Screenshot of the character Klaymen from The Neverhood

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The Neverhood

The Neverhood is a 1996 PC CD-ROM claymation video game created by animator Doug TenNapel and released by Dreamworks Studios. It is an adventure game. Each clay animation is painstakingly captured frame-by-frame. more...

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Owing to the quirky and wacky animation, silly characters and unusual music by composer Terry Scott Taylor, this award winning game has a cult following to this day, though it has been out of print and largely unavailable for years. As of 2006, there are numerous fansites devoted to The Neverhood. Its soundtrack, Imaginarium: Songs from the Neverhood, also continues to sell well.

Despite an appearance which can be considered silly and childish, the game itself is extremely difficult, requiring lots of note-taking of symbols, colors and sequences (The game does not provide an in-game notebook). The Neverhood is considered to be one of the most difficult adventure games even by contemporary standards. Although it was popular with younger audiences, the game itself was intended for ages 17 and up.

The Neverhood received good reviews, but was not a commercial hit. By the mid-1990s adventure games had begun to decline in popularity. Several other adventure games made in this period such as Grim Fandango also received critical acclaim, but failed to sell well. The Neverhood was put in the official Microsoft list of underrated games.

A sequel to The Neverhood was released in 1997-98 for Sony's PlayStation video game console entitled Skullmonkeys. It was not an adventure game like the first installment, but rather a platform game.

Characters

Klaymen

Klaymen is the protagonist of the story. You lead him on his adventures through The Neverhood, solving puzzles and getting out of tough scrapes. He is a curious, cheerful klay being and a friend of Willie Trombone. Klaymen is the hero of the Neverhood, and also to Planet Idznak. He saves the creator of the Neverhood, Hoborg, from his long, solid sleep and ruins evil Klogg's plan.

Klogg

Klogg is a klay creature created by Hoborg for companionship. Although originally just greedy, after stealing Hoborg's crown Klogg became downright sinister. He will stop at nothing to keep you from completing your quest. In the end, his plans fail after he accidentally shoots himself with a giant cannon, knocking him off of the Neverhood(he ends up landing on the planet Idznak, created by Hoborg's younger brother Arven).

Hoborg

Hoborg is the creator of The Neverhood. He also gave life to Klaymen and the evil Klogg. The name Hoborg means 'Big Heart'(referenced in the Hall of Records). He, with Willie Trombone and Big Robot Bil's help, went through a harsh journey and got the finest klay (or clay, if you prefer) in the universe. This klay could last for ever, and was perfect to make the Neverhood. The first son he made was Klogg, but Klogg wanted to be the ruler and took Hoborg's crown. Without the crown, Hoborg went into a deep sleep, lifeless. Luckily, one life seed escaped Klogg's attention. Willie took this seed, which grew into Klaymen, the hero who would save the Neverhood from Klogg's evil reign. Later, Klaymen got the crown back and returned it to Hoborg's head. Hoborg was pleased and made many more sons with the remaining life seeds.