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What chapter ( besides fnaf )would bring more players from Gen z/ Gen alpha
When thinking about chapters we think of Jason, pennywise, candy man etc all horror icons. But Gen z and younger don’t really have the same feeling for them and i know this because I’m 22 and my friends are also 22 and 2 of them do not care about anyone in the game but when fnaf was announced wanted to play the game. Besides FNAF what chapter would get more Gen z and younger players. I think an American psycho chapter would bring these people in. There are so many different kinds of memes on Instagram TikTok etc about Patrick Bateman either identifying with him or using a funny part from the movie. I see him almost weekly on Instagram on reels or memes and this has been the case for years but they don’t get tired of him. I would love to see Patrick Batman in dbd I love the book and movie.
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I think Slenderman could be great for collaboration, but he is in the public domain, so developers probably can't sell him for real money.
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While I don’t think it’s entirely desirable to cater specially towards kids, I’d say you’d unironically a have to start looking at ‘characters’ like Herobrine or whatever Fortnite has regarding original slasher-esque characters.
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A Slender chapter would be just the perfect one.
Another one, that is more of a personal one, is this:
And before you ask about The Nun (Valak), I'd much rather see this rather obscure IP in game than that slab of mediocre jumpscares.
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Makes us look old but the only things we can think of off the top of our heads is siren head. Most newer horror that we've seen have been either unique indi games or rather generic (ex: some flavor of zombies). Maybe outlast colab?
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Slenderman could be great for collaboration, but he is in the public domain
Slendernan is not public domain.
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Slenderman is just not happening at all
Kinda hard to market a chapter when the attached character can be linked to a high profile IRL attempted murder
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Gen Alpha is 2010, right? Not even 18, so marketing for this group in particular would be weird imo.
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Skibidi toilet!
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That's like saying you can't market Kool-Aid because of Jim Jones, or The Joker because of the Joker shooting. Nothing fictional should be inseparable from anything that it "inspired" in real life, especially the more nefarious stuff. You're talking about properties that existed for years and years, until something bad one day became associated with them. For these reasons, I think Slender should be a viable option for DLC.
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As a Gen Z myself, my dream chapter would be a FromSoftware collaboration having Orphan of Kos and Midra as killers and Patches as a survivor.
On a second note, as someone who grew up with creepypastas, Slenderman would also be awesome.
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As a Gen Z myself I think the monkey from Toy Story 3 would be a great addition
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I miss Gen Z by a couple years but I'd say Slenderman also, Marble Hornets was pretty popular.
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So basically the monkeys from Dark Deception.
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I don't think Gen Z and Alpha should be lumped together in this context. A lot of Gen Z are young adults (like me) or late year teens, with the youngest in it turning 13 I believe as of 2025. Marketing a chapter to people like us is very different from 12 year olds and below, not just because of age differences but simply in that we've been exposed to very different internets with different horror icons at different points in their legacy.
For example, I see a character like Herobrine referenced here, but I honestly haven't heard that name since like 2016 in relevance, Gen Alpha might know him, but his reign of popularity was probably before they were on iPads.
More to the point, Slender is like the face of internet creepypasta. The real life incident is incredibly tragic and might stand in the way of a DBD inclusion, but if we're talking a character whose design elements and tropes can be seen in various popular works over the years after his creation, I can't think of any other Ip with as much influence in Internet spaces. SCP would be fun, but likely a licencing nightmare with Creative Commons in the context of a pre-existing work like DBD.
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Ngl, I'd love a Dark Deception chapter.
But the Monkeys are a bit too plain for my liking.
The Dread Duckies on the other hand....
Or even one of the monsters from chapter 4, or 5 when it will come out.
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SCP 049 the plague doctor.
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a Health Chapter
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COD and GTA 5 Online are 18+ but most of the players are young like under 18. Not saying its right but companies absolutely know that they are reaching to the players who have the most free time. anyway i mean mostly gen z since they are adults that are making big boy money.
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I guess i mostly mean the early gen z not the later or alpha since they don't make much money. All my friends are out of college and make adult salaries and have more money to buy stupid stuff. I spent money on this game buying the killers new and old and cosmetics. American psycho and Slenderman to me seem like the most likey killers to bring late gen z people in. It was FNAF because the first game came out when i was 12 years old around the time slenderman was out and about. Remember seeing that online all the time. but FNAF and slenderman is something from the past gen z liked but American psycho seems like something both gen z and older people will like since its old. Would love to see both of them in this game
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American Psycho memes are more so because it's Christian Bale. You know who else Christian Bale played?
Batman. Give us a Batman chapter.
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Except Slenderman is not public domain.
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A Backrooms-type chapter would be cool, mostly because the concept of "liminal spaces" (look it up, it is on Wikipedia) is not tied to a specific generation.
I would love an "Infinite IKEA" map. Of course it would not be infinite (and not IKEA…) but there are many games with maps where you go from one side to the opposite, like in a cylinder or a sphere
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