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With a distinctive artistic style, Skarven combines influences from Northern Europe with nostalgia for the PlayStation 2 era.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Nostalgia for the games of your adolescence begins<\/h2>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The first trailer of the game establishes an oppressive and surreal atmosphere, where the player approaches a lonely rural house, with an industrial mill in the background. <strong>The short film shows a disturbing narrative, in which a television presenter in Danish provides details about a sociopolitical context that includes an increase in the retirement age and a rise in labor automation, elements that recall the dystopia presented in Children of Men<\/strong>. This visually striking world is complemented by an artistic design that evokes the grotesque and stylized style of Mathorne, similar to the works of Tim Burton.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Skarven Teaser Trailer\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ab26LrKNMoM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Skarven still does not have a demo or a defined release window, but interested parties can already add it to their wishlist on Steam. <strong>It is worth noting that The Backwater Gospel, released in 2011, has accumulated 4.6 million views on YouTube, thus raising Mathorne&#8217;s profile in the gaming community<\/strong>. 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