“Among Us was this little indie game that came out in 2018 that very few people knew about and played, and then, of course, it just totally took off during 2020 with the pandemic.,” Winn said. The ultimate goal, Winn said, was to develop an indie game that reaches the same level of success and popularity as Among Us did last year during the pandemic.
And we're even working on a mobile version for later next year to further tap into the casual market.” Give yourself the best shot that you can, releasing it across PlayStation, Nintendo Switch, Xbox, PC, all those things. “We're certainly trying to cover our bases too with all the platforms right?” Jeffery said. The planned release date for the game is set for early 2022, Winn said, and will be released on all platforms immediately to try to bring in as many players as possible to have a successful commercial launch. It still supports local, so local and online multiplayer.” And we've recreated the game as a fully online multiplayer game. So we basically have hired up a team of, counting ourselves, there's 10 of us now involved in the company, mostly MSU alumni.
“The original game was a local multiplayer game, up to 12 players, and it didn't make sense to launch a local multiplayer game in the middle of the pandemic. The original intent was for it to be a local multiplayer game to be played with 12 people in the same room around the same console but the studio switched its focus to online capabilities for Plunder Panic when the pandemic forced everyone to be isolated. The original Nintendo Entertainment Systems controllers used for the arcade version of Plunder Panic. “And one of the greatest strengths I think of it is when we bring it to an expo, you'll have like a four-year-old playing, and maybe they're with their grandparents, and they're both enjoying it, and they both get it.” “What we're trying to make is something that has this low barrier of entry that young kids can play and older adults can play and maybe it'll remind adults of games that they used to play on the Nintendo or Super Nintendo but kids just see it as a fun thing that they could understand,” Jeffery said. Jeffery said that their goal during development was to be able to create a game that is simple to understand and begin playing for people of all ages but has enough of a skill gap that people can develop strategy and master the game as well. So there's lots of players on the screen and lots of things happening and you're shouting and yelping to your team.” But it's this fast-paced, kind of frantic arcade action. “So just running and jumping and picking things up, that's about it. “It's a game that is kind of a blend of classic and modern games, where it's retro graphics that look like a Super Nintendo game and really simple controls,” Jeffery said. The game is a blend of classic 90s style art and fast-paced action that is common in lots of games released recently. Plunder Panic is an arcade-style game of 12 players that pits two pirate crews of six against each other trying to destroy the other team’s ship. The CEO of the studio, Matt Rudd, is from Spartan Innovations and is working on the business side of things to increase the audience for the game and set it up to do well on the open market. Will Winn Games partnered with MSU Innovations to help the game have a successful commercial launch.
“It was mostly grassroots but it was still gaining traction and building a community of players who really love the game, wanted to buy it, and that's what necessitated us creating Will Winn Games as we needed to find a legit avenue to get this game out there for people to play it.”
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“A lot of our early success is measured there, where we had this product that wasn't released and not even full of advertising and marketing,” co-founder and 2012 game design and development graduate Will Jeffery said. The game experienced a lot of success early on in its development at gaming expositions, winning the 2017 IndieCade audience choice award and being the official selection of the Indie Mega Booth at Pax East 2018.
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