Escape a haunted arcade cabinet in Tron-Inspired 4-player co-op comedy horror game Terrorbytes
Demo coming to Steam Next Fest October 14th
Vancouver, Canada, October 1st, 2024 - Publisher Over the Moon (The Fall, The Last Hero of Nostalgaia) and developer Treetop are proud to reveal their next title: the 4-player comedy horror game Terrorbytes. Inspired by Tron and Stranger Things, Terrorbytes follows four rebellious young friends as they're sucked into a haunted arcade cabinet and forced to gather pellets for the horrifically mangled retro arcade hero "Ms Croak-Man".
A terrible and sadistic virus has twisted and turned everything upside down, including the players: In a cruel mockery, players are forced to take the role of the ghosts (the game's old villains) and run from Ms Croak-Man. Can you survive long enough to uncover the mysterious evil that has trapped you, and escape?
Cooperation in Terrorbytes is a key feature: All players collect pellets for energy, which go into a shared pool, and everything has a cost; even sprinting costs energy, so players will have to manage energy carefully if they want to meet the game's collection targets, or purchase upgrades and special items. Items range from a humble flashlight, to a satisfying power washer, to map-room upgrades that allow players to spawn helpful arrows, decoys, or broadcast their voice to other players. You'll need all the help you can get to survive this arcade realm full of skin-walkers, invisible stalkers, pocket-dimension horrors, and more.
You'll be able to go hands-on with Terrorbytes as soon as October 14th when its demo goes live for Steam Next Fest. This will include four different selectable characters with VO, two stages, two equipable items, three safe room upgrades, four enemy anomalies, and one iconic big baddie to terrorize players.
"With Terrorbytes we wanted to create something equal parts funny and scary," said John Warner, Founder and Studio Lead at Over the Moon. "Getting scared and then laughing about it with your friends is a ton of fun, and what better setting for that than in a haunted arcade machine? From Stranger Things, we learned that the wonder and nostalgia of the 80's allows us to create a vibe that's tense and scary, but also fun and playful, and that balance is what Terrorbytes is all about: four kids, playing with being 'rebellious' and 'bad,' break into an arcade and have an encounter with actual, real evil. It's a classic story in a new, fun format!"
