Upper One Games’ first project speaks directly to the legends and culture central to its Iñupiat owners and programmers with a story pieced together from the oral tradition of the Iñupiat elders. Combined with engaging platforming and co-operative gameplay, Never Alone is not only a fun game, but the nostalgia it induces in even a cultural outsider constitutes it as a work of art. The story of the game is foreign, but at the same time universal, and by combining oral storytelling with the interactivity of gaming, manages to completely absorb the player into its world.
While the gameplay is not perfect, the sheer scope and majesty of this project captures the imagination, and acts as a poignant commentary on how games can be used to empower, inform, as well as entertain.
Starting today, Beyond Blue and Never Alone (Kisima Ingitchuna) are free at Epic Games Store. Once you claim them, they're yours to keep.
As Never Alone brings its beautiful storytelling and immersive gameplay to Nintendo Switch, there are hints of a sequel being in development. Hell, there’s even a teaser for Never Alone 2 inside the port’s launch trailer.
The 1st game was fantastic.
"There are hints of a sequel being in development. Hell, there’s even a teaser for Never Alone 2 inside the port’s launch trailer"
1) hints? you mean the Devs telling you at the end of the trailer 2nd game is in pre production, that's not a hint ffs lol.
2) a teaser is NOT a number 2 at the end lol.
That would be awesome. I live in Alaska so it's always nice to see it talked about or shown in games.
E-Line Media and the Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC) announced today that the indie game Never Alone is featured in the Smithsonian Institution’s upcoming Futures Exhibition.
