You died. And you woke up here — in Abelina, a strange, hand-crafted afterlife, and a
mature story about life and death told through who you meet along the way.
Abelina is a hand-crafted afterlife adventure — you died, and you woke up here, in a strange world you're only beginning to understand.
Short
You're Vasily. You died a while ago, and you woke up in Abelina, alongside a few other after-lifers whose ideas about the universe have just been badly shaken. There's no combat here — you move forward by exploring, and by working out what this place is through the people you meet and what they tell you.
Long
Abelina is a mature, hand-crafted story about life, death and transformation, set in a surreal afterlife that slowly gives up its meaning the further you travel. As your memories reform and the settlers around you change, the game asks a quiet question: if you were free of everything you feel stuck to in life, what would you find on the other side of the wall? It's the first game from CG-animation veteran Gabe Askew, with music and sound by Webby-winning composer Ryan Holladay, and it's published by Indieformer. It's still in development — more is revealed as it takes shape.
What it is
🪦An afterlife to wanderYou died — now you explore Abelina, a strange world of biomes and settlers, piecing together what this place actually is.
🕯️A story about transformationMemory, purpose and self — told through who you meet and what they tell you, as your own past slowly reforms.
🤝No combat — discovery insteadProgress comes from exploring and understanding, not fighting. Quiet where most adventures are loud.
✋Hand-crafted by a veteranBuilt by a CG-animation veteran (Valorant, League of Legends, Love, Death + Robots) with a Webby-winning composer on the score.
A note from the developer
"Life is most beautiful in transformation. It's the cocoon opening; the rollercoaster tilting over the first drop. What I want to share through Abelina is a question: if you were utterly free from everything you feel stuck to in life, what would you discover?"
— Gabe Askew
Gabe spent decades in animation telling other people's messages — nine years at Hornet, then supervising cinematics at Blur Studio. When he left Blur in 2024, instead of chasing another animation job he set out to make something visually and thematically his own. Abelina is the result: his first game, drawn from a lifetime of craft and pointed at one strange, personal world.
Screenshots
Click any shot to enlarge. The logo and key art are in the downloads below — more coming as the game takes shape.
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The Team
the whole game
Gabe Askew
Solo developer — art, animation, design. A career in CG animation: nine years at Hornet directing campaigns for Dolby, Purina and Campbell's, then supervising cinematics at Blur Studio. Abelina is all of that pointed at one strange, personal world.
ValorantLeague of LegendsLove, Death + RobotsHornetBlur Studio
music & sound
Ryan Holladay
Gabe's longtime musical partner and a Webby Award-winning composer. VP of Music at WaitWhat and a Senior TED Fellow, who co-composed the 2025 film Weapons and is scoring Zach Cregger's upcoming Resident Evil.
Yes — go for it. Indieformer and Gabe Askew grant everyone the right to record, stream and monetize video content of Abelina, including on YouTube, Twitch and any other platform. No prior permission needed.
