Story Kitchen is partnering with Vampire Survivors creator Luca “Poncle” Galante to convey the gothic world of his viral online game to tv.
Vampire Survivors took Steam by storm when it launched in 2022, and a search is now stated to be underway for a author to adapt the indie hit into “a premium, animated tv collection.” In keeping with Deadline, the concept shall be shopped to animated TV community patrons within the coming months.
The idea of the sport is straightforward — keep alive so long as you possibly can whereas an infinite horde of enemies comes at you, and all it’s a must to do is transfer round and never get hit whereas your weapons robotically assault. Nevertheless, the fast-paced unlocking of its dozens of auto-firing weapons makes every roguelite survival run extra attention-grabbing than the final.
“Crucial factor in Vampire Survivors is the story, so it is a dream come true to see what began as a bit indie recreation I made on my weekends come to life as an animated TV present!” Galante stated in a press release. “It is also nice to be partnering up with such skilled and gifted folks to make the present. I do marvel in the event that they’ve realized that there is not a single vampire in Vampire Survivors, although.”
Story Kitchen was based by John Wick creator Derek Kolstad, Sonic the Hedgehog producer Dmitri M. Johnson, and former APA agent and companion Mike Goldberg. The trio joined forces final 12 months on a mission to collectively construct, and increase, distinctive worlds and universes.
Nevertheless, Johnson admitted that they have been initially ready to dismiss Vampire Survivors as “simply one other vampire recreation” however discovered themselves “hooked” after taking part in it for “tons of of hours” and realizing that they “couldn’t get sufficient” of the sport’s gothic world.
These identical ideas have been echoed in IGN’s evaluate of the sport, which awarded it a 7/10, stating that, “it could look extraordinarily primary, however if you happen to give Vampire Survivors’ intelligent one-stick shooter thought an opportunity to sink its tooth into you it won’t let go for some time.”
Adele Ankers-Vary is a contract leisure author for IGN. Follow her on Twitter.