Published , by TJ Denzer
Published , by TJ Denzer
Former Epic Games dev and Boss Key Productions lead Cliff Bleszinski may be mostly retired from gaming, but that doesn’t keep him from dabbling in creativity related to the medium. This week, Bleszinski shared a peek at art and sketches he had been working on for a game concept he called Panic Garden that included logos, characters, locations, enemies, weapons, and more.
Cliff Bleszinski shared the assets of his Panic Garden game idea via his social media this week. Bleszinski described the core game idea as “Left 4 Dead meets Plants Vs. Zombies,” and so you’ve got a lot of lawn equipment such as souped up chainsaws and lawnmowers as weaponry, as well as all sorts of vegetation that looks pretty grumpy and destroyable with those implements. Cliff shares that he used AI image generation programs such as Midjourney and Grok to help with concepts of some of the ideas.
Ultimately, Panic Garden is an idea that will remain in Bleszinski’s mind and the folder of art and concepts he shared. Bleszinski claims to have been made an offer to create Panic Garden, but he ultimately turned the offer down. The former head of Boss Key hasn’t been active in gaming for quite a while, though he did share a LawBreakers fan project that made the game playable online again. He’s also engaged in other creative pursuits such as working on an original comic book in 2023.
It's interesting to see what could have been, not to mention seeing Cliff Bleszinski dabbling in game conception after so many years out of the industry. It looks like Bleszinski doesn’t have plans to come back at this time, but stay tuned to Shacknews for further updates.