Zombie Super Meat Boy Appearing in Night of the Fred on XBLIG

I’m sure you’re curious as to just what Super Meat Boy would look like as a zombie. Well, so that you don’t have to delve into the bowels of Deviant Art to find out, we’ll leave it to Sticky DPad Games for the answer. The anthropomorphic wad of meat is currently planned to be an unlockable character in the open-world RPG, Night of the Fred, which is coming to XBLIG and possibly PC this October.

After wondering what Super Meat Boy might look like as a zombie, co-founder, art, and design guy, Adam Anderson, drew up some concept art for Night of the Fred featuring the hardcore platforming superstar. Then, he thought it might be a good idea to share it with guys over at Team Meat, for obvious legal reasons, but also just because he wanted to share it with a team whose work he appreciated. “Before going back to work on the in-game work, I thought I’d tweet the image to Edmund McMillen, just for fun. Alongside it, I joked that I didn’t want a lawsuit!” he said.

But Anderson got a reply that he wasn’t expecting. “Minutes later, we got a response, saying we could use it, and that he didn’t mind at all. We thought he was just joking around at first! But I emailed him later that day to confirm it, and he was being serious.” It’s always great to see indie studios supporting each other, even if it’s a simple gesture such as allowing the use of a character as a cameo. Anderson doesn’t take the gesture lightly either. “It’s a major honor, seriously!”

While Night of the Fred will focus on a large main quest and tons of unlockables, two extremely important components of any large-scale RPG, Sticky DPad also has another game in the works. Dawn of the Fred, slated for this summer, is a zombie-survival game promising to be different from the rest, though the details are a bit reclusive. The main mode will be a multiplayer survival game currently meant for local co-op, but possibly online multiplayer as well. There’s also going to be a one-to-two-hour campaign providing some background story as to the events preceding Night of the Fred.

By Taylor Bliss at February 14, 2012.