Killer Klowns from Outer Space: The Game might just be the shake-up the asymmetrical horror genre needs.
The beauty of the movie Killer Klowns from Outer Space is the way the title tells you exactly what you are going to get. A small town has been invaded by aliens, who happen to look like Clowns. And you’d best believe they will be killing. Now, that elegant premise is getting its own asymmetrical horror video game.
The Killer Klowns movie, unlike something along the lines Friday the 13th, leans heavily into comedy. I ask how they incorporate that into their design. According to Gerritzen, it’s the over-the-top kills and following the lead of the Chiodo Brothers — Charles, Stephen, and Edward — who made the 1988 film.
I was Shorty, a diminutive Klown equipped with a ray gun that slowly traps humans in a cotton candy cocoon and boxing gloves for good, old-fashioned fisticuffs. The ray gun filled a transformation meter, but it’s slow, so I opted to apply the sweet science instead. I quickly discovered two things. Unlike Illfonic’s other titles, human players can more than hold their own in a fight. I was dropped to the ground in a hurry.
The hunt is on In the demo, the Klowns are making steady progress — about half the humans have either been killed or turned into cotton candy cocoons. The remaining people are doing a decent job of hiding. One person, however, tries to sprint a little too nearby, and a circular noise indicator gives away their position. A fellow Klown and I give chase, and the combined fire of our ray guns quickly turn the person into cotton candy.
“If we were to somehow make it look more practical, the gamers that don’t know about it would say it looks like shit,” Gerritzen says. “It’s that razor’s edge that we’re constantly on.”
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