool piece of lost media to find in the future

Anyways yeah I’m probably one of the few here that genuinely liked Celeste. The difficulty, soundtrack and level style made it enough for me to say it was solid

Was interested to see what this game would provide, but . . I guess not

...one of the few people? We aren't exactly talking about a niche game here lol

 

[Chary]

one of the few here that genuinely liked Celeste

If you enjoy super niche indie games that most people don't like, may I recommend Stardew Valley?

 

[notsu]

It was going to be extremely OK anyway so I'm not too troubled

 

[Cranesbill]

...one of the few people? We aren't exactly talking about a niche game here lol

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If you enjoy super niche indie games that most people don't like, may I recommend Stardew Valley?

Lame

 

[ZeroT21]

It's abit unfortunate

 

[Bunjolio]

Maddy Thorson?
What.. Did he make so much money that he eventually said fuckit and handed over the keys to his sister lol?

Maddy Thorson is trans if you didn't know (male to female).

 

[The Catboy]

Sad learning about this game only after it’s been cancelled

 

[SDA]

I never heard about this game before. But now that it has been cancelled, I did.

 

[TunaBread]

what a shame, I really loved celeste, loved the themes of not giving up on hope.

I didn't know about this game until I had seen it was cancelled from some article I saw on my phone. It sucks tho because I love celeste(if you couldn't tell lol), and I'm sure this game would have been fun. Also thanks for reminding me I should probably finish farewell...

for a moment I thought you loved Sonic the hedgehog

 

[Ericzander]

If you enjoy super niche indie games that most people don't like, may I recommend Stardew Valley?

Or Slay the Spire, Balatro, Terraria, and Shovel Knight. All very hated, all very niche.

 

[Robert Newbie]

I truly don't know much about Celeste, but I've heard some good things about the game. To be honest, I didn't know this was in development until I read this post. It's a shame, when devs put a ton of work into a project that never sees the light of day.

 

[Bladexdsl]

oh well one less shitty indy pixel game