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Game Grumps<\/strong> are bringing players another game, and this time, they’ve teamed up with Rogue Games to create Homebody<\/strong>. Homebody is a narrative-driven horror game that leans heavily on tropes from classic slasher films of the eighties, and it’s up to you to help the protagonist, Emily, avoid an unfortunate fate.<\/p>\n

As a psychological horror game, Homebody is rather different from Game Grumps’ prior adventure with Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator, which is exactly as it sounds (although, a lot more wholesome than you might expect). Jory Griffis, Homebody’s game director at Game Grumps, shared “We’re obsessed with horror games, so when coming off of Dream Daddy, it was a natural shift to explore the horror genre.”<\/p>\n

Jory Griffis also explains “We were excited to retain the narrative and storytelling values we learned making Dream Daddy and put them to use in a game with a totally different tone and ambitious new mechanics.” Dream Daddy unfolded as a visual novel of sorts, so it’s likely we can expect similar elements from Homebody, although it does appear that the game will feature free movement and some open roaming.<\/p>\n

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Game Grumps are bringing players another game, and this time, they’ve teamed up with Rogue Games to create Homebody. Homebody is a narrative-driven horror game that leans heavily on tropes from classic slasher films of the eighties, and it’s up to you to help the protagonist, Emily, avoid an unfortunate fate. As a psychological horror game, Homebody is rather different from Game Grumps’ prior adventure with Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator, which is exactly as it sounds (although, a lot more wholesome than you might expect). Jory Griffis, Homebody’s game director at Game Grumps, shared “We’re obsessed with horror games, so when coming off of Dream Daddy, it was a natural shift to explore the horror genre.” Jory Griffis also explains “We were excited…<\/p>\n

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