We were building new escapes for this game mode that required 2+ counselors to escape. If killed they drop the mask on the ground for the next counselor to pick up and become Part 5. The player could be killed if in counselor mode. We discussed forcing the player to have to 'hide' to change back and forth. 'Yes it was a new game mode,' Keltner revealed. Even talked about turning the bird bath into a punch bowl, but allowing Jason to still use it as a kill spot.'Д«ut the true highlight here is the Among Us-style game mode, dubbed Paranoia. We were modeling the dance floor like the one from the ship in Part 8. 'Tuxes, dresses, dance floor, that type of thing. 'We wanted to turn Crystal Lake into prom night,' Keltner said. There was also a plan to release a prom pack. So it might have looked done, but not in the eyes of the court.' Meaning it needed to pass console certification, and it wasn't ready for that. These assets were in the code, but the judge ruled that it wasn't 'marketably viable'. It had a pre-recorded message of our counselors saying silly sexy stuff like those dumb commercials from the 80s and 90s. 'I actually setup a real life 1800 phone number that worked like an automated phone sex line. 'It was all the counselors in sleepwear attire,' Keltner explained. Scrapped plans included a slumber party clothing pack. At the time, Gun Media said developing new content for the game was 'unfeasible now or in the future'. The court ruled that developer Gun Media had to stop working on Friday the 13th and could not release any content that had not already passed console certification. In 2017, Victor Miller, scriptwriter of the original Friday the 13th film, decided the rights were his and set out to reclaim them, triggering an ongoing legal battle with Friday The 13th producer Sean Cunningham. In a TwitLonger post, Keltner revealed a raft of content planned for the game before development was shut down in 2018 because of a messy Hollywood battle over ownership of the franchise. That's according to Wes Keltner, CEO of Gun Media and one of the developers of Friday the 13th. Friday the 13th: The Game was set for an Among Us-style mode before a lawsuit blocked development.

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