Among Us devs upset with Epic over Fortnite\u2019s new Imposter mode Innersloth\/Epic GamesFortnite\u2019s new Imposter mode probably looks very familiar to some, but Among Us devs aren\u2019t happy about their game\u2019s concept serving as the inspiration. On August 17 Fortnite debuted a brand-new mode that will seem very familiar to anyone who\u2019s played Among Us. That\u2019s because the new \u201cInfiltration\u201d mode is basically Among Us, just in Fortnite. Devs from Innersloth, the company that makes Among Us, aren\u2019t to happy about it though. There\u2019s nothing saying Epic couldn\u2019t take their idea, but for devs, the fact that the company didn\u2019t even reach out for a possible collab seems to sting a bit. Gary Porter, a programmer at Innersloth, posted a picture of the map for Fortnite\u2019s Imposter mode, and it does bear a striking resemblance to The Skeld map in Among Us. \u201cIt\u2019s okay tho, they flipped electrical and medbay and connected security to the cafeteria,\u201d Porter wrote in the thread. \u201cI wasn\u2019t even around for the development of Skeld and I\u2019m still kind of offended.\u201d He wasn\u2019t the only Innersloth employee to vent their frustration with Fortnite forgoing a crossover. Among Us community director Victoria Tran called Epic\u2019s decision \u201csad.\u201d \u201cIt would\u2019ve been really, really cool to collab haha. Just sad indie hours rn,\u201d she tweeted the same day Fortnite\u2019s latest update came out. \u201cLike game mechanics fine, those shouldn\u2019t be gatekept, but at the very least even different themes or terminology makes things more interesting?\u201d https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheVTran\/status\/1427725916994682887?s=20 Tran is right: Fortnite did just apparently decide to name their new definitely-not-Among Us mode \u201cImposters.\u201d You\u2019d think they could have named it a variety of different things, other than one of the main concepts in Innersloth\u2019s hit indie title \u2013 and you wouldn\u2019t be the only one. \u201cWe didn\u2019t patent the Among Us mechanics. I don\u2019t think that leads to a healthy game industry,\u201d Innersloth co-founder Puff tweeted, before adding, \u201cIs it really that hard to put 10% more effort into putting your own spin on it, though?\u201d We didn’t patent the Among Us mechanics. I don’t think that leads to a healthy game industry. Is it really that hard to put 10% more effort into putting your own spin on it though? \u2014 Puff EU 2024 Tour (@PuffballsUnited) August 17, 2021 Callum Underwood of Robot Teddy, an indie company that supports Innersloth, agreed, suggesting to Epic, \u201cYou could have changed the name at least lol.\u201d You could have changed the name at least lol https:\/\/t.co\/xSmxhr4WVE \u2014 Callum Uwunderwood (@DevRelCallum) August 17, 2021 On top of all that, Among Us skins, back bling, and other in-game cosmetics would probably have been a sure-fire hit with Fortnite players. We\u2019ve seen collabs with other video games in the battle royale before, like Street Fighter. Whatever Epic\u2019s reason for \u201ccutting out the middle man\u201d so to speak, this latest update might add another activity to keep players entertained in Fortnite\u2026 but it\u2019s definitely rubbed the Among Us community the wrong way.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Among Us devs upset with Epic over Fortnite\u2019s new Imposter mode Innersloth\/Epic GamesFortnite\u2019s new Imposter mode probably looks very familiar to some, but Among Us devs aren\u2019t happy about their game\u2019s concept serving as the inspiration. On August 17 Fortnite debuted a brand-new mode that will seem very familiar to anyone who\u2019s played Among Us. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71552"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71552\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}