Source: https://geektyrant.com/news/john-carpenter-teases-the-thing-sequel-were-working-on-it-now

THE FONTS NOT EVEN THAT DIFFERENT IS IT REALLY WORTH IT

I honestly forgot how fun Killer Queen: Bite The Dust is to play sometimes

Once I revert to an egg, I must bury myself underground for three years. There, my form matures.

I know Freddy Krueger was dogshit before his first rework, but he never really captured the same feeling as his inital power after his rework in my opinion, I just play Dredge now.

Hello! I'm currently working on an Asymetrical Game based on "The Thing", see more here.
but to summerize it, Alien invades a group of people and can assimilate them to convert them to its team, wins when everyone is dead / assimilated or if it escapes alongside the humans.

Currently, I'm in need of Ability Ideas and What to actually name the game
The Alien, Shapeshifter, Thing, whatever you want to call it, has Two abilities that can be swapped out for others in the lobby, while I have ideas for some ideas, I'm going to need more to improve gameplay variety and to prevent rounds from feeling stale and repeated.

As for the name of the game... I'm at a blank, I'm tempted just to call it "The Thing" but that would probably be a copyright Nightmare.

If you have any ideas, post a comment or reply to this google form

As of now, I am the only developer working on this project, so keep that in mind.

NOTE: I wont be able to reply to comments until tomorrow, as it is currently... about 2 am for me.

DEFAULT:

The default gamemode with no changes.

VOW:

Your awakening charges 20% faster, and you can no longer cast the World Cutting Slash Net. (Third Chant will just shoot the vertical WCS)

Activating Awakening freezes time for 5 or so seconds so you can choose from 1 of 3 options with positive / negative effects.

RITUAL:

• Reduces your damage output by 33%.
• Replaces Your awakening with "Ritual"

Your awakening will have you quickly recite the Mahoraga Summon Phrase thingy (This takes about 4 seconds) and if you go uninterrupted, Summon an NPC controlled Suped-Up version of Mahoraga. Mahoraga's HP is 150, with 25 extra max health for every living player when summoned. The Mahoraga will automatically adapt to incoming damage types, Regardless of what state its in. After this, your awakening bar will passively fill with a Chromatic meter, press G when this is full to summon Agito. Agito will focus on Positioning / Stunning targets with their predictable attacks (Basic grabs an an eletric wall between their hands) to Assist both You and Mahorga with dealingdirect damage. Agito's HP is Half of Mahoraga's.

THE STRONGEST:

• Reduces the lives of the Sorcerers team by 3.
• Fight The Strongest of Today before the Sorcerers spawn in.

The Strongest of Today is chosen at random, but prioritizes Players with a High Pity. (Does not consume the Pity) The Strongest of Today has only 1 life, and has 200 health + 50% of The Strongest Of History's Maximum Health, in exchange, they get Passive health regeneration. Once the Strongest Of Today is killed, The Sorcerers will begin to spawn in as normal. Until then, they spectate and watch the Final Show Down.

Currently the project is visually rough, most of the systems are in place I just need to clean them up to not look... completely visually awful, and also do some cleaning around rougher elements

GAMEPLAY:
One player starts off as the "Shapeshifter" with 2 equippable abilities and 2 default abilities, being Assimilate and Reveal

Reveal is simple, your body violently shakes about and then you Thing-out. Granting you access to a powerful melee strike and quicker assimilation*.*

Assimilate is special, by targetting a player by being close to them and triggering it you can shoot a tendril at them and start assimilating them, if this goes uninterrupted they become an assimilation and are now on YOUR team! At any point you can body-swap with an assimilated player to control them to preform sneak attacks onto unsuspecting players. If your original body is destroyed, continue the match as anyone you've assimilated.

Everyone else in the match is Human, for now at least. They must scavenge for weapons and complete objectives (I.e repairing a radio or fixing a helicopter) to call for help/escapes. Bullets will stop the Shapeshifter, but only flame will destroy it for good.

Humans can make sure who is and isn't assimilated with blood tests, knowledge checks, or torching their suspects first.
If an assimilated player / The Shapeshifter is among the humans that escape the match, The Shapeshifter wins. The Shapeshifter also wins if they assimilate all players.

THEME:
Obviously, the game is based off John Carpenters 1982's "The Thing", taking place secluded research stations in the Arctic, Expeditions to mountain tops, or even on space stations surrounded by nothing but the black empty void of space.

But yeah, thats mostly the gist of it! Let me know what you'd like to see in the game moving forward, anything from map ideas to ability concepts, really anything is welcome.

Something I thought up in passing while working on a studio project (Supposed to be Heavenly Restricted Maki)