Fullbright has announced that its next game will be a lo-fi narrative game with branching dialogue called Springs, Eternal, as company founder Steve Gaynor pursues a solo career.
In Springs’ official blurb, Eternal describes the project as “a short, focused, first-person narrative exploration game with supernatural elements” that will provide approximately two to three hours of gameplay. It is expected to launch on PC at some point in 2026.
Springs Eternal takes place in a creepy-looking retreat and will allow players to explore forest trails and interact with other guests to learn more about the “deeply affectionate memories of the romantic relationship that brought them here, and perhaps discover where it will take them next.” This all sounds a bit like Firewatch and The Twilight Zone. Here’s the first look trailer:
Springs, Eternal appears to be Gaynor’s next miniature solo project following last year’s release of Fullbright Presents: Toilet Spiders.
In the previous era, when the company operated as The Fullbright Company, Gaynor and his former colleagues released the indie hit Gone Home and the sci-fi sequel Tacoma before Gaynor’s teammates left the company during development of their next title, Open Roads, amid reports of his toxic behavior. (Open Roads was subsequently completed and released separately, without Gaynor’s further involvement.)
In a press release from Springs, Eternal notes that Fullbright is “currently primarily the solo label of founder Steve Gaynor,” who “continues to focus on atmospheric, thrilling first-person story games (and the occasional odd experiment with microgames) in an evocative lo-fi visual style.”
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