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Friday the 13th: The Game KickStarter: $700k, 1 vs7 MP. The game Sessler teased.
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digoutyoursoul
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Announcement not really doing much for me, I wish Sessler and everyone involved all the best though
Man, my memory's gone bad. I remember him jumping through the window, but didn't remember him running.
And yeah, Ted White was great. It's a shame he and the other actors had to deal with so much bullshit from the director.
Description does say they are getting the license for free.
Okay that's nice and all, but how would this help us accomplish our goals in the game? I must know before I commit!
I don't think you understand what I'm asking. It's not that I'm against any of that content at all, far from it, I want to know how it's being implemented into the game design and what it means for the players.
The only way I can see them actually shoehorning nudity (and shoehorning it is the ONLY way it can be implemented here) is either by
a) cutscene, or in their case, probably like still animatics as they won't have budget for cutscenes (this is the safest, most obvious choice)
b) some sort of Batman:Arkham Knight style clothing degradation as you play and get progressively dirtier. Basically have her boobs flopping about as she runs by the end. This is stupid, and would create a whole hell of a lot of backlash.
XAMOEL_ART
Banned
That's another huge game design problem right there.
Players will aim to win, not to act like they're in a movie. And the two stand directly opposed.
How will the game work around this?
Lady Siara
Member
Okay that's nice and all, but how would this help us accomplish our goals in the game? I must know before I commit!
Perhaps it lowers how quickly your fear meter rises or improves run speed?
Interfectum
Member
Can't be free, gotta be percentage off the top. Sean gonna be coming for some money if the game takes off.
KelpPlankton
Member
This looks pretty rad. They've got a $25 pledge from me for sure.
1 v 7 survival horror sounds like a lot of fun, as long as they figure out how to make it fun to be the counselors and not just Jason
1 v 7 survival horror sounds like a lot of fun, as long as they figure out how to make it fun to be the counselors and not just Jason
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
"already pretty much had a working game": No programmer required?
"likely able to just bring that gameplay over into this": No programmer required?
I'm not trying to be a turd here, but the idea that the game has a year left of work on it but won't require the services of a programmer because the code is done and sitting in the can--even if the game was done and sitting in the can, the reskin process would require a programmer. I'm not saying it's not possible that the game will release, I'm saying dishonesty (or an omission of this magnitude) in a budget statement is a massive red flag to me--and given past KS delivery issues, I think people should be aware of red flags rather than pledging 2 minutes after they see the listing because they like the concept.
They should totes together.
It would be great if a good game came of this concept.
EDIT:
They're even similar in their class set-ups.
XAMOEL_ART
Banned
Lego can make a Friday the 13th game too. Kids can like it.
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Luring an AI out works. Luring a player out doesn't because they're a player and don't have to come to your position.
Hence my silly "Sex gives a stat buff but broadcasts your position" idea. You have a reason to want to have sex, but it's dangerous and can wind up getting you killed if you aren't careful when and where you have it (And you have to have another player willing to take that risk with you). Player communication would be extremely important.
More_Badass
Member
For the stat buffs obviously
But honestly that work so much better in a single player experience, because then you can really inhabit the character you're playing as and the devs could build a creepy unsettling atmosphere
You're not ever going to get that in a multiplayer game
Woody Invincible
Banned
Wish I was rich so I could always buy top tier and force people to play as me in these games.
Tom Savini = This game being awesome
Tom Savini = This game being awesome
benicillin
Banned
Aren't they already programmers? Like they self-funded the game before this, it seems Kickstarter is being used to incorporate the F13 license on top of a game they'd been working on for a while. I don't think anyone seriously thinks 700k is the total budget of the project, they've put funds into it themselves so far I imagine they'll continue to also self-fund with the help of whatever they raise through Kickstarter.
Okay so Illfonic appears to be the developer who made the FPS module for Star Citizen and then got jettisoned off as they took the updates internal, and it looks like the other developer is "gun." of Breach & Clear fame.
I'm not entirely clear on who is doing what, but this seems to be a bizarre mishmash on top of the budgeting setup and missing information.
I'm not entirely clear on who is doing what, but this seems to be a bizarre mishmash on top of the budgeting setup and missing information.
sex would almost certainly be a debuff in a 80s horror slasher game
Its Quite Toasty
Banned
what i meant was in premise isnt it the same game not that it was literally the same game
Pilgrimzero
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If "The Final Girls" is any indication, you can NOT kill the stalker until the final battle.
Though also via that movie everyone but the virgin girl will die. Then she turns into The Slayer and goes all Buffy on him.
I love all the movies, but my favorites are the first four films. Jason was more human and more real. His aggressive nature in those films was scary and intense. The later films became too supernatural for me. No matter how fast you ran, all he had to do was keep walking or magically "teleport" near you. No one stood a chance. At that point, the scare factor and anxiety disappeared for me. The later films are still fun though.
This thread makes me more and more weirded out by the minute.
Way too much smoke for no fire. Something strange going on.
Corpsepyre
Banned
I was interested till I read that it's MP only. Ugh.
Instead of guessing, wouldn't it be nice if a pitch for people to give money to develop a game actually told us the gameplay mechanics though? Especially if it claims to already be in a playable state.
This is what's holding me back. The franchise is my favorite in the genre, but at this point I don't even know enough about the game to imagine a match in my head and I won't part with any money until I can.
8 X 11 Printer Paper
Member
Frog Fractions 2.
Interfectum
Member
Rewards are an important part of getting big donations.
Pilgrimzero
Member
Jason has a portal gun. It explains everything!
You didn't read far then.
Christ, single player needs to be added to the topic title.
Frog Fractions 2 is a post modern examination of parting people and their money.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Yeah he was a great Jason. Him Kane, and the guy they got for the remake are my favorites. The worst is Freddy vs Jason Jason, so dull.
That's a stretch goal, no?
Interfectum
Member
They are.
Instead of guessing, wouldn't it be nice if a pitch for people to give money to develop a game actually told us the gameplay mechanics though? Especially if it claims to already be in a playable state.
Probably saving that for last wave push for kickstarter bucks
Also, are we really expecting anything other than multiplayer but with bots only?
Gonna wait for a few weeks to see if they bring out some gameplay.
I never understood this opinion. The guy was willing to be lit on fire for the role. Even if you're not fond of the rest of his performance, that's gotta count for something.
Well shit.
Count of Monte Sawed-Off
un33dab@dpu$$y
Nothing against the guy really, he could have been great, and maybe just the director decided he should be as dull as possible. He was pretty good when Jason tossed him up against a wall in Part 8.
Interfectum
Member
"There goes Jason around the corner and OH MY GOD here comes the Nerdy-Hipster Counselor Wombo Combo to knock him down. WHAT A TURNAROUND LADIES AND GENTLEMEN."
Darryl M R
Member
I really like the thought of this game--I hope it becomes a PS plus free game to get a lot of publicity. I was wanting a game like this for awhile. I really wanted to play Left 4 Dead recently. Wow Sessler, I am a fan of yours from X-Play but I wasn't expecting you to release a game that I have been craving.
A little trivia for some who may not know... The guy who played Jason in FvsJ(Ken Kirzinger) is the same guy who played the diner cook in Jason Takes Manhattan(the one Jason grabs and throws against the wall/mirror).