The future game’s Kickstarter ended recently with more than $1,000,000 pledged by the community and there are still more people giving their money towards the development of the game as a Late Pledge. Their ask was $130,000 and it was fulfilled by eager fans in just 5 hours after the campaign started. After that, they added certain stretch goals after ever couple of thousand dollars and they even ran out of all stretch goals days before the end of the campaign.
Animation Versus is an upcoming video game based on the widely popular video series on YouTube of the same name, usually followed by topics like Animation vs Animator, Animation vs Physics, Animation vs Minecraft, etc. The game will have 12 playable characters, with 6 already revealed on the Kickstarter page and the remaining were announced on their recent live stream, about which you can read more below.
About 48 hours before the end of the Kickstarter campaign, hosts Alan Becker, DJ Welsh and, Muno hosted a live stream on their react YouTube channel, Animation vs Games. In the live stream, the three of them discuessed and answered some frequently asked questions about the game and it’s progress. Here’s a quick gist of their presentation:
- There will be an interesting story mode which is being carefully crafted to be canon in the Alan Becker universe.
- There will be a Rogue Lite mode with replayability and randomised level generation.
- Interactive online lobbies like Among Us will be there for the online multiplayer game modes, where players will be able to emote, change their characters and interact with other players before the match begins.
- Initial launch will be on PC/Steam, though mobile and console is still a possibility, it may not be released at the same time as the PC launch, probably a year after that.
- Dj Welsh and Alan Becker revealed the remaining 6 characters in the game, which are:
- The Chosen One: One of Alan’s most iconic characters. First Appearance in Animatior vs Animation 2 (2007).
- The Dark Lord: The main antagonist of the Animator vs Animation series. First Appearance in Animator vs Animation 3 (2011).
- victim: The First character to be introduced in the Animator vs Animation series. First Appearance in Animator vs Animation 1 (2006).
- King Orange: The main antagonist of Animation vs Minecraft Season 3.
- Character #11: A game-original character! A character that is yet to revealed because it’s design is currently unfinished.
- Character #12: Another game-original character! A character whose design is also currently unfinished.
Things are getting exciting now with the two new characters that are still unrevealed. The game is not expected to be released this year, not even the beta version. But we can be hopeful for a 2026 release now that the Alan Becker team has received such a huge funding for their game.