"You have to remember, both myself and Wes Keltner grew up idolizing Friday the 13th," says Hobbs.
But the folks at Gun Media aren't look for easy - when an opportunity to work on the series that inspired them in the first place knocked at their door (however ominously), saying no never crossed their minds.
That's a big burden to take on just for a name change, and ultimately, it would probably be easier to stick with the original, looser Summer Camp idea. Plus, given the struggles faced by asymmetrical games when it comes to player balance (like the tragically fated Evolve), the folks at Gun aren't allowing themselves much room for error. That part of the game has to be spot on, or everything about the experience is going to fall apart. Here we have a game where players really have a chance to outsmart an archetypal masked serial killer (who is fully human and therefore not mentally hampered by the limits of coding), as most slasher fans expect they can after a myriad movie viewings. Not only does becoming an official licensed product add several times as much scrutiny to the project and create much greater consequences if it fails (as Greenback puts it, the opportunity to "wing it" on things like location design and character construction are out the window), but this particular interpretation brings it own unique set of challenges too.
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