Programmer(s) Daniel Garcia Composer(s) Harry Manfredini Release WW: Q1 2017 Publisher Gun Media Series Friday the 13th | Artist(s) Shane Stoneman Engine Unreal Engine 4 Designer Ronnie Hobbs Genre Survival horror Developers Gun Media, IllFonic | |
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Producer(s) Sean S. Cunningham
Randy Greenback Platforms PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Microsoft Windows Similar Dead by Daylight, Friday the 13th, Outlast 2, Days Gone, Resident Evil 7: Biohazard | ||
Friday the 13th: The Game is an upcoming survival horror video game developed by Gun Media and IllFonic, and published by Gun Media. It is based on the franchise of the same name owned by New Line Cinema. It is scheduled for release in Early 2017 for Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4.
Contents
- Friday the 13th the game killer pax east 2017 trailer
- Gameplay
- Development
- Virtual Cabin
- Music
- Release
- References
The game is an asymmetrical multiplayer game, pitting up to seven players controlling Camp Crystal Lake counselors against one player controlling Jason Voorhees. It is a semi-open world game, with players able to explore it further.
The game was originally to be developed as Slasher Vol. 1: Summer Camp by Illfonic in mid-2015. Gun Media was in talks with Friday director Sean S. Cunningham to obtain a license to develop the game, and after a series of meetings, successfully acquired the rights. The game evolved into Friday the 13th: The Game, and funding from both Kickstarter and BackerKit raised approximately $2.1M, becoming the 114th most successful crowdfunded project of all time. It is also the first Illfonic game to utilize Unreal Engine 4 after their departure from CryEngine following Project Advena.
Friday the 13th the game killer pax east 2017 trailer
Gameplay
Friday the 13th: The Game will be a semi-open world third-person survival horror game set in the fictional camp of Crystal Lake in the Friday the 13th franchise. The time period in which the game is set is the mid-1980s in order to better capture the feel of the original films.
The game will be an asymmetrical multiplayer video game, with up to eight people able to play in one game. One player controls Jason Voorhees, while the remaining players control camp counselors at Crystal Lake. A player may also control Tommy Jarvis, who becomes playable when certain conditions are met. According to gameplay demos, Jason has heightened hearing and vision, with him being able to teleport anywhere the player wants. The objective of the counselors is to escape from the camp or survive until time runs out on the session, while Jason's objective is to kill all the remaining players. Jason may also be defeated with an "‘epic’ win condition" that requires teamwork, and is difficult to perform.
Kane Hodder, who portrayed Jason in Part VII, Part VIII, Jason Goes to Hell, and Jason X, will reprise him via motion capture and will coordinate the stunts. Thom Mathews, who portrayed Tommy Jarvis in Part VI, also reprises his role in the series.
Although the game is planned as a multiplayer, the single-player campaign is still in talks and might be possible for development, according to the developers, despite the stretch goal for $1.625 million to unlock it not being reached.
Development
After Illfonic's polarized 2012 remake of Nexuiz and Gun Media's Breach & Clear: Deadline in 2015, Illfonic went to work on a game entitled Slasher Vol. 1: Summer Camp, with little details on its release date with Gun, in which the story took place in Camp Forest Green. Friday the 13th director Sean S. Cunningham was in talks about an upcoming game based on Friday the 13th with Gun. It is also the first video game Illfonic has developed with Unreal Engine 4, departing from CryEngine after the announcement of Project Advena.
According to Gun Media, from their BackerKit:
Sean came to us in early 2015, but we quickly discovered these weren’t the normal business conversations you would have when you try to secure a license as important as Friday the 13th. It was totally different. It was a conversation built on mutual admiration and respect for what each had created. Sean immediately noticed the passion we had for Friday the 13th, and after several incredible meetings over the next few months, we decided to upgrade our plans for Summer Camp and embrace the Friday the 13th video game license. After several incredible meetings over the next few months, Sean surprised us by offering the Friday the 13th video game license.
Executive director and producer Randy Greenback organized both a BackerKit and a Kickstarter campaign to fund the game's development. Overall, US$422,866.00 was raised by 18,068 backers in BackerKit and about US$823,704.20 from 12,128 backers in Kickstarter, collecting about US$1,246,570.20 from both platforms, becoming the 95th most crowdfunded project of all time.
On 13 October 2015, it was announced that Slasher Vol. 1: Summer Camp had evolved into Friday the 13th: The Game, with an announcement trailer released by Gun on their YouTube channel the same day.
On Halloween, Harry Manfredini uploaded a video to the Gun YouTube channel with files on his computer monitor being partially seen, implying that he is composing music for the game.
On 4 November, Gun released fly-through shots of the game's environment while in pre-alpha development. On November 10, Illfonic posted a video on Gun's YouTube channel, which highlighted testing and development for the game, including 3D modeling for Jason.
On 25 February 2016, Gun and Illfonic released camera footage showing Hodder with Tarah Paige and Ryan Staats, the two actors who will play the men and women counselors in the game, performing motion capture at Digital Domain. The footage shows Hodder performing a list of kill animations for the game, with rigged placeholder characters used to track the kills and animations in real-time. This was soon reuploaded by Bloody Disgusting in the same day.
A developer panel for Gun Media and Illfonic was opened at PAX South 2016 in January with alpha footage and a list of kill animations, with gameplay released at E3 2016 in June.
On 2 September, Gun released the PAX West trailer for the game, entitled "XIII". The trailer showcased Jason Voorhees' kill animations specifically designed by Tom Savini, while set to "XIII" by Crazy Lixx.
The game was pushed back from the fall release date, multiplayer will come out in Early 2017 and the campaign will release in Summer 2017.
Virtual Cabin
On June 30, 2016 Illfonic previewed a 3D development diary to complement behind-the-scenes interviews, footage, and in-development stock called the "Virtual Cabin". Besides overviews, the Cabin has item rooms that house information upon characters or scenes or easter eggs. An item room called the "Jason Room" was unlocked on July 18, 2016 and a room containing the main counselors was unlocked on August 12, 2016.
Music
Harry Manfredini, who created the soundtrack for the original film, will compose the soundtrack of the video game. The physical copy will feature original concept art from the game and liner notes in the packaging.
During development, Gun released two tracks from the upcoming soundtrack, which released as "Harry Manfredini Full Track - 01" on 9 November 2015 and "Harry Manfredini Full Track - 02" on 14 May 2016.
A trailer of the game released for PAX West 2016 featured the theme for the game, "XIII", recorded by Crazy Lixx.
Release
Friday the 13th: The Game is scheduled to release for the Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One platforms, in two separate parts: The multiplayer aspect is to be released in early 2017, while the single-player campaign will be released in summer of the same year.