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shinjuru

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shinjuru

Never Alone

New upcoming game, Never Alone. Due out Fall 2014 on PC, PS4, XboxOne.

»neveralonegame.com/

Welcome to the top of the world.

Where nature challenges life in the extreme. Where death lies waiting in the cold. Where you must explore the fantastical world of Iñupiaq stories to help a young girl save her people from an endless blizzard.
You must succeed or all is lost.

This is the first in a new category of games — games which draw fully upon the richness of unique cultures to create complex and fascinating game worlds.

Upper One Games paired world class game developers with Alaska Native storytellers and elders to create Never Alone (Kisima Initchua), a game based on stories that have been handed down for thousands of years. A game which delves deeply into the traditional lore of the Iñupiat people to present an experience like no other. An atmospheric puzzle platformer of wondrous adventure. A game of survival in a place where survival shouldn't be possible. A game that opens a gateway to explore what it means to be human.

vimeo.com/92000406
graniterock
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graniterock

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Could be interesting. Looks like it may actually be done well which would be a nice change for some educational / cultural type games.

shinjuru

join:2000-10-29
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shinjuru

Great writeup on »kotaku.com/ !

When was the last time a video game told you about a whole other culture? Took you somewhere remote you'd only heard about in passing, and let the people who've lived there speak to you in a generations-old voice? Never Alone does that all-too-rare thing and does it very well.

A small, independently-produced video game created in partnership between an Alaskan Native community and industry veterans, Never Alone takes a beloved piece of folklore and uses it as the basis of a playable fable. Players control a young native girl named Nuna and her arctic lupine friend named Fox as she goes in search of the endless blizzards that are destroying her homeland.
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In terms of gameplay, Never Alone is a fairly standard platformer. You'll make Nuna and Fox run and jump across icy gaps and snowy outcroppings, using each one's unique abilities to wend through environmental mazes along the way. Nuna and Fox have complementary skills. Fox jumps higher and, along with a wall-climb ability, can summon the ethereal spirits that help them reach trickier spots. Nuna can push or pull objects and wield a bolo weapon capable of shattering icy obstacles. In solo play, one player switches between the two. Co-op lets a real person control either Nuna or Fox.

Read the rest of this writeup over at , »kotaku.com/never-alone-t ··· 59789150

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Due out tomorrow on Steam!

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»neveralonegame.com/