Imagine "Star Wars" characters fighting against an army of undead Stormtroopers in the cold hallways of the Galactic Empire's bases.
If the idea excites the inner "Star Wars" nerd in your brain, then Stefano Cagnani's Deathtroopers might just be for you.
(Photo : Stefano Cagnani via itch.io)
The sci-fi horror game follows the story of a lone Stormtrooper finding a way out of the Imperial ship as they fight off their former comrades who turned into flesh-eating zombies.
Deathtroopers is a Modern Retelling of Horror Star Wars Stories
The game features similar mechanics and exploration to earlier Resident Evil games, ensuring that even horror game enthusiasts would feel at home even with minimal knowledge of the franchise.
Deathtroopers was made using Unreal Engine and was partially inspired by an old "Star Wars" book of the same name set after the events of "A New Hope."
The fan-made game was first released way back in November, but has only started gaining wide recognition this month after streamers hopped into the game.
Deathtroopers and its sequel, Deathtroopers: The Outpost, is currently available on Cagnani's itch.io page.
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Copyright Issues Loom Over Unofficial Fan-Made Games
While the idea of a zombie-infested Star Wars game sounds novel, the prospect of using licensed characters invites legal issues over potential copyright violations.
Just recently, the creator of Bloodborne Kart, a fan-made game based on the popular From Software title and inspired by the Mario Kart series, took down their project after years of work after receiving a letter from Sony, the license holder of the game.
The developer, Lilith Walther, still promised to release the game at a later date, albeit with a few changes to remove any Sony-owned branding.
Like I've said in multiple interviews, we were all expecting this to happen so we could be pleasantly surprised if it didn't
— 🪄✨ PSX Bunlith 🐰🏳️⚧️ BLM ACAB 🇵🇸 (@b0tster) January 26, 2024
It happened, so we're shifting gears (ha) to take care of it. I'll get back to y'all ASAP when we figured out a new release date!!
Even now, fanmade titles inspired by the Pokémon franchise constantly receive threats of a lawsuit from Nintendo for supposedly breaching its rights to the characters.
Even game "modders" are not safe from the risk of a cease-and-desist order.
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