InnerSloth’s multiplayer social deduction gameAmong Uscontinues to snowball in popularity on YouTube and streaming services like Twitch, with the developers announcing the game peakedabove three million concurrentAmong Usplayers in September. With that popularity has come many fans designing their own characters, maps, and even custom Imposter kills.
In each round ofAmong Us, players are split into crew members and Imposters, the latter asked to complete tasks around the map before they are all potentially killed by their masquerading enemies. YouTube creator Landonardo uploaded two videos last week depictinganimatedAmong Uskills based on iconic anime moves, including the Kamehameha fromDragon Balland summoning Dark Magician fromYu-Gi-Oh!.Today, they came back with another set based on video games.
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A number of titles are shown off in the minute-long video, including an Imposter dressed like Yoshi who turns the crew member into an egg, one who builds aFortnite-style wall to snipe from, and a particularly heartfelt bit replicating Aerith’s death fromFinal Fantasy 7. There is also a kill based on blockyMinecraftcharacters, which feels fitting givenSuper Smash Bros. Ultimatejust announced Minecraft Steveas its next DLC fighter.
The Imposters inAmong Uscan shapeshift into different alien forms to kill players, similar to the parasitic beings in John Carpenter’sThe Thing(1982), so the possibilities for how many animations could be added into the game are theoretically limitless.InnerSloth decided to cancelAmong Us 2in favor of simply improving the game it already has, and it could be fun to see the developer take a page from Landonardo’s book by slipping in references to pop culture iconography along the way.
Among Us' popularity has extended into social media as well, with fans widely sharing creations like tabletop adaptations of the game online. Many have taken tocreating their ownAmong Us"Crewsonas"based on the way players are able to customize their little bean-shaped astronaut characters with different hats, clothing, and pets.
Any game that becomes as huge asAmong Usas quickly as it did is also subject to growing pains. Some players havecomplained about an influx of cheaters inAmong Us, which seems like something the developers will want to address as they flesh out the game with extra content like death animations. In the meantime, artists like Landonardo should continue to give the game interesting fan-made content to consume.
Among Usis available now for Mobile and PC.
