But to be fair, Preston has personally contributed to the confusion. The protagonist, Rei, is a slender assassin on a journey to save her home from the Ultravoid, a supermassive black hole hungry for whole planets.Įven though it’s 3D, Solar Ash looks so similar to Hyper Light Drifter that Preston has had to clarify whether it’s a sequel a few times over. It’s bright and ethereal, with an emphasis on massive enemies and rapid-fire mechanics. Hyper Light Drifter was a deliciously difficult 2D action RPG, and at first glance, Solar Ash looks like the third-person, 3D interpretation of that same game world. Can I put something out there that really opens up the world and makes you feel like you can truly escape into something, a creation that is otherworldly, that you otherwise wouldn't have the experience of? A lot of my childhood was spent escaping into those bigger experiences.” “And so having answered that question, then the natural next step for me was something in 3D. “ Hyper Light was a way for me to get started, it was a way for me to be more grounded and put together a crew and understand, can I do this? Can I actually make games?” Preston said. It’s a third-person, 3D game set in a dreamlike sci-fi space called the Ultravoid.
He and a growing team of developers have been working on their sophomore release, Solar Ash, since late 2016. Preston was the creative energy behind Hyper Light Drifter, a pixelated 2D title that helped define a generation of neon-coated indie hits in the mid-2010s, and he’s the founder of LA-based studio Heart Machine. I think for me that Ocarina of Time was one of those formative games that really allowed me to see what was possible within the medium.” “I was playing a lot of Ocarina of Time at the time, and so the vocals of that mixed with this kind of fantastical vision of going through a forest. “I kind of fell into a dream state,” Preston said. He also happened to be playing a lot of The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time at home. One night, he found himself sitting in a pew at the heart of a large, elegant church, letting the sounds of yet another performance wash over him. As a kid, Alx Preston spent a significant amount of time as a member of the audience, watching his brother sing in choir and opera groups.
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