I like cozy video games. As somebody just about chronically wired, they’re nice blood strain regulators and I like the mild tempo of simply wandering round, assembly weirdos, fishing, and cooking meals. That mentioned, as if I’ve an angel on one shoulder and a satan on the opposite, there is a wicked, cobwebbed a part of my mind that is consistently aching for the macabre, and newly introduced horror life sim RPG hybrid Neverway looks like it might scratch two very completely different itches without delay.
The debut sport from Coldblood Inc., a studio co-founded by Celeste pixel artist Pedro Medeiros, Neverway actually does seem on the floor to be a Stardew Valley-like with RPG parts and a thick coat of eldritch horror paint. Nothing seems terribly unique, however I do not care, that is a style smoothie I will gladly slurp down any day of the week.
“After quitting her dead-end job, Fiona begins over on a farm and turns into the immortal herald of a useless god,” reads the sport’s Steam abstract, tickling each single one in every of my fancies. “Make pals, combat by way of horrors and pay your debt on this nightmarish life sim RPG.”
Judging from Neverway’s reveal trailer, it appears you just about get what it says on the tin. After waking up from a nightmare, you arrive by boat to your new spooky farmstead and begin chopping down bushes, tending to crops, and fishing. Drained after a protracted day, you hit the hay and get up in a fair spookier farm that is crawling with cosmic horrors on the lookout for blood.
We additionally see loads of footage of what look to me like Zelda: A Hyperlink to the Previous-inspired dungeons with, you guessed it, a horror twist. It appears like the sport divides these parts of the sport into completely different occasions of day, with the participant being able to advance from morning, afternoon, and night as they please.
When it isn’t all darkish and spooky, you’ll be able to simply hold round, do some farming, make meals, and embellish your home. Or, in the event you’re good, you may craft gadgets to arrange for the night time and make pals with or date the colourful solid of moody characters inhabiting your farmstead, as doing so unlocks fight talents by way of friendship bonds.
With a confirmed indie dev on the helm and an unique soundtrack by Hyper Mild Drifter composer Disasterpeace, to not point out parts from lots of my favourite video games, I am unabashedly hyped for Neverway, which is bittersweet as a result of there isn’t any launch date or window to talk of. Regardless, that is one I will be optimistically retaining on my radar.
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