Getting Away From It All

Wouldn’t it be nice to get away from it all? I’ve played my fair share of cozy games and seen plenty of Hallmark movies, and if there’s one piece of advice they give you, it’s that moving away from the big city and into a sleepy, rural town is all it takes to get a fresh start. It’s exactly what Fiona, the protagonist of Neverway, does, but according to the game’s developers, it’s not as good an idea as it might seem.

“Is she really going to fix their problems by moving to an island? Like, why is she moving away from all her friends?” developer Isadora Sophia says.

“That’s not the behavior of someone that’s a go-getter,” Sophia’s business partner Pedro Medeiros says. “That’s the behavior of someone who’s deeply depressed and trying to flee from something.”