Squid Game inspired Fall Guys devs to revisit a Red Light, Green Light concept

Squid Recreation has turn out to be probably the most widespread reveals on the earth since its arrival on Netflix. Its dire consequence video games of life and demise have captivated viewers world wide. Whereas the playout of the present might not look like it could be match for one thing as whimsical as… say… Fall Guys, its fashion of challenges have caused some concepts and ideas beforehand dismissed by the developer for a doable new crack at it.

Fall Guys lead developer Joe Walsh just lately spoke to TechRadar about Squid Recreation, its reputation on the earth, and the way it impressed the group to revisit a Pink Gentle, Inexperienced Gentle recreation. Very early in Squid Recreation, characters are launched to a Pink Gentle, Inexperienced Gentle problem. With out spoiling an excessive amount of, the problem seems very poorly for some and shortly reveals the characters the precise stakes of their scenario. It’s an intense state of affairs that units the temper for a lot of the remainder of the sequence.

Curiously sufficient, recreation show-styled jelly bean elimination recreation Fall Guys had an concept within the works for a Pink Gentle, Inexperienced Gentle degree idea. They in the end couldn’t make it work on the time, however Squid Recreation’s reputation introduced the dialog again to the desk, in response to Walsh.

“One of many ones that is come up just lately, once more, is Squid Recreation, [which] is now the most important TV present on the earth,” Walsh mentioned. “And it opens with Pink Gentle, Inexperienced Gentle, which is one thing that we dabbled with. And we by no means really bought to prototyping it, as a result of we could not fairly see the way it works.”

It looks like it could be fairly onerous to make such a degree for Fall Guys, given the sport’s present motion controls, however possibly it might be achieved. Since Mediatonic was acquired by Epic Games, the developer has fairly a bit more cash and assets to work with. Past that, it’s simply enjoyable to see how Squid Recreation’s reputation has introduced an concept that was disregarded the desk again to the forefront. It will likely be attention-grabbing to see if it’s the final time we hear of a Fall Guys Pink Gentle, Inexperienced Gentle degree.