It looks wonderful in motion

Stardew Valleypublisher Chucklefish has revealed another one of its upcoming projects,Eastward, an action-adventure title set in a ruined world. It’s in production at Pixpil, a small team inspired byMotherandZelda, and has a soundtrack composed by Joel Corelitz ofHohokumandThe Unfinished Swan.

The setup: “you play as a hardworking digger John, who must guide a mysterious girl named Sam through dangerous decaying cities, inhabited by strange monsters, and even stranger people!”

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Before you flee from talk of anotherMother/EarthBound-inspired game (we’ve been burned before!), give the trailer a chance.Eastwardlooks super smooth, expressive, and quirky-character-driven.

While light on details, I’m intrigued. It takes a certain something to cut through the noise of pixel-art adventures with RPG elements, butEastwardhas made it, at least for me. Its world looks special.

The ghost at the end of the hallway

We don’t have a release window just yet, but I’ll be keeping tabs. It’s confirmed for PC and Mac.

Picking up the smiley face post-it off the broken mirror

John and Molly sitting on the park bench

Close up shot of Marissa Marcel starring in Ambrosio

Kukrushka sitting in a meadow

Lightkeeper pointing his firearm overlapped against the lighthouse background

Overseer looking over the balcony in opening cutscene of Funeralopolis

Edited image of Super Imposter looking through window in No I’m not a Human demo cutscene with thin man and FEMA inside the house

Looking at the ghost of Jackie inside the lighthouse