Vampire Survivors is getting an animated series from John Wick creator’s studio

Vampire survivorsthe hugely popular indie game pitting players against hordes of blood-sucking monsters joins the legion of video games with upcoming screen adaptations – it’s getting an animated series, reports deadline.

The show is produced by Story Kitchen, co-founded by John Wick creator and writer Derek Kolstad and producer Dmitri M. Johnson (Sonic the Hedgehog), among other things. Story Kitchen was originally founded to focus on “world-building action” and “non-traditional intellectual property” Vampire survivors feel like a perfect fit for the studio.

The video game is best described as minimalistic, asking players to survive hordes of enemies without actively attacking. The player character attacks automatically, meaning players only control moves and what upgrades they get. Vampire survivorsThe story isn’t too complicated either – it takes place in rural Italy, where a person named Bisconte Draculó lives and creates magical evil, while members of the Belpaese family are tasked with stopping him from destroying the world.

With such a basic setup, Story Kitchen should have plenty of room to create its new animated series, but there are no details yet on what the approach will be. The project is still looking for a writer, according to Deadline, and it’s not yet known when or where Vampire survivors series can be released.