Dan Whelan is reviving The Elder Scrolls Travels: Shadowkey, a first-person RPG that originally released on Nokia's N-Gage handheld in 2005. The project, called Shadowkey Reforged, ports the game to PC, Mac, and Android with widescreen support, controller compatibility, and upscaled graphics.
Players can toggle between classic and modern modes. Modern mode adds features from later Elder Scrolls games including stamina-based sprinting, stealth, and ragdoll physics. The classic mode preserves the original's draw distance and visual style.
Whelan used AI to assist with coding, engine building, debugging, and artwork creation. He combined AI image generation with Photoshop and manual sprite editing for higher resolution assets. The project will use music and sound effects from Morrowind if players point it to their Morrowind install.
Shadowkey Reforged releases November 11. Players will need original game files from a Nokia N-Gage or abandonware sources to run it.