Announcement file
  • In development since early 2024
  • Built by a small team
  • Hundreds of systems created
  • School and town rebuilt from early layouts
  • August 12 release
The saturated look is intended to recall early-2000s teen comedies and pop-punk music videos.
01

From blockout to a finished school

The team opens with early layouts from 2024, then shows how the school exterior and interior gained detail. The comparison is the center of the announcement, not just decoration around it.

Refugium Games says the project has required a handful of developers to build the world, hundreds of systems and a deliberately rowdy coming-of-age story.

Early 2024 layout for Agefield High
Early layout work from 2024.
Early Agefield High gameplay environment
An early gameplay view shared by the developer.
Agefield High school environment in early 2024
School exterior and interior during early production.
Later detailed Agefield High school environment
The more detailed later version of the school.
Detailed Agefield High interior
Later interior detail from the making-of post.
Later Agefield town environment
The town after the visual overhaul.
Park near Agefield High
The park comparison used to close the development gallery.
02

Building the town's era

The later town uses stronger saturation and a more stylized color treatment. The stated reference is the visual language of early-2000s teen films and pop-punk videos.

A final park comparison shows the same direction outside the school. The post ends with the team looking ahead to August 12 and a roughly ten-hour adventure.