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Gang Beasts devs plan to resurrect the drunken putty-people brawler’s spiritual successor as their next gameRevealing original plans for a ‘Beasts’ trilogy
Revealing original plans for a ‘Beasts’ trilogy
Image credit:Boneloaf
Image credit:Boneloaf
The devs behind flailing fisticuffsmultiplayer gameGang Beastshave revealed their hopes to resurrect its predecessor as their next major project, a decade after Boneloaf’s second wobbly wrestling hit took off and derailed their initial plans.10 Best Local Multiplayer PC Games (You Can Now Play Online With Steam)Watch on YouTubeThe studio’s marketing and communications manager Connor Clarke told RPS palsVG247that Gang Beasts was originally planned as the second game in a trilogy, starting with earlier project Grim Beasts.Grim Beasts started life in 2013, a couple of years before the team reused its physics-based fighting model in Gang Beasts. As VG247 dug up in the absence of Grim Beasts’websiteorTwitter account- both long since defunct - a development record preserved onIndieDBshows that the devs ultimately decided to release Gang Beasts as its debut due to the second game’s faster development and lower technical complexity, allowing the studio to more quickly become financially sustainable.The text post outlines a plan to ‘cannibalise’ tech and assets from Gang Beasts to improve Grim Beasts. That never happened, after Gang Beasts exploded in popularity following its live showing at events.Grim Beasts - Facturing Ice Sheet PrototypeWatch on YouTubeClarke said that Grim Beasts is now “basically the next thing we want to work on", as the devs reach their “vision” for what they wanted Gang Beasts to be after close to a decade working on the game. The team still hopes to add a story mode - when they work out what that might look like - but are satisfied for now with the modes and levels added so far.“The game has been out for nine years now and it has been successful, we’re pretty happy and set for them for the next few years really,” Clarke explained. “We can now just concentrate on going back to the fans that basically gave us the opportunity to do it.“As for the supposed third part of the ‘Beasts’ trilogy, there was no hint. Maybe check back in after another decade.
The devs behind flailing fisticuffsmultiplayer gameGang Beastshave revealed their hopes to resurrect its predecessor as their next major project, a decade after Boneloaf’s second wobbly wrestling hit took off and derailed their initial plans.10 Best Local Multiplayer PC Games (You Can Now Play Online With Steam)Watch on YouTubeThe studio’s marketing and communications manager Connor Clarke told RPS palsVG247that Gang Beasts was originally planned as the second game in a trilogy, starting with earlier project Grim Beasts.Grim Beasts started life in 2013, a couple of years before the team reused its physics-based fighting model in Gang Beasts. As VG247 dug up in the absence of Grim Beasts’websiteorTwitter account- both long since defunct - a development record preserved onIndieDBshows that the devs ultimately decided to release Gang Beasts as its debut due to the second game’s faster development and lower technical complexity, allowing the studio to more quickly become financially sustainable.The text post outlines a plan to ‘cannibalise’ tech and assets from Gang Beasts to improve Grim Beasts. That never happened, after Gang Beasts exploded in popularity following its live showing at events.Grim Beasts - Facturing Ice Sheet PrototypeWatch on YouTubeClarke said that Grim Beasts is now “basically the next thing we want to work on”, as the devs reach their “vision” for what they wanted Gang Beasts to be after close to a decade working on the game. The team still hopes to add a story mode - when they work out what that might look like - but are satisfied for now with the modes and levels added so far.“The game has been out for nine years now and it has been successful, we’re pretty happy and set for them for the next few years really,” Clarke explained. “We can now just concentrate on going back to the fans that basically gave us the opportunity to do it.“As for the supposed third part of the ‘Beasts’ trilogy, there was no hint. Maybe check back in after another decade.
The devs behind flailing fisticuffsmultiplayer gameGang Beastshave revealed their hopes to resurrect its predecessor as their next major project, a decade after Boneloaf’s second wobbly wrestling hit took off and derailed their initial plans.
10 Best Local Multiplayer PC Games (You Can Now Play Online With Steam)Watch on YouTube
10 Best Local Multiplayer PC Games (You Can Now Play Online With Steam)
The studio’s marketing and communications manager Connor Clarke told RPS palsVG247that Gang Beasts was originally planned as the second game in a trilogy, starting with earlier project Grim Beasts.
Grim Beasts started life in 2013, a couple of years before the team reused its physics-based fighting model in Gang Beasts. As VG247 dug up in the absence of Grim Beasts’websiteorTwitter account- both long since defunct - a development record preserved onIndieDBshows that the devs ultimately decided to release Gang Beasts as its debut due to the second game’s faster development and lower technical complexity, allowing the studio to more quickly become financially sustainable.
The text post outlines a plan to ‘cannibalise’ tech and assets from Gang Beasts to improve Grim Beasts. That never happened, after Gang Beasts exploded in popularity following its live showing at events.
Grim Beasts - Facturing Ice Sheet PrototypeWatch on YouTube
Grim Beasts - Facturing Ice Sheet Prototype
Clarke said that Grim Beasts is now “basically the next thing we want to work on”, as the devs reach their “vision” for what they wanted Gang Beasts to be after close to a decade working on the game. The team still hopes to add a story mode - when they work out what that might look like - but are satisfied for now with the modes and levels added so far.
“The game has been out for nine years now and it has been successful, we’re pretty happy and set for them for the next few years really,” Clarke explained. “We can now just concentrate on going back to the fans that basically gave us the opportunity to do it."
As for the supposed third part of the ‘Beasts’ trilogy, there was no hint. Maybe check back in after another decade.
