Chucklefish, the builders of Starbound and writer of Stardew Valley, have picked up the quirky adventure-RPG Eastward, by Shanghai-based studio Pixpil. The recreation is impressed by ‘90s Japanese animation and Nintendo classics akin to The Legend of Zelda and Mother/Earthbound.
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The recreation follows a digger known as John and a woman known as Sam as they discover a post-apocalyptic world, as unknown creatures descend on the final human cities. It appears to be lighter take than that description suggests, and Pixpil describe Eastward’s story as “soft sci-fi”. The soundtrack is being composed by Joel Corelitz, who credit embrace Hohokum and The Unfinished Swan.
Built utilizing an in-house engine primarily based on pixel artist Hong Moran’s model, the sport makes use of “a combination of a modern, innovative 3D lighting system and a rich retro-pixel artwork”. The trailer clearly exhibits the studio’s love of Nintendo’s RPGs – particularly, the quirky and fan-beloved Earthbound/Mother sequence, which additionally impressed Undertale.
Eastward will probably be Pixpil’s first recreation. It began growth in 2015 with simply three group members, which has since grown to 10. It was final seen on Steam Greenlight (https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=551843897), with the final replace in July 2017. Chucklefish presumably picked it up in some unspecified time in the future after that.
Eastward at present doesn’t have a launch date however we’ll let you already know when it does. For extra on the sport check out the website.
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