After 5 years of radio silence, Valve's all-but canceled game re-emerges with 6-seconds of rare gameplay footage, and I mourn not getting to see these incredible water shaders in real life
Nov. 12, 2024Pour one out for In The Valley of Gods
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The developers behind indie gem Firewatch once had another single-player first-person adventure in the works called In the Valley of Gods. That was, untilValve snapped ‘em up and put the team to work on other projects. I’m still bummed out about it, though one former developer has stepped up to reveal a peep at what we could have got – and hey, might still get.
Over onBlueSky,Valve’s Matthew Wilde – who is also behind Counter-Strike 2’s water shaders andHalf-Life: Alyx’s excellent bottle shaders– has shown off what water looks like in The Valley of Gods, and it’s beautiful. The six-second clip shows us walking behind our protagonist, surrounded by water, in a rather wee cave, with a shot of light in the distance.
The official line remains that the game is on hold and not scrapped, though we’ve not heard much since. If it resurfaces, though, we know the water tech will be top-tier.
Valve reminds Steam users they don’t actually own a darn thing they buy, GOG pounces and says its games “cannot be taken away from you” thanks to offline installers.
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