A fast-paced arcade puzzle brawler in which you compete from 1-4 players to create and STEAL your friends’ Monster Combos!
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A fast-paced arcade puzzle brawler in which you compete from 1-4 players to create and STEAL your friends’ Monster Combos!
About this project
The Kickstarter campaign has ended! If you missed it and still want to support Fat Mask, you can now donate directly through Paypal on www.fatmask.com! (Starting Sunday, November 8th)
Gifts related to these donations will be explained in an update on November 8th, 2015. The rewards will not be the same as the Kickstarter rewards since we won't be able to cover the costs.
The Game
Fat Mask is about creating and stealing big monsters to earn big points! Here's how to do it:
Match blocks to create Monster combos. Combos have a timer. Once the timer is over, a monster is created and you get points! While a combo’s timer is active you can add blocks to make it grow bigger and bigger to collect even more points! But watch out! If an opponent adds a block of his own, he steals the combo which becomes his! Hurry up and steal it back before the timer runs out!
By connecting 3 matching monster blocks, you create a Monster Combo. Monster Combos have a timer: the line circling the combo. While the timer is active you can add more monster blocks. Each added blocks restarts the combo's timer. When thetimer is done, the last player to have played on the Monster Combo wins the points. The bigger the combo, the more points you get!
While a combo’s timer is still active, any player can add a matching block on the Monster Combo to steal it. If another player adds a matching monster block, it will now belong to him. You can (and SHOULD) steal combos on and on until the combo’s timer ends or someone instantly closes the Monster Combo.
A combo’s owner has the opportunity to instantly end that combo’s timer! How? By placing a block next to his combo’s target, which is pointed by arrows, he immediately wins the points!
Monsters have unique interactive properties that you can use at your advantage. For example, a Green Monster acts like a trampoline, making it possible to jump higher! On the other end, stepping on a Red Monster will impede your movements, so mind your steps!
You will discover many more Monsters as you play.
Monsters will spit Power-Ups! After collecting a power-up, the next block you will shoot will be infused with a unique power that can heavily disrupt a combo! Example: A Green Power-Up will shuffle the block’s colors and make it difficult for your opponents to add a matching block.The bigger the Monster, the more powerful the Power-Up will be!
We worked for months to craft controls that feel like an extension of your own will! Fat Mask is a fast arcade game that rewards dexterity and quick thinking.
Like all great party game should be, the gameplay is very easy to grasp but it also has a lot of depth that will appeal to more competitive players. Don't have controllers? You can easily play up to two players on the same keyboard!
As the match progresses, each one of the many levels will evolve based on player interactions. A level will never be the same from match to match, making each game a new and unique experience! Monsters will also influence the levels.
Always live a refreshing experience by choosing between one of Fat Mask's many Game Modes. Each one will contribute to hone your skills!
Through completing single player and multiplayer challenges, you can unlock a vast amount of content: suits, characters, blocks, levels, monsters, power-ups and more!
The big Monsters that you create to get points will also come in handy as they will spit out Power-Ups to help you make even bigger monsters! Monsters are procedurally generated based on players action. Expect to create a lot of weird and unique monsters!
Prove your skills and scream at your friends in Fat Mask's Main mode!
Unlock tons of content and break “High Scores” while honing your skills!
Tired of screaming after your rivals ? Scream against your teammates in the frantic cooperative mode! Tag along with your friends to create incredibly huge monsters and make insane amounts of points! All solo modes are playable in coop mode.
PLUS a bunch of other Modes:
Time-Attack - Make as many points as you can in a limited time!
Puzzle (stretch goal) - A slower paced puzzle mode where you need to think harder!
Super Adventure Mode + (Stretch Goal) - Classic Metroidvania-like with our unique Fat Mask twist.
And More! - Many more modes will be available!
In less than a century, Earth’s civilization has become a mere shadow of its glorious past. Devoid of hope and with nothing to live for, the inhabitants of planet Earth, lingering through their meaningless existence, turned all of their hope towards their recent invaders: the Monsters.
What is the best way to reunite all of humanity into one glorious project? A competition!!! The Monsters drum up a competition to promote the idea that the inhabitants of Earth should help in the great project of making the universe ruled by the Monsters! And what’s even better is that the contestants have much to win themselves! Indeed, if they help create enough dangerously big monsters, they could get the unique chance to win THE ultimate Mask!
You will have at least 6 characters to choose from, and more if we hit some stretch goals! Here are the 4 characters that we have developed so far:
Fat Maxk's winning theme:
Double Trouble's winning theme:
Marc-André's winning theme:
Garbage King's winning theme:
For the soundtrack, we got to work with the amazing Antoine Vachon who made something awesome! We think he did a WONDERFUL job, and we will let you be the judge of that!
Listen to our main theme right here:
And ''Total Eclipse'' which is the theme for the level ''Desert Eclipse'':
The full soundtrack will be composed of around 12 songs and each character will get their own personal short theme for when you beat your friends and want to celebrate to awesome music!
After 8 months of development, the core mechanics are all in there. Now we need to create more content! With your help, we will be able to add a lot of awesome power-ups, create more characters, and design more levels and monsters. Which all means bigger diversity in gameplay and more fun! We also added some stretch goals that we would really like to hit, like internet play!
Another target of ours is to build a solid, intelligent community around Fat Mask! In our design philosophy, feedback from players and fans is the most important thing and it will without a doubt contribute to make Fat Mask an amazing game.
With your help (yes you!), we will be able to do all that while keeping absolute creative control of the game and not compromising on our vision. For us, this Kickstarter is all about bringing the game to its utmost achieved state!
With all that said, if Fat Mask seems like something you want to play and be a part of, please consider making a pledge! But most of all, spread the word! Talk about Fat Mask to your friends and family! Even to strangers on the street that you just met! Post on forums, chat rooms etc.! We would appreciate it so much! We've been putting all of our heart and soul in this project, every little gesture from you means the world to us!
If you have any questions, comments, or if you just want to chat with us don’t hesitate to get in touch. We have Twitter, Facebook and, of course, emails! (see the Team section)
antoinevachon.bandcamp.com
Fat Mask will be released early 2016 (ETA March 2016). A DRM-free version will also be available.
The demo will be sent to the backers with the corresponding tier reward right after the Kickstarter is successful! The demo already delivers four characters, three unique levels and three monster species! Enough to keep you entertained for hours.
Release Platforms
+ Other stores targeted: Itch.io, Humble Store, GOG.com, IndieGameStand, GreenManGaming, etc.
Language Localization
Fat Mask will be available in French, English and Russian at launch! If you want to help us to make the game available in any other language, we would be more than happy if you could contact us so that we can add more languages post-launch.
Potential Additional Release Platforms
Design your tier of choice with the add-ons!
At the checkout, add the amount corresponding to your add-on wishes. If you are already a backer, you can also add the desired amount in the ‘’Manage Pledge’’ section. At the end of the Kickstarter, we will contact you to confirm your desired add-ons!
- Additional digital copy of the game: add $12 [≈ $9 USD]
- Copy of the original OST: add $10 [≈ $7.50 USD]
- T-shirt: add $60 [≈ $45.50 USD] - for shipping outside CAN/US add $10 [≈ $7.50 USD]
- Digital Portrait in the art style of the game $60 [≈ $45.50 USD]
- Custom retro USB Controller: add $80 [≈ $61 USD] - for shipping outside CAN/US add $10 [≈ $7.50 USD]
- Physical Figurine: add $250 [≈ $190 USD] - for shipping outside CAN/US add $18 [≈ $14 USD]
Risks and challenges
In its current state, Fat Mask is already playable and fun!
As always, the main risk is not having enough time to add everything by February 2016. But to ensure we have realistic objectives, we have made accurate time evaluations based on the content that is already in the game. As such, we feel that our deadline gives us the right amount of time to accomplish our goals before shipping the game to you.
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Rewards
Funding period
- (30 days)