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After the unveiling of the world premiere, we’re here to take you even deeper into the unforgiving world of Meet Your Maker.

Let’s start with a quick recap of the game itself, coming to PlayStation 5 and PlayStation 4 in 2023.

Meet Your Maker is a new first-person building and raiding game set in a dark post-apocalyptic future. The gameplay revolves around creating and infiltrating self-contained levels called Outposts, in which players attempt to protect or steal the world’s most valuable remaining resource from each other.

Building focuses on strategic block-based design, where players will draw from a highly customizable toolbox of traps and guards to craft deadly maze-like Outposts. Raiders, on the other hand, will be capable of methodical, lightning-fast combat as they come in and attempt to conquer other players’ creations.

The experience is one that is truly powered by user-generated content, and every Outpost in the game is designed by players, for players.

While Meet Your Maker’s unique gameplay takes center stage at first glance, similar to Behavior’s long-running multiplayer horror hit Dead by Daylight, there’s also a rich mythology waiting to be explored.

Welcome to the Chimera Project

Communicate with the Chimera through a unique psychic bond.

“Humanity has been on the brink of extinction since a genetic disease swept the world hundreds of years ago,” explains Joe Dermo, the lead designer of Meet Your Maker’s story. “Desperate nations waged war for resources, riots broke out and societies collapsed. However, humanity did not roll over and die.

“There was an era when several gifted world leaders proposed Sanctuaries – highly advanced research labs around the world that could work independently and cooperatively on world-saving initiatives. One such initiative was the Chimera project, which would create hybrid humans by distilling untainted genetic material through those who have shown resistance to the disease.

“After hundreds of years, the project continues towards its goal, although the evolution of the Chimera has taken an unexpected path…”.

Protect what’s yours, take everything you can

A harvester loads genetic material into the shipping station for transport back to the sanctuary.

Players take on the role of the Keeper, a clone tasked with finding and defending or stealing the remaining undamaged genetic material. You are the last hope of completing the Chimera project, but it won’t be easy to collect this coveted resource.

“Undamaged genetic material is extremely rare because of this disease that is sweeping the world, yet it is all it takes to complete the Chimera project and hopefully achieve a cure,” continues Joe. “As supply dwindles, shrines led by Chimera have begun to fight over it.”

The battle in question takes place in Outposts built by players to extract genetic material. The heart of each Outpost is the Extraction Cube, which fills canisters with the precious resource.

Builders will have to tap into their most devious impulses and create a gauntlet of traps and monstrous guards designed to lure, outsmart and rip players. Raiders need sharp reflexes, anticipation and perseverance to not only make their way to the extraction cube and steal the bus, but also to escape with the cube in hand.

“The scarcity of genetic material drives both sides of the game in Meet Your Maker,” said Ash Pannell, the game’s Creative Director. “Making the building blocks of life into the driving narrative concept helps raise the stakes. It allows us to create gameplay themes that are morally gray by asking the question, ‘What is humanity? The physical things we’re made of – or something more?’”

In good company

Talk to one of the Sanctuary’s five advisors, your only allies in an unforgiving world.

Between building and raiding sessions, players return to the Sanctuary, their hub and base of operations. In addition to the Chimera, the Sanctuary also houses five Advisors; clones running the facility.

Progress is achieved by providing both them and the Chimera with genetic material that unlocks new traps, guards, suits, weapons, perks, and even knowledge for those eager to peel back the layers of this dying world.

“Speaking to your advisors is a great way to learn more about the world’s knowledge,” explains Joe. “Occasionally they will mention something that touches on the greater history and hints at future stories for them. And for those who want to dive deep into the mythology of Meet Your Maker, our ever-expanding Codex has a history of every item and character in the game.

Thanks to new content and an ever-expanding toolbox, this is a game that will only get bigger over time, and fans can rest assured that the mythology alongside it will continue to grow.

“While much is still in the planning stages, we will be looking at ways for players to actively seek out knowledge and discover new – and sometimes shocking – information about the world and the characters they interact with.”

Meet Your Maker will be released on PS4 and PS5 in 2023.