Valve hires key workers from Threat of Rain developer

It seems like Hopoo Video games, the developer of cult hit and roguelike platformer Risk of Rain, is occurring a hiatus. In an announcement on X/Twitter, the corporate has introduced that its co-founders Paul Morse and Duncan Drummond, “alongside many different proficient members at Hopoo Video games,” will now be working for Valve. The corporate is stopping the manufacturing of an unannounced sport known as Snail in consequence, and it is not fairly clear if it is going to ever choose up from the place it left off sooner or later. Hopoo additionally did not say what number of of its employees members are becoming a member of Valve and what number of selected to depart or had been ignored of the deal. “…[F]or now — sleep tight, Hopoo Video games,” one of many firm’s tweets reads.

As Game Developer and a number of other posters on the Steam subreddit notes, the previous Hopoo staffers could possibly be becoming a member of Valve’s improvement of Impasse, an upcoming MOBA shooter that it has been testing since 2023. Impasse attracted 1000’s of early gamers earlier than it was even officially announced, although it stays invite solely and remains to be in early improvement with no launch date but.

Hopoo additionally developed a side-scrolling stealth-action sport known as Deadbolt, but it surely owes most of its success to Threat of Rain, which spawned a sequel and a remake. Threat of Rain was launched in 2013, and whereas its 2D taking pictures and platforming mechanics are fairly easy, the sport is not simple. It turns into tougher and throws stronger monsters at you the extra you play, and also you solely get one life — you will lose all of the expertise you have gained in the event you die and must begin once more.

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