Independent film studio Epic Pictures plans to launch a new distribution platform for game "teasers" created by indie developers. According to The Hollywood Reporter, The Dread X Collection will include ten interactive trailers focusing on creations from developers impacted by COVID-19.
Teams from Snowrunner Games, Mayelyk, Lovely Hellplace, Torple Dook, Strange Scaffold, Oddbreeze and Dusk creator David Szymanski took part in the implementation of the idea. Developers are given a week to decide on the game and present it in the form of an interactive trailer.
The list of games includes a card RPG; shooter from the creator of Dusk; and a 1979 Tiger Electronics handheld console-style game. The rest of the projects in the collection will be faithful to the horror genre that PT belongs to.
In general, the whole idea is inspired by Hideo Kojima's PT, an interactive trailer for the canceled Silent Hills. According to Ted Hentschke, editor-in-chief of gaming site DreadXP, who recently launched Epic Pictures, many developers told him about wanting to make their own version of PT
Hentschke emphasized that PT has a legendary status in the gaming world - a huge number of developers and gamers have liked it. But Silent Hills was by Konami. However, the selected developers are only inspired by PT, not copied. βAnd so a lot of PT plagiarism came out,β he added.
Epic Pictures plans to make the collection available for $7 later this month on Steam, itch.io, and the Humble Bundle, with a possible console release in the future. Part of the money will go to the Doctors Without Borders funds. βI think that any charity now should be directed to the main problem,β Hentschke said.
Source: 3dnews.ru