By now it’s probably no secret that TwoDashStash is excited for Elysian Shadows. First it was the crazy idea that these developers are making a “next-Gen” RPG on the Sega Dreamcast, then they scored a publishing deal to get the game physically distributed (complete with jewel cases and box art!), after that they teased some crazy Kickstarter stretch goals, and now we have this image that teases at the new lighting engine while showing just how far the game has come since its early inception in 2011.
With Towards The Pantheon’s release date of May 16th nearing, lead developer Connor O.R.T. Linning has written an open letter offering a free Steam key and a free Bandcamp soundtrack key to all Elysian Shadows backers.
Joanna Mueller writes: "Elysian Shadows raised $185,322 with the help of 2,282 Kickstarter backers in 2014. This 2D pixel art/3D environment fusion RPG featured dynamic lighting, shadows, physics, and positional audio. Basically, it was a really ambitious project being created by a relatively small development team. As such, there was some team drama that threatened the future of the game late last year."
Dylan Cunningham writes: "This comes after a nine-month silence without updates. A post from last December went into some intimate details regarding a team member suddenly leaving and taking everything with him. That was the cause of major delays, says the team."
