There have to be one thing we like about Super8BitRafa, we just lately coated his newest launch Unichrome and now he’s again to speak about his subsequent venture The Dead of Night. 

In The Dead of the Night play the roll of an avenging nun as you tackle hordes of zombies, on this bullet hell schmup which has comedian e book fashion art work and takes inspiration from grindhouse.

We spoke to Rafa and received a number of the large questions throughout to him and shed somewhat mild on what we might all do for our cats, even when although they could be pure evil. In the Dead of the Night will probably be out in 2023 on Steam.

Please may you introduce your self? 

I’m Rafa, a solo dev that simply launched his first recreation, Unichrome, on all main consoles (purchase it as we speak). My dad and mom got here from Mexico to the US, so I’ve at all times felt like I used to be a part of two worlds – caught in the course of two cultures – and also you’ll discover somewhat of that in my work I feel.

And may you introduce your studio? 

I don’t have a studio, I’m probably not a company, I’m only one man — a lone developer going by the identify Super8bitRafa. Armed with a laptop computer and a ardour for video games I create interactive experiences by laboriously pushing them by way of the start canal of my creativeness. Although I do most of it myself (the programming, the graphics, the animation, the music, the sound results, the story, the consumer interface, hell — even the voice work) I discover that it’s best to work with others at any time when potential.

Can you inform us about In The Dead of Night?

In the Dead of Night is a grindhouse, anime, horror story a couple of monster-hunting nun that’s actually only a classic-style arcade shmup at coronary heart. The recreation continues to be very a lot in growth so its identification is evolving day by day. So far, although, it’s somewhat bit bullet hell, somewhat bit b-movie, some survivor-like gameplay has crept in recently and there’s plenty of comedian e book influences.

When was the idea fashioned and also you determined to go forward and switch it right into a full recreation? 

The authentic prototype model of the sport was created for a “game jam” (a 2-week hackathon to make a recreation from scratch in accordance with a theme) the place the highest recreation can be ultimately put in an arcade cupboard. One of my favourite arcade video games continues to be Galaga, so I made the choice to make a SHMUP-style recreation. Most shmups are all about spaceships or airplanes so I wished to purposefully do one thing completely different to try to stand out.

Why a nun with a gun? It’s an amazing character. 

I’ve kind of had the thought of a horny nun that fights monsters at the back of my head for some time now. (I even prototyped a recreation referred to as “Bikini Nuns from Mars” a few years again.) It’s an off-beat idea that appeals to the 12-year-old inside me that by no means grew up. I’m very attracted to creating characters which are contradictory indirectly. I’m additionally an enormous fan of the flicks “Planet Terror”, “Kill Bill” and “Dusk till Dawn” and need to deliver that very same form of power right into a recreation.

Are you having fun with bringing new power to the shmup style?

I’m unsure that something I’m doing with this recreation is admittedly that new TBH. I’m actually simply placing in work and attempting to do one of the best I can with a style that hasn’t been mainstream in a very long time. I feel, inevitably, plenty of my very own character seeps into the DNA of something that I create. And I feel when you knew me personally you could possibly have a look at this recreation and say “yeah Rafa made that”.

How did you give you the art work and magnificence? It appears superior.

Part of the sport jam (that I discussed earlier) was an artwork contest for greatest cowl artwork. I’ve at all times been a giant fan of comedian books and plenty of my drawing fashion comes from artists like Jim Lee, Todd McFarlane, and John Ramita (Sr and Jr) so I naturally gravitated in direction of mimicking these types for the duvet artwork. The in-game artwork is a bit more Cartoon Network although. Mostly although I’m simply drawing stuff and seeing what comes out.

Why do individuals love killing zombies a lot?

It’s a guiltless pleasure that appeals to our darkest and most simple instincts. That’s my guess anyway.

Will individuals do something to save lots of their cats?

Yes after all individuals will do something to save lots of their cats! I do know I might. That’s additionally a giant a part of this recreation. You are saving a cat that (like all cats) might or might not be pure evil.

When is it out and the way can individuals keep up to date?

In the Dead of Night will probably be out in early 2023 (on steam and TBD)

You can observe on twitter @TheNunWithGun

Wishlist on Steam for updates: https://retailer.steampowered.com/app/2123070/In_the_Dead_of_Night/

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