The Amanda's Letter add-on for The Pig has been Kill Switched due to an issue with incorrect RBT count.
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Killer variation - 1: Tiny killers
The killer roster in DBD is kind off bland, they're all humanoid killers of about the same size. It's true that they are each unique in their own style, but lets speculate what could be.
The first thing I want to adress are tiny-killers. (E.g. Chucky, Sam, ...)
The main problem about tiny killers would be the POV's, when walking around you wouldn't see anything because of all the obstacles in your way. This could easily be worked away with just adding a circle which just makes obstacles dissapear. (Hard to explain, basically the same system For Honor works with when you're close to walls.)
Some other problems are attacks, flashlighting and grabbing survivors. For the attacks you could make the killer do a little leap. For flashlighting you could force to survivor to crouch. The big one is grabbing survivors. This could be solved with having the Entity help you. When "carrying" a survivor, the Entity can just drag it over the floor. When hooking the survivor, the Entity can just lift the survivor.
This would more or less be it. I'm planning about talking about monster-like killers next.
What do YOU think? Have I missed something or do you have other solutions. Just let me know.
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The non-humanoid killers are currently a huge untapped resource for BHVR, between licensed and originals.
Also I agree the "tiny" killers could work the way you're describing. Imagine pointing your flashlight down for a blind..lol
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This is a slasher game filled with slasher characters that have to fit the theme. That is the one thing you've got to keep in mind. I'm still surprised they added Demogorgon, and I honestly doubt anything like that will be repeated.
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This is a HORROR game. And since when is Chucky not considered a slasher?
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Exactly, it would be really cool imo to see Alien as a killer.
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Its not just a horror game, it's a game from a very particular and popular subgenre of horror. It's not a psychological horror, it's not a lovecraftian horror, it's not a bodyhorror, it's a slasher (that's not to say it cannot have other horror elements, just that it is far from its primary subgenre). Brutal killers run around murdering groups of people. The only way it could get more slasher is if it had a mocking morality play. It's not The Excorcist, it's Halloween... Literally.
And I wasn't saying Chucky wasn't a slasher, just pointing out that you have to take into account thematic context. In a game where killers are big, scary humans... A little doll? It's not the most out there thing, but it is almost at the point where disbelief has gone from suspended to "#########."
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