As video games are themselves a product of artistic creativity, it's not uncommon for the best ones to inspire its players to get creative themselves with things like mods and indie titles that are based on the original experience. To protect their intellectual properties, though, some publishers and developers tend to shoot these down with cease and desist orders. Microsoft, Xbox, and Halo Studios (formerly 343 Industries), however, have just given one such project their blessing.
That project is Spartan Survivors, a fan game being developed by two people — Juan Guillot "JuanGGZ" Gonzalez and Gaetan Dezeiraud under the banner of Bathrobe & Dezeiraud Games — that is essentially a riff on the extremely popular roguelike Vampire Survivors with a Halo-themed coat of paint. First released on itch.io for free in late May, it's going to receive additional updates and is coming to Xbox, Steam, and mobile platforms later this year.
