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Supermassive are making Little Nightmares 3, but are sticking close to the series' DNAProducer Coralie Feniello spills some extra beans on the cute horror sequel
Producer Coralie Feniello spills some extra beans on the cute horror sequel
Image credit:Bandai Namco
Image credit:Bandai Namco
I saw a little hands off demo, and spoke to producer Coralie Feniello, who told me that co-op was the most demanded feature from their community of players (though you can also play Little Nightmares 3 in single player, with an AI). “We already asked ourselves the question forLittle Nightmares II, but it wasn’t the right time for it,” she said. “And now, working with Supermassive Games who had an extended knowledge of multiplayer, it really was the right moment to do it.”
2021 saw original devsTarsier moving on to new projects, perhaps with a gentle shove in the small of the back from new owners Embracer Group. Bandai Namco retained Little Nightmares, though, and have regurgitated it like a big mummy bird right into the open mouth of Supermassive, what do all those slasher-movie style games likeThe Dark PicturesAnthology andThe Quarry. The Little Nightmares 3 co-op is online only with your friends, so only players on your friends list, but you also get a friend’s pass, so you can still play with a pal if they don’t have their own copy of Little Nightmares 3.
Image credit:Bandai Namco
The playtime is not, Feniello told me, actually fixed right now, but she said that she feels this time they’re pushing more into showing exteriors and wider locations. “Each place is very different in the game. We have several locations which have several enemies, several stories, several secrets,” she said.
Finiello mentioned the lore of the world of Little Nightmares. In game nothing gets much exposition, and you can go the whole way just thinking “welp, this is all a bit odd, isn’t it?” - but the concepts and locations are concrete, the characters have clearly been designed with a purpose. For Little Nightmares 3 things are going multi-media - something Bamco have experimented with before with Unknown 9, a game that wasannounced in 2021with a comic, a book trilogy and a podcast, and which I’ve not heard hide nor hair of since.
Despite all this, Feniello confirmed that Little Nightmares 3, like the previous two games, is basically standalone in that you don’t have to play the others to understand it. I would though, because they’re very good, and I hope this one is too. Feniello, who worked on the second game, told me it’s important to them to keep the Little Nightmares DNA very present. We will find out if they’re right when the game comes out in 2024 - although the first two episodes of the podcast are out right now, if you want an earlier taste.
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