Killer Bean (video game)

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***Killer Bean***, also known as the **Killer Bean Game** by Jeff Lew and some fans, is an upcoming third-person roguelike shooter developed and published by Killer Bean Studios, LLC. In the game, you play as Killer Bean and his fight against the Shadow Agency for betraying him. The story takes place after Killer Bean Forever, and has the same narrative as the canceled series. It was first announced on August 19, 2021, and will cost around $20 USD maximum. The game will release in Early Access on Steam in early 2024. The game can be wishlisted on Steam here.

## Gameplay

The game has no definite plot due to it being generated procedurally. Because of this, the game is semi-canon to the Killer Bean Forever timeline. However, the main objective will always be shutting down the Shadow Agency.

### Shadow Bean Island

The game takes place on Shadow Bean Island, a lawless remote island far away from Beantown. The Shadow Agency is headquartered in the island, including its Shadow Beans. The island also contains cities and outposts.

#### Factions

In the game, the island is inhabited by 3 factions: Bad Beans, Mercenaries, and Shadow Beans. In each generated story, the Bad Beans or Mercenaries might align with Killer Bean.

A typical bad bean.A typical mercenary bean.Holographic Shadow Bean, a shadow bean who will appear in the game.
* Bad Beans live in the island's cities, with a mob boss as their leader. Because of the island having no laws, bad beans roam the cities while the mob bosses take full control of it. Their jobs include manufacturing and transporting illegal goods and fighting against rival gangs.
* Mercenaries live in military bases scattered around the island. Commanded by an admiral and other ranked officers, the mercenaries are stronger than the bad beans with their military-grade equipment, but not strong enough compared to the Shadow Beans. They get their money by mining the island's resources.
* The Shadow Beans are the strongest faction of the game. Led by the agency itself, the shadow beans have tougher equipment than the mercenaries and live in a base somewhere in the island. During the game, random Shadow Beans are assigned to hunt Killer Bean down. They will always never align with Killer Bean in the game.

### Skill Trees

In the game, there are different skill trees for each character. Killer Bean has 3 main skill trees, each having many unlockable skills:

* **Guns Blazing**: Ranged combat
* **Melee**: Close combat
* **Parkour**: Movement

### Custom Content

Since the game has modding support, players can create their own characters. They can customize their character's appearance, skills, and faction. They can also create their own missions made with the game's assets.

## Development

The game uses Unity 2021 as its engine. Due to the introduction of Unity's runtime fees in September 2023, a demo of the game that was supposed to be released in late 2023 was canceled.

### Playtesting

In early December 2023, the first playtest was announced to start during holiday break. Registrations for the first playtest began on December 23 at approximately 20:40 UTC, and ended shortly after 1000 players registered, 100 to 200 of which were accepted. The second playtest happened on January 22, 2024.

### Dev Vlogs

*Main article: Killer Bean (video game)/Dev Vlog*
Since October 3, 2021, Jeff Lew has started a series of videos documenting the game's development and progress.

## Trailers

The game's first trailer premiered on August 19, 2023, at 18:00 UTC. The trailer is around a minute long and shows the game's features such as enemies, locations, vehicles, and weapons. On February 21, 2023, the trailer's music was released on music services, followed by a "Rev B" version on April 5.

A second trailer is planned to be made before the game is launched in Early Access. The trailer will be longer than the first one as it will show more new features from the game.

## Screenshots

The screenshots shown here are from the game's Steam page. They are a concept of the gameplay and may not look the same when the game releases. These will be updated soon.

## Planned Features

This section lists the game's planned features. Some may be scrapped or forgotten.

### **Confirmed**

* 4-player co-op
* Slow motion
* Ragdoll physics
* Procedurally generated plots
* Vehicles
* Mission system
* Multiple weapons
* Cosmetics
* Console ports
* Mac and Linux bulids
* Skill trees
* Text-based dialogue
* Island map
* Bad beans, mercenaries, and Shadow Beans
* Cities
* First person mode
* Translations
* Zombeans (zombie beans)
* Customizable characters

### **Unconfirmed**

* A shotgun named "The Double Flusher"
* Skills for each playable character
* Jet Bean, Vagan, Cromwell, and Chintow as playable characters or NPCs
* Emotes and dancing
* DLC voice packs
* Ragdoll physics whilst alive
* Eggs
* Grapple hooks
* Major Firepower and Sniper as playable characters
* Campaign seeds

## Trivia

* Due to the Killer Bean channel's videos getting random copyright claims, the series had to be canceled in exchange for the game.
* The game is most likely based off an old animation Jeff Lew made, which shows Killer Bean doing jumps in video game style.

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