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Game Grumps are overseeing Homebody, a psychological horror gameThis is not your father’s Dream Daddy
This is not your father’s Dream Daddy
Not content with just a foothold in the world of dad-dating visual novels, Game Grumps have decided to team up with Rogue Games to develop a psychological horror game.Homebodywill channel the slasher film aesthetic of the 1980s, a stark tonal shift from the hand-drawn cheesecake colourfulness of Game Grumps and Rogue Games' first collaboration,Dream Daddy. Some of the same team are back for this one though. Watch the eerie trailer below.
Homebody - Announcement Trailer - GameGrumpsWatch on YouTube
Homebody - Announcement Trailer - GameGrumps
Dream Daddy’s narrative designer Jory Griffis is now the game director for Homebody, and said: “We were excited to retain the narrative and storytelling values we learned making Dream Daddy and put them to use in a game with a totally different tone and ambitious new mechanics.” Leighton Gray, one of Dream Daddy’s co-writers, is back for Homebody too andtweetedthat working on the project was a “huge honor” following the game’s announcement.
Pip (RPS in Peace)took a lookat Dream Daddy when it was released in 2017. She got quite into it. “It reminded me of Life Is Strange in that it speaks in a way I’m not used to seeing in games,” she said. “Dad banter and warmth and actual human humour. Name me another game where a character makes an awkward pun/joke that doesn’t quite work and tells you they’re going to workshop it.” I can’t think of any – can you?
Homebody is due out later this year onSteam, theEpic Games Storeand consoles.
