Hi there,
I wanted to share this recently posted dev blog of my small horror game Linger: https://bioxide.itch.io/linger
I built this game in a few days for an Epic Games game jam and it surprisingly blew up, reaching #1 on itch.io for a few weeks last summer, since then it has been gradually growing, and still lots of videos are being posted on Youtube weekly. I've been receiving emails non-stop, people asking me what's next, to collab with them because they got great ideas, etc, one of the recurring themes in those emails was adding a multiplayer mode to the game. I gave it some thought and took some time to develop a small prototype to see if the idea would be feasible and I wanted to share it here to see if it's something people would be interested in.
I will keep the details to a minimum, the game would be something similar to phasmophobia (no ghost hunting), and heavily inspired by Silent Hill and old school horror games, it's a co-op mind-bending, psychological horror game set in a sandbox/procedural environment, procedurally generated objectives, randomized scares, individual sanity system, and other crazy fun things I won't mention for now. It's built-in Unreal Engine 4 with high fidelity graphics and a surgically crafted network system to ensure all users get a smooth multiplayer experience with the least amount of jankyness possible.
Right now it's just a small prototype built off the Linger project, but it already includes 4 player co-op multiplayer, health/sanity, dynamic inventory system, high-quality animation, and locomotion systems, third/first-person modes, and the interaction system from Linger but overhauled.
The most important question here would be, is this something you guys would be interested in? Would you like to experience what made Linger so scary and fun but in a multiplayer environment with your friends?
I'm a full-time senior/lead UE4 game developer plus I have a personal MMO game that has a huge community and currently in pre-alpha, so my time is very limited and I need to know if investing my time into this project would be something ideal, I wouldn't want to create a fully-fledged commercial horror game that no one will play.
If this is something you might be interested in or think it has potential, let me know, I'm curious to see what others think, thanks!
- BioXide