RIPOUT Q&A – Co-Op Horror Game May Add AMD FSR 3 & Intel XeSS in Early Access; Consoles Coming in Q1 2024
Serbian developer Pet Project Games is coming out today on Steam Early Access with RIPOUT, currently available for $22.49 thanks to a 10% discount that runs through the end of this month.
RIPOUT, Pet Project's debut game, is a cooperative first-person shooter game set in a science fiction universe. Players need to band together to fend off mutated aliens in procedurally generated environments. According to the developer, the full game will launch in early 2024 after five updates for the early access version have been released, adding new mission types, enemies, weapons, armors, destructible obstacles, and expanding the spaceship hub.
We interviewed Pet Project Games via email to discuss RIPOUT's various features.
What were your influences in terms of sci-fi horror lore? What about game design influences?
We were influenced heavily by 80’s Body Horror movies: The Thing, The Fly, and Videodrome to name a few. There is also the inescapable Alien influence when you are in a space horror genre. From the game side, it is a broad spectrum. Games like Dead Space, the first Half-Life, and DOOM 3 come to mind, along with the co-op genre greats like Left 4 Dead, Hunt Showdown, etc.
When did development begin on RIPOUT? Did you have to change anything major from the original pitch?
We started in 2020, just before COVID broke out. The major pitch with players venturing into
derelict spaceships using the pet gun was developed very early on. That didn't change since
it was decided. We had a lot of changes to how we approached these ideas.
I know there have been several beta tests over the past year. Did you incorporate any specific feedback from the community?
Yes, we implemented a lot of community feedback, ranging from monster count to
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