http://dbd.game/killswitch
New interview by Cote
First Off i want to say that it is located on reddit. I am not sure if I can post links for other places so I didn't post it. I also want to note for my pinhead lovers like me, he stated if he can come back they will get him back! So that's great news. I don't know if this is old or not so I just wanted to share! I didn't see it talked about yet
Main points however,
Mathieu reaffirms that working with Scott for the FNAF chapter was very different, but also very nice. He was very present and involved throughout the creative process and development of the chapter.
-Mathieu said that since the beginning they wanted to do the darkest and most evil possible version of Springtrap since up to that point the FNAF franchise maintained a PG13 rating.
-Mathieu is asked about why they didn’t include a survivor in the FNAF chapter. He says a lot of factors play into these decisions and one that stood out was that FNAF protagonists are always played from 1st POV, which didn’t highlight any immediate recognizable candidates.
-Mathieu admits they could’ve done a survivor, but they chose to focus on the map and Springtrap.
-Mathieu says Springtrap’s power was difficult to create, and they needed all the time available to do it. He also says the survivor experienced was really important when playing against him, promoting an innovative gameplay experience.
-Interviewer asks Mathieu if working with Matthew Lillard led to other projects with him in DBD (for example GF or Scooby Doo). Mathieu tries to dodge the question, commenting that licensing deals are very delicate and secret. Also adds that actors, most of the time, don’t have the rights to their own characters.
-Mathieu confirms that when doing a likeness for DBD, the actors have the final say to approve or deny their work (they can say whether the face look like theirs or not, so that the devs may capture their likeness better or greenlit it).
-Mathieu is asked about FNAF skins for OG characters, responds that the problem with that is the gameplay loop would have to match with the FNAF characters otherwise it wouldn’t make sense.
-Nonetheless, Mathieu confirms that it is possible that it could happen but dismisses Vanny as a legendary skin for Legion.
-Mathieu says that the massive reception FNAF had motivated them, saying that it helps them to pursue future content for the FNAF ip in DBD.
-Mathieu confirms the axe Springtrap has was brought up in conversations with Scott he can’t talk about due to confidentiality, but says it was all approved by Scott himself. Also jokes about the axe being part of the FNAF canon now.
-Mathieu says that during development they had other versions instead of the axe, but it was agreed that the axe was the better one.
-Mathieu says that the Japanese community was very passionate about DBD since its release and DBD loves the Japanese community. This passion was also what led them to do The Spirit and Oni’s chapters, as well as introduce Japanese ips such as Tokyo Ghoul and Junji Ito.
-Mathieu confirms they’ll keep doing collabs with Japanese licenses.
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Thx for sharing!
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Absolutely! There is more
Interviewer brings up The Grudge and Dragon Ball Z as possible collabs, Mathieu doesn’t respond to him directly but acknowledges them as possibilities through gestures.
-Mathieu confirms that during a license negotiation the first things they do is establish limits with the license holders (such as what a character can or can’t do) and also talk about the basic actions a killer or survivor must be able to do inside the game (being taken by The Entity, repairing gens or vaulting windows).
-Mathieu puts Chucky and Sadako as a great examples of this, having to be very creative in the actions they do, but staying true to their character. He highlights Chucky’s picking up animation and Sadako not being able to touch anyone or anything.
-Mathieu also says they don’t like doing exact replicas of the licenses they get. He uses an analogy comparing The Entity to a nightmare, where anything can appear, but in convoluted ways. He says he used this method with the SH licensors and that’s why we got Cheryl and Pyramid Head together.
-Mathieu says adding Robert Englund’s Freddy as a skin is very difficult and a nightmare due to the licensing it has to be done. He also says getting 2 companies to work together is very difficult.
-Mathieu says some of the licenses they have other versions of their characters which are owned by the same company that collabed with BHVR, meaning we could see other versions of those characters join the game.
-Mathieu says that bringing Mr. Scratch to DBD is ENTIRELY possible.
-Mathieu confirms that if is possible to bring Pinhead back into the game THEY’LL DO IT.
-He also says outfits from mobile can come to the core game (as seen with a few we already have).
-Mathieu says the door to games played with 1st POV (such as BATIM) was never closed and can definitely happen if people want these kind of ips.
-Mathieu says that any character they’d consider cool to add, has a chance of getting in DBD.
-Mathieu confirms that ips created by one single person or indie games are completely possible to add to DBD.
-Mathieu says that survivors don’t need to be strictly horror, but they have to be relatable people that can get beaten by the killers. He says they tend not to do “pure hero” characters like Dutch from Predator, since they want people that have weaknesses and strengths and can endure insurmountable trials, not be heroes.
-Mathieu also says that when creating OG survivors, they want to make them relatable, with a complex backstory and human (in behaviour, not race). He says they should be the typical people you see on the street or around a corner.
-He puts Ash Williams as a great example of this, someone who is heroic at times, but has to suffer a lot and overcome many challenges to win.
-He says a character that will possibly not come to DBD is John McClane from Die Hard but sets him as a good example of what kind of survivors they want.
-Mathieu regards Doom Guy as another example of what would be a bad survivor. He also says Geralt from Witcher is a bit at the limit of that line. However, Mathieu considers Geralt as someone who has faced many horrors during his life and had to push through them like survs do.
-Mathieu says the voice actors for each character are a conscious decision made by the team, setting Orela’s VA as an example. He also excludes old characters due to their limited budget back then.
-Mathieu says they like to go for VA who are extremely competent, but perhaps not so well known among the public.
-Mathieu completely deconfirms The Teacher as a killer, he said the icons found in the file were an inside joke among devs at that time and if you take the first letter of the name of each icon it spells “Get good”.
-Mathieu says we WILL learn more about characters like Vigo and The Observer, but he says they probably won’t ever come as actual characters to the game.
-Mathieu says there’s a comic book series in the works. He also admits the movie is still in the works.
-Mathieu also says they’ll use more mediums to tell the story of DBD.
-Mathieu CONFIRMS The Entity is ALL POWERFUL in his own realm, meaning it can do whatever it pleases. Interviewer mentions Vecna as a powerful being inside the realm and Mathieu said that once you’re inside the realm, The Entity can do whatever it want with you.
-He says if The Entity was to be taken out of its realm then it perhaps wouldn’t be as strong, but as long as you’re inside the realm, no matter who you are, you’re in his mercy.
-He also says that The Entity can warp anything (time, reality, physics), can do whatever it wants and is an incomprehensible being.
-He also says that they’ve established that The Entity’s intention can never be understood. Mathieu says that they’ll probably never explain what The Entity truly is or what it desires and if they do they’ll make sure to add more questions to the formula.
-Mathieu confirms it is NOT impossible that we may see the characters from Project T (cancelled DBD spinoff) as survivors
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Thanks for sharing! Some good info there
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-Mathieu says adding Robert Englund’s Freddy as a skin is very difficult and a nightmare due to the licensing it has to be done. He also says getting 2 companies to work together is very difficult.And a 'nightmare'.
I see what happened there.
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