Celeste Creator Shares "First-Look" At New Title Earthblade

Nah, no thank you. No hype for this game at all.

Great aesthetics and music. Definitely a game I'll be keeping an eye on.

I didn't think I'd like Celeste but I ended up loving it. This looks quite a bit different but these developers know how to make a quality game. If Celeste is what they come up with at the first attempt, there's a good chance Earthblade will be even better.

This looks AMAZING. I loved celeste and I can definitely see and hear the style from celeste in this trailer. I can't wait to see how this turns out

Looks pretty solid in my eyes 👀

While Celeste was a nice experience( aside from the literal migraine it gave me) this one looks a bit too much like Hollow Knight gameplay/feel-wise which I sadly did not like.
Gonna wait and see though, only time will tell.

looks generic, not even near celeste's unique aesthetic

Probably will like this more than Celeste gameplay-wise, I despised chapter 9 for its hard difficulty while giving very little in way of interesting story. I really need that drive, just getting some crystal heart for the sake of it after hours of suffering isn’t something I want to brag about. The main game, however, was an amazing experience, so even if I like this one conceptually more, I do wonder how they could even hope to rival Celeste’s narrative with a more open structure not based around that ‘challenge for the player’ intertwining with ‘challenge for the character’… then again, they’ll probs try something entirely new here, retreading old ground in narratives loses the spark easily. Looks great either way.

Day one, no questions asked

What happened to Matt Makes Games?

Looks aesthetically a lot darker, grimier and slimier than Celeste, which had a charming playfulness to it even in the bleaker segments.

I hope it’s good. Celeste was a twitch-platforming masterclass, which is a genre I didn’t even think I even liked (never had much fun with Meat Boy).

The ‘dingy cave-splorer’ path is one well trodden by indie developers, but I hope this team can turn it into something special.

Celeste was a special game and a hard act to follow, but Earthblade is looking good so far! I’m looking forward to what Maddy and her team conjure up this time.

Finally some news! I'm really looking forward to seeing how this game turns out.

@mereel Maddy Thorson no longer goes by that name.

Anyone else underwhelmed by this trailer? Celeste is a masterpiece so will see how it develops but this looks pretty standard.

I like the look of this and definitely keeping my eye on this, but I am not comparing it to Celeste as that was a completely different style of game which I also loved

Watching that trailer made me think of Hollow Knight, Ori, and OwlBoy - some sort of blend of those anyway. Doesn't look bad; radar marked.

Looks hard as hell. Seems to be almost impossible to have an excellent follow up from Celeste.

This looks awesome! I was extremely bad at Celeste and I’m pretty average at Hollow Knight. This game will probably kick my butt. lol

Day one buy for me!
Love Celeste a lot. Towerfall was also nice.

Knowing how polished their games are and who writes the music - no doubt in the quality at all.

Anyone else fear that they'll just keep misreading the name as Earthbound?

@mereel rebrand to Extremely OK Games for a couple reasons - first, maddy doesn't use that name any more, and second, there is far more than just maddy on the team! https://exok.com/team.html

Very excited for this, looks great

Celeste was great, but it had a really clear and pretty unique hook (i.e., accessible hardcore platformer that uses gameplay as a lens to explore mental health issues). I cannot tell what the hook is here, other than "metroidvania from the folks behind Celeste." Post Hollow Knight, a metroidvania really needs to stand out to keep my attention, so I'll be waiting on more information/reviews before getting excited for this one.

The guy with the Bill Hicks avatar might recognize the protagonist as Randy Pan the Goat Boy.

Nah... another woke game. It's a pass

Looks pretty solid! Will be keeping an eye on it!

I sincerely hope the creators tell us exactly what this game is about, too, so I can't interpret it in any other way.

@nessisonett Aren't you glad someone gave you the opportunity to point that out?

@CountDrakeulah what are you saying here?

@jowe_gw Some folks these days just want to be petty -for lack of a less polite word- for the sake of it. If he's unhappy about the creators telling us explicitly what the game's deeper meaning is (a trans coming-of-age story), something that might actually help people in their daily lives, he should ignore it and move on, or make his own game and stop bothering others. Have a good day!

@jowe_gw True artists spell out exactly what their work is about so audiences can't bring their own interpretation to it and since I'm not quite there yet I'll let you figure it out (and no, I'm not giving you hints in parenthesis).

@CountDrakeulah I have my own interpretation of your comment. Specially seeing to what are you responding. The question here is, do you want me to think badly of you or not? Because what I think right now you are saying is not exactly wholesome.

If that is not the case, actually explain your point. Instead of me thinking you are sh*** on Celeste creator just because... you know... what the person you replied to said.

I'm really looking forward to this. Celeste is is a top-5 game ever for me, and Towerfall is a game I love as well.

Punching enemies with a sword doesn't look as fun as Celeste, but I also wasn't that impressed with the Celeste gameplay that I saw in the trailer until I played the game itself. So I trust Maddy and the team.

Hyped!

Celeste was a masterpiece, both narratively and in its game design. They both meshed together seamlessly to create an uplifting whole. I know the devs know how to make great stuff.

That said, if this game has the same sort of heft, I don't think the trailer communicates that very well. Maybe they're trying to keep surprises under wraps.

I imagine the game will be much better than the trailer manages to communicate.