Vampire Survivors developer Poncle has outlined the difficulties behind its adaptation, which was initially introduced as an animated sequence however now seems to be a movie, headlined by the very fact “the sport has no plot.”
Poncle stated it’s “nonetheless working with Story Kitchen on a stay motion movie” in a Steam put up regardless of the difference being introduced as an animated sequence in 2023. Regardless, Poncle has now acknowledged simply how troublesome will probably be to get a movie proper, particularly as Vampire Survivors is a mechanically easy motion recreation about defeating hoards of enemies.
“As talked about final 12 months, relatively than leaping the gun and make stuff for the sake of creating it, we’ve got most popular to attend to seek out companions that felt proper, particularly as a result of to make something that is not a online game out of Vampire Survivors requires good concepts, creativity, and that quirky information of the sport,” Poncle stated.
“That may be a very troublesome triplet to get 100% proper. Please bear in mind the sport has no plot — it does not? — so no one can actually anticipate how a movie about it’ll be. That’s a part of what makes it thrilling.”
The irony of this wasn’t misplaced on Poncle upon the difference’s announcement, saying, sarcastically, “a very powerful factor in Vampire Survivors is the story.” It is unclear how the sport might be tailored, even to Poncle, so a launch date hasn’t been introduced as of but.
Vampire Survivors is a fast-paced and over-the-top gothic horror recreation with rogue-lite components, the place your selections can can help you rapidly snowball towards the a whole bunch of monsters that get thrown at you. It turned one of many greatest shock hits of the previous couple of years as what launched as a humble indie recreation on Steam blew up in reputation and snowballed itself.
Poncle quickly added layers of recent content material to the sport and the core expertise now affords 50 playable characters and 80 weapons to play with. That is earlier than the 2 main expansions too, to not point out the Ode to Castlevania DLC.
In our 8/10 overview, IGN stated: “Want a recreation to play whereas listening to podcasts? That is it. Vampire Survivors is outwardly easy however seems to be an extremely deep gap to fall down — although it isn’t with out prolonged uninteresting intervals once you get forward of its curve.”
Ryan Dinsdale is an IGN freelance reporter. He’ll discuss The Witcher all day.
