HYPER LIGHT DRIFTER Animated Series Currently In The Works

Heart Machine's acclaimed 2D action role-playing game. Hyper Light Drifter,will be getting an animated television series, as confirmed by Alx Preston — the game's creator and lead developer.

Preston has also revealed that this new animated series will be produced by Adi Shankar, who's already been involved in Netflix's acclaimed Castlevania animated series, and is also currently involved in the production of an animated Devil May Cry series.

According to the source, Preston and Shankar are still trying to figure out a way to make a Hyper Light Drifter series; keeping in mind that the game has players interacting with the Drifter, and an animated series doesn't allow for such level of interactivity.

"The difference between a series and a game is vast in a lot of ways. Hyper Light as a game was pretty atmospheric and kind of overbearing at times. For a series, the question is: how do you sustain and keep your attention on a non-interactive run? Does it get really, really dark and serious? Does it have some levity?"

Preston also revealed that they don't know how much dialogue this new Hyper Light Drifter series will have, if anything at all; considering, even, to make it a silent series that features no dialogue at all.

"There’s still a question of how much dialogue we really have, if any. Could it be a more silent series or would we have voice acting? Considering Hyper Light was wordless, there’s an idea there of how much that would carry over to to a show."

Hyper Light Drifter getting an animated series is great news for fans of the 2D action game, but it is also great for the video game genre — particularly the indie scene — as it will open the door for other indie developers, who have seen unprecedented success with their intellectual properties, to pitch their ideas and make series that fans will likely be willing to watch.