Gang Beast dev Boneloaf is prepping for a return to its original project: Grim Beasts

Boneloaf, the developer behind the multiplayer fighting game Gang Beasts, is looking to move on to their next game in the near future. According to marketing and communications manager Connor Clarke at Develop 2023, the studio is considering returning to its original project: Grim Beasts.

“Interestingly, Gang Beasts was always the second game in a trilogy,” says Clarke, sitting by the beach last week. “If you look at the initial post on the Gang Beasts website in 2013, you’ll see that we were working on a game first. I won’t point it out, I’ll let you try and find out what it is.” – that’s basically what we want to work on next.”

Doing exactly that will not provide blog posts on the official website, which seem to be missing at the time of writing. However, if you dive into the past, you will discover results for Grim Beasts. Several there are game demos – many of which will look very familiar to players of Gang Beasts. there is even a old twitter accountabandoned since 2015.

However, a website called IndieDB comes to the rescue here, having preserved the development details of this early project, including a text post from the developers. Said text post includes a list of reasons why Gang Beasts was developed first:

According to Clarke, the original vision of Boneloaf’s early project was shelved due to the popularity of multiplayer when shown off at conventions and physical gatherings, resulting in the conception of Gang Beast. However, with Gang Beasts being almost nine years old and still going strong, the team apparently wants to finish development strong, before moving forward.

Clarke states: “We kind of have a vision of what Gang Beasts is, and it’s basically us doing what we wanted to do when we first released it. It includes all the content we wanted to do, with the scenarios, but all the different modes as well. “.

“There are things we wanted to include, like some kind of story mode, but we’re still playing around with ideas of what it would look like. We really want to have it and refine it. We’re in a very lucky position in that we have time to do that too! The game has been out for nine years and it’s been successful, we’re pretty happy and ready for them for the next few years really. Now we can focus on getting back to the fans who basically gave us the chance to do it.”

What do you think about Boneloaf making his intended return in Grim Beasts (and maybe even Star Beasts one day, the planned final game in the trilogy)? Let us know below! If you’re looking for more Develop 2023 work, we’ve got a feature here: “Gone Useless”: Game Developers Talk About Twitter’s Slow Death And What Comes Next.