The team that brought us sexy Colonel Sanders is working on a Dead by Daylight dating sim

pcgamer.com:

Dead by Daylight is an asymmetrical multiplayer game about torture, murder, and unspeakable savagery and horror. But later this year it will experiment with a softer side of its persona in Hooked On You: A Dead by Daylight Dating Sim, which will let players frolic with four dead-sexy psycho killers on the tropical paradise of Murderer's Island.

For the record, this is not a joke. Behaviour Interactive describes Hooked on You as «the very first Dead by Daylight visual novel,» in which players will flirt with the Huntress, the Spirit, the Trapper, and the Wraith—no licensed characters here, understandably—and come to know their sweeter, more sensitive sides. But while love may be in the air, it sounds like copious blood spray remains a distinct possibility too.

«Will [players] find true love, forge friendships, or get hacked to death? Only they can decide,» Behaviour Interactive said. «As mystery unfolds, it’s their job to make sense of it all. What brought them here? Where did these Killers come from? Why do they show so much interest? And, most importantly, if only one had to be chosen for love… who would it be?»

I'll be honest, I feel like a round of Kiss/Marry/Kill wouldn't be my number-one priority if I was trapped on an island of lunatic killers, but I'm also not really a fan of visual novels so it's possible I'm just not properly into the spirit of the thing.

While the game itself might not be a joke, it sounds like its origins may be. Behaviour Interactive said the decision to make Hooked On You arose from a survey of fans, who in the finest tradition of Boaty McBoatface said that what they really wanted from Dead by Daylight was a dating sim. I won't go so far as to say that Behaviour Interactive called their