Outbreak: Shades of Horror - Next-Gen Retro Survival Horror

Happy Friday! LRG Stream and more!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 09:04:51 PM

Hey Survivors,

I know this is cutting it close, but if you are looking for something fun to watch and/ or listen to this afternoon, Evan will be on the Limited Run Games twitch channel at 1 pm EST hanging out with Jeremy C. (who is also one of our voice actors) playing the Shades  of Horror playable teaser and discussing all things LRG! 

Games we are watching 

I have tried very hard to use this section to focus on games and developers that have taken an aspect of a older game and remade it in their own image, and today's entry is no exception! Ascent of Ashes produced by Vivid Storm Interactive caught my eye because they take inspiration from XCOM and classic everyday sims and the application of it. Check them out and let's get them funded, because the world needs more games like this!

Lots of Love
over 1 year ago – Fri, Sep 16, 2022 at 03:45:05 AM

Hey Survivors!

We have lots of love for Kickstarter and guess what? They love us too! 

We just received the Project we Love tag! Thank you to our amazing community for all of the support! You make our success possible! 

We are well over 50% of the way to unlocking our first stretch goal: AI Bots!

For our backers, we have some great add ons available to make you part of the game! 

• Become a playable survivor!
• Design and NPC!
• Signed Physical Outbreak Collection on PS4
• Signed Silver/Gold trading cards (almost gone, get yours today!)
• Add your name to a gravestone in the Graveyard or the Donors Plaque in the Opera House!
• and lots more!

Go to manage pledge and add on some of these great options to help us smash these stretch goals!

16 Days left and New Character Focus
over 1 year ago – Thu, Sep 15, 2022 at 04:01:43 AM

Hey Survivors,

We have 16 days left in our campaign and are about 50% of the way to the first stretch goal!

The Gleam giveaways have concluded, and all the winners have been privately contacted.

Character Focus: The Journalist

It doesn’t matter to her that this is a career making story, the journalist understands that what matters are the facts behind it. Probably the least motivated of all the survivors to escape, she is more interested in pounding the pavement and collecting clues to solve the mystery, even if most of those clues are confusing and contradictory. She’ll get to the bottom of the story, but will she survive it?

Stretch Goals and Character Update: The DJ
over 1 year ago – Tue, Sep 13, 2022 at 11:18:20 AM

Hey Survivors,

Hope you had a great weekend! It was the first one Evan and I had off for a while and man was it nice! Now we are back to the grindstone! Just a reminder that we have some incandescently awesome stretch goals for you, so take a look if you haven't already. We are 44% on the way to our first stretch goal: AI Bots! You helped us survive the Outbreak Kickstarter, now help us thrive!

Quick reminder that today is the last day for the Stadia Premier Edition Console giveaway so make sure you have your entries in!

Now that we are fully funded, we are going to start collecting names for the characters that we promised to name through crowd voting on our discord, so keep your eyes peeled for the next few days as we get that set up.

Character Focus: The DJ

Making it on your own is never easy, and the DJ knows this better than anyone. After finishing her Audio Engineering degree at Cypress Ridge University, the DJ has had a hard time getting recognition for her work. She felt stuck in Cypress Ridge before there were zombies destroying everything! She has something to prove, and is not going to let a bunch of rhythm challenged corpses stand in her way.  If the beat is too slow, up that tempo!

The DJ's special move is Tempo Mismatch, She can speed up characters and slow down enemies.

Games we are Watching

Nostalgia over old school gameplay and style is not limited to just the Survival Horror genre. I feel like if you have been floating around the Kickstarter video games area, they need no introduction; but just in case you haven't, I encourage you to go take a look at Armed Fantasia & Penny Blood, the dual game Kickstarter from Double Kickstarter,  a collaboration between the creative teams at Aria Entertainment and Studio Wild Rose. These teams were the developers behind the cult classic games, Shadow Hearts and Wild Arms and are looking to bring back early style JRPG! Check 'em out!

100% Funded!!!! We are unleashed!
over 1 year ago – Sat, Sep 10, 2022 at 04:07:10 AM

WE ARE FULLY FUNDED!!!!! YOU (our loyal backers) HAVE UNLEASHED THE OUTBREAK! We can't believe it happened this quickly!!!!! 

I know we say it a lot, but I want to say it again. THANK YOU to everyone who contributed. Our community of fans has always been our strongest allies and supporters and we are so happy to be the ones to bring you the games you deserve! We may be the people who make the games, but your continued support has made all 7 games in the Outbreak series possible, and we can't wait to bring you number 8!

MORE STRETCH GOALS!

Now that the main game is funded, we are excited to bring you more stretch goals to make you experience even more tantalizing. These goals were written, rewritten and then rewritten a second time on the fly, to make sure the goals reflect the most commonly requested things our fans have wanted to see, in some cases for years; and some fun things we just want to be responsible for creating (DINOBREAK!). Evan released  3 additional stretch goals this morning on our highly active twitter, but so much has been going on that I haven't had a chance to sit down and actually write this update until now, So here is what we got:

Cross Platform Multiplayer: 

We all just want to play together, right? It's clear Outbreak fans do, because this is the second most requested feature of all time in across our discord and socials (The first requested feature if you are curious, is Online Multiplayer, and that was built straight into Shade of Horror upon conception). If this stretch goal is unlocked, no matter what platforms you and your friends are playing on, be it PS, Xbox Series, Steam or Stadia, we will do our utmost to make sure you will be able to survive and thrive together! 

Bonus Modes:

Operation Rabid Wolf is our loving homage to one of the greatest bonus modes in survival horror history. It will be the Outbreak take on The Mercenaries mode in RE3  that revolutionized mini games across the genre. We will will be evolving  the concepts that originated back in the 90's to give an in depth, greatly expanded, next generation experience. 

Ironman Mode is a different take on the survival experience in Outbreak. Rather than playing as one character throughout the game with friends to help you,  you get to play as the entire cast.  Every time a character is killed they will stay dead, and you will revive as a new character with new skills. The goal is to get through the whole games before whole cast is killed off. But please note, every time you die, your prior character will revive as a super motivated zombie whose sole purpose is to help you meet your end! MUHAHAHA! 

Fun times, no?

Dinobreak! Ok, technically, this was requested all the time in chat; but we have also really wanted to make Dinobreak in some capacity even before Shades of Horror existed. We are big fans of the survival horror classic, Dino Crisis, and we want to bring Dinosaurs back to the undead apocalypse. We love the idea of ferocious, larger than life, mutant bird lizards and want to imagine the fate of Cypress Ridge and it's inhabitants in the DINO-pocalypse!

NEW Add-on!

We have added a limited amount of add-ons that allow you to design a standard trophy/achievement for the game. Check 'em out now and help us fund the stretch goals. 

Games We are Watching

There is no better way to celebrate getting 100% funded than promoting a fellow indie with a cool game that hasn't quite gotten there yet! Today we are featuring Mortal Rite by Round Toast Studios. This an action RPG that wants to breathe new life in the the old school rouge lite and dungeon crawler style games. I love me a good dungeon crawler, and the character design here is really nice. Check it out!