E-Line Media

Never Alone: The Art and the People of the Story

The development of Never Alone represents a pioneering effort to integrate indigenous storytelling into interactive media through a collaborative partnership between E-Line Media, Upper One Games, and the Cook Inlet Tribal Council.

• The development of Never Alone was a collaborative partnership between E-Line Media, Upper One Games, and the Cook Inlet Tribal Council to integrate indigenous storytelling into interactive media.
• The project team engaged over 40 Alaska Native elders, artists, and storytellers to ensure the authentic preservation of the Iñupiat worldview and the legend of Kanak Sayaka.
• Developers replaced conventional combat mechanics with gameplay systems centered on the indigenous value of interdependence between humans, animals, and the environment.