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Hello Neighbor’s creator is making a Home Alone-esque game that looks a lot like Hello NeighborRBO is in playtest on Steam right now
RBO is in playtest on Steam right now
Image credit:Nikita Kolesnikov, TinyBuild
Image credit:Nikita Kolesnikov, TinyBuild
This might include the original creator Nikita Kolesnikov, as (still under the auspices of TinyBuild) he’s made a new thing. Currently onSteamfor playtesting, the project currently known asRBOisn’t falling far from the home invasion tree, as players will either be a home-owning Protector - a McCallister, if you will - or anIntruder, or Wet Bandit.
These aren’t the official terms, but if the community wants to adopt them then please, go ahead. The game is gunning for direct comparisons in any case, because the Steam page says the protector “is Home Alone” with capital letters and everything. In practice, I don’t know how many people will be on each side, but the idea is to steal loot from each other without getting caught. McCallisters and Wet Bandits have different options open to them - traps, hiding in cardboard boxes, that kind of thing. The very short trailer on the Steam page shows that you can kind of set double-bluff traps - jamming a door somewhere you know a Wet Bandit is likely to flee too, and then waiting to surprise them, that kind of thing.
The playtest has been going a little while though. Yesterday the devs postedan updatelisting all the things that have changed so far, including balance fixes like “the rifle can now only be picked up in the Protector’s start room,” and “lawnmowers are now slower, have shorter sight, and take longer to recover from stun.” We can see there are some asynchronous elements - for example, a McCallister can hear sound highlights, and starts with powerful “pre-crafted clothes”.
Currently, and this may change, it looks a lot like Hello Neighbor. The same bright colours, the same slightly Looney Tunes angles on the house and scale of items, and of course you are breaking into a property. Or, I guess, trying to stop people breaking in. Currently the character models are placeholder blocky stick people, so it could change quite a lot as it goes along. You can apply to join the playteston Steam now, but no release window is forthcoming. Also, who knows whatRBOstands for?
