Modders making multiplayer Slender: Source

The indie game Slender is inspiring a group of modders to make Slender: Source, a multiplayer version of the game made in the Source engine.

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The creepy indie game Slender is getting a Source-based facelift, complete with multiplayer. A modding team has taken it upon themselves to make Slender: Source, a revised version of the original with prettier visuals. The game is still in a rough phase right now, but the promises are intriguing.

The ModDB group (via Kotaku) says that the four-player mode is what sets their game apart. "Four players will be playing as teenagers who are sent out on a dare to try and find/discover the myth behind the Slenderman," reads the site. "The game will then thrust these players into a variety of environments where they must find 15 dolls (which resemble creepy children) and collect them without being killed by the Slenderman. There is no combat, and no way to defend yourself."

So while you have no tools with which to defend yourself, the Slenderman is extremely deadly and can kill in one hit. The modders plan to start with two maps, to take 30 minutes each, but they hope to build eight maps in all.

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    July 27, 2012 10:00 AM

    Steve Watts posted a new article, Modders making multiplayer Slender: Source.

    The indie game Slender is inspiring a group of modders to make Slender: Source, a multiplayer version of the game made in the Source engine.

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      July 27, 2012 10:11 AM

      I hate to sound like I'm shitting on an idea, but: why is this being made? I can't imagine multiplayer improving Slender at all.

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        July 27, 2012 10:16 AM

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        July 27, 2012 10:43 AM

        I get the feeling that it will feel like a horror movie. Sitting on Skype with friends, like OMG OMG OMG THERE HE IS RUNN RUNNNN OH SHIT HE GOT FRANK FRANK NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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          July 27, 2012 11:41 AM

          Yeah, I can totally see this working like a slasher film. All sticking together, and then panicking and running in separate directions when one of you gets picked off, then desperately trying to reunite while not getting murdered and still keeping an eye out for the dolls. I can't see it working well with randoms, but playing with friends could be a nervous gigglefest.

          That's best-case, obviously; it sorta depends on how the mechanics work in multiplayer.

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