Ukrainian development team SoFarSoFun has released a new teaser for the multiplayer horror game BEYODER, which showcases an updated concept reminiscent of the Ukrainian SCP in the Poltava region.
Ukrainian development team SoFarSoFun has released a new teaser for the multiplayer horror game BEYODER, which showcases an updated concept reminiscent of the Ukrainian SCP in the Poltava region.
BEYODER was announced during the Ukrainian Steam Video Game Festival 2024, along with a soulslike platformer inspired by Sega’s Comix Zone, as well as a card roguelite from the creators of Puzzles For Clef.
Later, the developers announced that they decided to change the concept to expand the multiplayer and focus on the PvP component. In the fall, the concept of the game was multiplayer for 32 players, divided into 3 factions.
Operatives (4-6 players) are armed with modern weapons and gadgets. MORPHS (3-4 players) have terrifying supernatural abilities, stalking their prey in the shadows. Others become Subjects (up to 20 players) — unarmed victims of human experiments, desperate to escape.
It seems that now SoFarSoFun has decided to abandon the third faction of the Subjects, and now the confrontation will be led only by Special Forces and MORPs. The developers also revealed that BEYODER takes place in the Poltava region in the early 1990s around the Sosnovy Gai research complex.
«"Pine Grove». Created in the early 1990s in cooperation between the government of Ukraine and ██████████████. Located on the territory of Soviet military infrastructure in the city of ██████████, Poltava region,» the developers describe the setting in the spirit of the SCP universe.
Special Containment Procedures or Secure, Contain, Protect is a fictional secret organization described by the wiki of the same name, which positions itself as a secret international foundation for the discovery, storage and study of anomalous objects and phenomena. The site is the result of the collective creativity of enthusiasts who first collaborated on the imageboard 4chan.
SoFarSoFun says that the basis of BEYODER’s game mechanics is a «ruthless struggle for control» over the territory of the Sosnovy Gai complex between two radically different teams:
The developers note such features of the game as asymmetrical PvP horror, the ability of Morphs to change and disguise themselves, as well as the atmosphere of the early 90s with references to Ukrainian pop culture.
BEYODER currently has no release date, but the project has a page on Steam where you can add it to your wishlist. The game will have Ukrainian text localization.
