Celeste and Towerfall creators Extremely OK Games have announced the cancellation of their pixelart exploration platformer Earthblade, in what studio director Maddy Thorson calls a "huge, heartbreaking, and yet relieving failure".
The decision to call it quits follows a bust-up within the development team, though this isn't, apparently, why they pulled the plug.
Thorson and programmer Noel Berry have found making something "bigger and better" than Celeste exhausting, and have decided to work on smaller projects in future.
Extremely OK revealed Earthblade back in 2021 with Celeste composer Lena Raine handling the soundtrack. A proper reveal followed in 2022 with a smidgeon of plot information: the game would have seen you playing a "child of Fate", exploring a ruined planet.
In March last year, Thorson blogged about development difficulties but assured readers that the team were making progress. That brings us to today.