Blowing up over the last month and becoming one of the most popular online experiences of 2020, Among Us has had a pretty insane rags to riches story. While the title was averaging very few players earlier this year, streamers eventually discovered the game and made it an online sensation, with Among Us now boasting around 60 million players.
To accommodate for that massive influx of new fans, InnerSloth has canceled the pre-planned sequel to spend more time upgrading and improving its original hit. It seems included in that planning is a brand new custom map mode, that will allow players to create their own Among Us levels to play with friends.
Granted, it seems the idea is currently in the very early stages, with the small team of devs outlining the difficulties of implementing the idea during an interview with TwitchGaming. According to the team, it's something InnerSloth has talked about frequently, however, the idea would force the team to completely redesign how it makes Among Us' maps. "We would provide the assets, so we would have to draw like walls, boxes, you know, accessories. Basically making like sim maps... that does take a lot of work," says one of the game's artists, Amy Liu.
Speaking on what implementing it would mean in terms of development, Marcus Bromander adds "we'd have to redo how we make our maps." The trio agrees that it's definitely something that's on the cards, but it will likely be some ways down the line, so Among Us veterans probably shouldn't expect to get their hands on it anytime soon. In the meantime, the original release will be getting a lot more support from the devs, with the team going on to claim that bringing accounts to the game and fine-tuning the servers to lower connection errors is currently the priority. With such a rampant fanbase, it'll be interesting to see what InnerSloth plans to do with Among Us going forward.
The rampant interest in Among Us has spread far beyond just the realm of the game as well, with fans creating impressive anime kill animations and mashups with the Ace Attorney series, Animal Crossing, Red Dead Redemption 2, and Fall Guys. Many are likely already wondering how the game will stack up against the most-viewed Twitch games of September, with Among Us ranking eleventh in August. Its current popularity would suggest it's going to rival Fall Guys and League of Legends for one of the top spots, so there will definitely be some competition to see which game prevails.
Among Us is available now on Mobile and PC.
Source: Twitch