Make way for multiplayer after Sifu. Independent studio Sloclap is already working on new projects and one of them is getting a bit more detailed with job offers.
Sloclap to a new game, Sifu 2?
No rest for the wicked. While Sifu had critical and commercial success by surpassing one million players in one month, Sloclap is already considering a sequel. If you were hoping for DLC or additional content, all hope is not lost, but the French studio seems to be focused on a new game.
By browsing the advertisements published on the websiteAFJV, we discovered that the Paris developers were looking to bolster their ranks for an unannounced project. According to the information from the various offers, it will not be Sifu 2. I’m sorry to disappoint you. The description of certain vacancies actually mentions a new license. The studio should not venture into unknown territory, because it will be a ” 3D action game with stylized art direction “. We already know it will use the Unreal Engine 4 and will keep an eye on Beat Them All as one of the key positions requires an appetite for the genre.
A multiplayer game with matchmaking
Sloclap should still return to his first love since it will be a multiplayer game. The studio is actually looking for a confirmed online/network programmer whose job it will be to ” to develop new multiplayer and engine functionalities as well as to participate in the design and development of the online service architecture “. However, developers should not rely on their systems built for Absolver, their first game.
The French company is in fact in the process of designing a new architecture for its online services, which includes this matchmaking or even the deployment of the server. This new game from the makers of Sifu aims to keep a cinematic approach nonetheless. It’s always about attacks and dodges in ” Realtime cutscenes ”, we can read in a job offer published on their official website. This project is still very mysterious and it will certainly be necessary to be patient before knowing what it hides. Especially since, according to the LinkedIn profile of one of the employees, the development of the game could have started in January 2022.
