EXCLUSIVE: The viral gaming sensation Vampire Survivor is in the works for TV. Story Kitchen is working with the game’s developer, Poncle founder Luca Galante, to adapt the comedic gothic horror video game into a high-quality animated television series.
In the game, described as Vox Machina meets Castlevania, players control an auto-attacking character while battling continuous waves of monsters with the goal of surviving the onslaught for as long as possible.
The game is set in rural Italy in 2021. “There lived an evil person named Bisconte Draculo, whose many evil magics have created a wicked world of hunger and suffering. Now it’s up to the members of the Belpaese family to end his reign of terror and put good food back on the table,” reads the official description.
“There’s no place to hide – all you can do is try to survive a cursed night and get as much gold as possible for the next survivor – before death inevitably puts an end to your struggles puts. Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! This is a gothic horror action game where you can quickly pit your decisions against the hundreds of monsters that will be thrown at you.”
An author is being sought. The project will be sold to buyers of animated TV networks.
Vampire Survivor was the winner of Best Game and Best Game Design awards at the BAFTA Game Awards earlier this month. The game is Steam’s top-rated video game of 2022 and has also been recognized as Best Game by Ars Technica, GamesIndustry.biz, DICE, the New York Game Awards, and the Golden Joystick Awards. The game has also received multiple nominations for Game Developer’s Choice Awards, Game Awards, and Steam Awards.
“The most important thing inside Vampire Survivor is the story, so it’s a dream come true to see what started as a little indie game I made on my weekends come to life as an animated TV show!” says Poncle founder Galante. “It’s also great to be working with such experienced and talented people to make the show. However, I wonder if they realized that there isn’t a single vampire in Vampire Survivors.”
Dmitri M. Johnson, Story Kitchen co-founder, said: “When our head of creative, Dan Jevons, gave up Vampire Survivor For us, after its initial release last year, we were ready to dismiss it as just another vampire game. Hundreds of hours of play later we were all hooked and just couldn’t get enough!! Needless to say, we are truly honored to be working and continuing to work with this incredible team Vampire Survivor Story!”
Story Kitchen’s Dan Jevons added, “While we are responsible for countless hours of lost productivity at Story Kitchen, we are both excited and honored to be working with Poncle to bring the bombastic gothic world of Vampire Survivor to life in linear media.”
Story Kitchen was founded by John Wick Author/Creator Derek Kolstad, Sonic the Hedgehog Film and television producer Dmitri M. Johnson and former APA Agent/Partner Mike Goldberg. The company currently has game-to-tv adaptations Tomb Raider And splinter group in production at Netflix, Segas toe jam and Earl and streets of rage, set up at Amazon and Lionsgate respectively, It takes two at Amazon and other partnerships not yet announced.
Story Kitchen is represented by Simon Pulman & Briana Hill at Pryor Cashman LLC and Jennifer Levy at Behr Abramson Levy Johnson.
Here’s a trailer for Vampire Survivors: Legacy of the Moon Spell.
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