The last of the games shown in the first day of EGX’s dev sessions was a game called Never Alone, a collaboration between E-Line Media and Alaskan natives in an attempt to showcase the stories and culture of the indigenous peoples of the Alaskan area.

The talk mainly focused on how the project came to be, an investment and a partnership to boost the prominence of the cultures of the people and an attempt to use modern technology to tell stories passed down through many generations of families, especially to the younger generation interested in video games. The project involved visits to the settlements to get to know the people better and gain their permission for their stories to be told through the game itself. They hope that Never Alone might be the start of the rise of indigenous peoples’ involvement in the video game movement.

In the game itself, there are two characters, a girl and a fox and the game can be played in a 2-player co-op or with just a single player switching between characters but both are needed to solve puzzles and clear the way forward as they journey through a never ending blizzard. This isn’t a game about man verses the elements though; it’s taken from a tale in which the character learns more about the world around them and about how everything is in balance, how all must work together in interdependence.