Earlier today, Behaviour Interactive held the premiere reveal for its new IP, Meet Your Maker, arriving on PS4 and PS5 sometime next year. This new title promises to be the next big release from the developer.
Meet Your Maker is a new first-person building-and-raiding game set in a dark post-apocalyptic future. The gameplay revolves around creating and infiltrating alone levels called Outposts, as players seek to protect or steal the world’s most precious remaining resources from each other.
The building is focused on strategic, block-based design, where players will draw from a highly customizable toolbox of traps and guards to mastermind deadly maze-like Outposts. Raiders, on the other hand, will suit up for methodical, lightning-fast combat as they enter and attempt to overcome other players’ creations.
Here is the complete overview for Meet Your Maker given by Ash Pannell, the game’s Creative Director, and Joe Dermo, Meet Your Maker’s lead narrative designer:
Welcome to the Chimera Project
“Humanity has been facing extinction ever since a genetic disease swept the globe hundreds of years ago,” explains Joe Dermo, Meet Your Maker’s lead narrative designer. “Desperate nations waged war over resources, riots broke out, and societies collapsed. However, humanity didn’t roll over and die.
“There was an era where several gifted world leaders proposed Sanctuaries—highly advanced research labs worldwide that could work independently and cooperatively on world-saving initiatives. One such initiative was the Chimera Project, which would create hybrid humans by distilling uncorrupted genetic material through those who have shown resistance to the disease.
Protect what’s yours; take all you can
Players will assume the role of the Custodian, a clone tasked with seeking out the remaining uncorrupted genetic material and either defending or stealing it. You are the last hope for completing the Chimera Project – but gathering this coveted resource won’t be easy.
“Uncorrupted genetic material is exceedingly rare due to this disease that’s swept the world, yet it’s the one thing needed to complete the Chimera Project and hopefully bring about a cure, “continues Joe. “As it dwindles in supply, Sanctuaries led by Chimera have begun to fight over it.”
“The scarcity of genetic material drives the two sides of the game in Meet Your Maker,” shares Ash Pannell. “Making the building blocks of life the driving narrative concept helps to raise the stakes. It allows us to create gameplay themes that are morally grey, asking the question, ‘What is humanity? The physical stuff we’re made out of – or something more?’”
In good company
Players will return to the Sanctuary, their hub and base of operations, between building and raiding sessions. In addition to the Chimera, the Sanctuary also houses five Advisors, clones who run the facility.
Progression is achieved by supplying them and the Chimera with genetic material, unlocking new traps, guards, suits, weapons, perks, and even lore for those eager to peel back the layers of this dying world.
“Speaking to your Advisors is a great way to learn about the world’s lore,” explains Joe. “Occasionally, they’ll mention something that touches on the greater history and hints at upcoming stories for them. And for those looking to deep dive into the mythology of Meet Your Maker, our ever-growing Codex has a history of every item and character in the game.”
Through new content and an ever-expanding toolbox, this is a game that will only get bigger over time, and fans can rest assured its mythology will continue to expand alongside it.
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