Extremely OK Games has canceled its upcoming game Earthblade. The follow-up to the team’s favorite indie sensation Celeste is in 2022 and is expected to be released last year. Maddy Thorson announced the news on the studio’s website today.

“Noel and I…started to reflect on how the game felt for us to work on a daily basis, and realized that it was a struggle for a long time,” he WRITES. “Sure, working on a project for a long time can be a slog, but this feels like a deeper problem. CelesteThe success put pressure on us to deliver something bigger and better Earthbladeand that pressure is a big part of why working on it becomes so tiring.”

The studio, led by Thorson and Noel Berry, parted ways with EXOK co-founder Pedro Medeiros last November. However, Thorson was clear in his message that the reason for the cancellation was not the discord between the team members. Earthblade. In fact, all public talks between the former partners have so far remained peaceful. Thorson offered strong support for Medeiros and his new gaming project Never in his post: “If you’re excited Earthblade and angry at its cancellation, Pedro and the Never The team is not the enemy and anyone who treats them as such is not welcome in any EXOK community.”