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OXENFREE Developers Night School Games ALMOST Did a STRANGER THINGS Game
Telltale’s take on Stranger Things vanished when the studio collapsed.After years of turbulence at Telltale from problematic management and constant crunch, the company closed its doors suddenly in September 2018. It left 250 people with no jobs, no severance, and only days left on their health insurance. In-progress projects, like Stranger Things and a second season of The Wolf Among Us, were killed.
The popular Netflix show exists as a video game adaptations with other developers, but Telltale’s game wasn’t the only project that died with the studio. Indie developer Night School Studio had its own unannounced project — a hybrid of puzzle games and storytelling mechanics — set to be published by Telltale. When it shuttered suddenly, Night School nearly suffered layoffs of its own.
Such a shame. I loved Oxenfree, and the Stranger Things world would have been perfect for them.
Tuesday April 23, 2019