I got artists to draw my ideas for new Lethal Company updates 

All yall mfers said boomstick was a bad idea but zeekerss literally just added a double barrel shotgun to the game I win

Item Idea: Camera, encourage employees to come in close contact with the monsters to snag a photo for extra cash!

Given that they explicitly describe the forest guardians as "toddler-esque", I think they just shouldn't have object permanence. If you manage to break line of sight completely, with a tree or any other tall obstacle, they'll stop chasing you immediately - as in their mind, you haven't just gone out of sight, you've fully disappeared, never to return. This fits with their description, gives a meaningful course of action when spotted, and still allows for some potentially hilarious deaths when a player tries to hide behind a tree that's too thin and dies screaming "NO STOP YOU CAN'T SEE ME YOU CAN'T - "

I think that moons with a single yet terrifying monster inside the building would be interesting. It would feel more like a boss battle, except you know you cant fight it. An idea like the stranger would definitely work if the dev wants to add boss moons.

Love the concept of the "stranger". It plays along with the terror aspect of Leathel company scarily well.

I feel like a mimic like the stranger is something that would be really cool to see

Instead of a backpack, I would love a Pet Looter Bug. He can hold one item, and can even carry heavy objects or an active flashlight, but he’s not only expensive, but requires upkeep. Gotta remember to buy him food.

The stranger is great, I can imagine every time someone enters a stranger facility they will say, be careful there is a stranger This is the fire exit mimic and the skinwalker mods all in one

the strangers hallucinations should be more vivid or be seen by "most paranoid" employees

Alternate idea to the backpack. A wearable fannypack. Perfect for holding a few extra small items ( flashlights, walkies, keys, ducks, ect ) Plus, it would look ridiculous ( company bought them on sale )

I like the idea of The Stranger not being just a creature but the whole facility you find yourself in, trying to lure preys into their jaws just to eat them, making this thing more horrifying.

I've always thought the best idea to implement a mimic type monster would be like this: A form of parasite or a lanky, needle-like creature that skulks around and actively hides from you. Easy to kill in one shovel swing, but hard to spot as it blends in with the industrial environments. If the parasite is in the level, it will start recording all voice chat from all players the moment they enter the building. When a player dies and the body is easily accessible, the parasite will quickly drag the body out of view and enter it. It will be able to be detected from the fact it'll be covered in blood and have a small hole in a corner of it's visor, which reveals a small part of the parasitic body's face when illuminated. After it takes control of a body, it will start patrolling around the building while playing the voice of the player which the body belongs to. It has the exact same animations as a player character, except for some rare twitches. The voice lines it plays while patrolling will be any normal volume communication the player has done, no shouting or screaming. When it spots a player that is in the distance it will stand there and cease all communication for a moment. Before quickly pulling out a stop sign and running at the player and playing any loud sounds the player it is mimicking has done, such as screaming or shouting someone else's name. When it reaches the player, it will attack by swinging the stop sign at them until they die, and then it will holster the stop sign and continue patrolling. If you spot it at close proximity, it will begin the chase state immediately. It is also susceptible to all hazards a player may die to, but not other creatures. Anyways thanks for reading my funky idea, this video was cool and just inspired me to share it.

I have an idea for the snake: what if it’s false eyeball is worth a lot, it would make the creature similar to the beehive. High risk, high reward.

I REALLY like the Forest Giant idea! When I read their journal entry after having encountered them a few times, my first thought was "Curious? Toddler-like? Eating anything that moves? Why not play with their food first?" It'd be a great panic-inducing element, making it sort of an inverse to an eyeless dog encounter. With dogs, your stealth is much more focused before they've seen you, with the skillful dodging and weaving coming into play later, and this change would make being caught by forest giants less of a "Welp, time to die and call out to my teammates that I'm dead!" moment and more of a "Oh crap oh crap am I dead should I call for help???" moment.

I absolutely ADORE the veiled weaver, stranger, and polyp welt. Such creative and incredible ideas that have to be added.

I love how how Veiled Weaver is just a giant house centipede and over all of it's design and behaviors are very fitting Lethal Company.

An item idea I've had for this game would be markers. You could use them to write on the walls, leaving notes about dead ends or where the exit is. It would also be a good moral booster, cause of course people will write/draw stupid shit. You could also make a monster or modify one to mess with those notes. It could erase them or write false notes to lead people astray, and that way markers don't make the ship operator too useless.

Ive though about if they added a "threat" that lives to make your life hell but doesn't actually kill you itself. Basically it would terrorize the team, making loud noises or maybe making fake enemy sounds, moving/stealing items, and spooking people by suddenly walking around a corner or bluff charging, like it was pretending to be a flowerman. A very rare enemy that just bullies you

Even if the dev doesn't add any of this, I'm sure the modding community will loooove to sink their teeth into these fun ideas

Given how deadly the outside can be already, I think it could be cool to give the Cyclops Serpent an ecological niche to interact with the fauna that spawns alongside it: its poison could be very painful and debilitating even for larger creatures, and as such the Eyeless Dogs and Forest Keepers could be rather unwilling to approach one when hearing and/or seeing its warnings. This could make for an interesting dynamic where company employees being chased by the apex predators of the ecosystem could run to one such Cyclops Serpent to temporarely defuse the chase and catch their breath, though they shouldn't linger too long near the danger noodle lest they want to find themselves poisoned as the serpent runs away and leaves them stranded with their now perfectly willing predator. Maybe, as additional balancing, they could be diurnal creatures and linger for just a few hours after the sun sets, so that the danger hours remain such.

From a design stand-point, I don't think The Stranger is... the easiest to put in. You'd need entirely new room generation, if the flavor text is true. The playing of random noises and audio clips is actually the easiest part to code; after a period of silence is registered, record the first 5-10 seconds of player audio/speech or until silence, then replay a piece of that (you can fudge around with which part based on volume or pitch, see if you can't replay someone's death screech or an eriee "Oh no" as they fall into a hole). Then, play that or asorted in game player noises 8-12 meters somewhere vaguely behind where the player is facing, lightly muffled. The whole idea of The Stranger is AMAZING! Terrifying, but amazing. To incentivise experienced players, the scrap gen can be insane the further in you go, with the lore explination that it is both there to entice employees as well as those being the remains and gear of previous employees who died (boom-sticks, maybe hand held scanners, gold bars, apparatuses). One thing that might be fun is adding the ability for the dead to spectate their own bodies, if there are any, and to then have The Stranger drag any wayward corpses (fall damage) to a mouth. Watching your corpse get dragged away and swallowed by the jaws of the building, unable to communicate other than "I AM FORCING YOU TO LEAVE THE PLANET!" would be amazing. Or, to preserve the scare of getting lost and eaten, instead have the corpse pulled into the floor, like The Stranger is absorbing it.

I'd like to see the monsters interact with each other, like how you can bait a thumper into a spider nest.

I had some ideas for creatures 1. Eekworm: (Uncommon Creature) An uncommon parasitic-like creature that can be found latched to many of the moon’s entities. It emits a destructive wave signal that interferes with walkie-talkies. This parasite is quite large and visible on any creature it has latched onto. It can be killed with a single use of a stun grenade or taser. It is immediately obvious when there is a parasite nearby, as any noise received from walkie-talkies will become jumbled making the player more defenseless for the entity that is hunting it. Additionally, this parasite blocks off all information received by the person viewing from the ship in a surrounding area (map will be contorted). The parasite itself feeds off of the blood/energy of the creature it is attached to, which is why it seeks to benefit them in their hunt. Additionally, the parasite will not be killed if the entity it is attached to dies, it can only be killed by stun/taser-like weapons or after it falls off of the now dead entity it was attached to. Although, the parasite will quickly retreat to find another host so it is advised to kill it quickly after. 2. Morphverk: (Rare Creature) This creature hides in the ceiling and *almost* silently latches onto the player when they walk underneath it. The player will continue normally, but when the player finds themselves in a group or with other players, it has a chance every few seconds to take control of the player, morphing them into an amalgamated monstrosity that chases the other players. The parasite could be removed through a single use of taser, stun grenade, or whack with a sign/shovel. It is extremely small so it is not easily detectable. 3. Cryfeeder: (Very Rare Creature) This creature will make whispering sounds when near any player, signaling its approach. Approximately 5 seconds after it stops whispering, it will attempt to launch itself at the person, attaching to their face. If the person screams, moves their camera, or does anything at all, it will kill them. If not, it quickly retreats back into the darkness. It is vulnerable while retreating and can be killed with a stun grenade, taser, or single whack of a sign. It is not vulnerable before it attacks though.

I think a shopping cart that can't be taken up ladders or through doors would be a fantastic edition. So you still can only carry a few in the facility. But one man can bring back a good 8 items themself. Or carry multiple two handed items in the shopping cart. Also fits with the goofy horror of it

It was super fun doing the art for the weaver!! Thanks for featuring me as an artist on this :D

I'm sure that everyone who has thought of any ideas regarding this game has thought of a mimic of some kind, but the idea of the stranger killing every other monster in the facility and turning out the lights is so cool and unique

weeping beetles should absolutely be something that bunker spiders actively chase for food. Like maybe they would be attracted to horn sounds and you could use them to distract the spider or maybe even use them to trick snare fleas into dropping onto a target that poisons it? Idk.

I feel like a neat idea for the forest giant could be that they stand still, pretending to be trees and are always watching, but when a person gets too close, then it'll chase you and eat you.

I really love the forest guardian idea! Since they're described as having a child-like wonder, that's perfect for them! A good way to make them seem less of a mindless monster that you can't get away from and more of an actual curious creature like they're described as being!

The stranger is SO COOL but would be SO HARD to code

Considering they fixed the railing thing, i think they should add beartraps

What i like about the stranger is the Eldritch horror theme that is implied to exist because of the company store, and ties greatly into the procedurally generated horror of lethal company. The bunker doesn't kill you, only its residents. The Stranger is the exception.

Was a blast working on this, thanks for the opportunity

With the behaviour of the monsters in Lethal Company, it would be pretty cool to see some sort of symbiotic relationship between two different monsters. Imagine being so mad that they formed a collaborative trap mainly for your death.

With the change ideas I have other potential adds 1- with the forest giant, its eyes should glow, it is noted as related to the bracken and it would help to know where it is looking 2- with the thumper the charge bait mechanic should be useable to make it jump off ledges.

I think the Weaver would be more inserting if it interacted with other monsters, for example fighting Bracken and Jesters, as well as running away from Coil-Head and Nutcrackers.

15:49 THIS DESIGN GOES SO CRAZY whoever drew this ily Also as someone with a massive Rain World special interest who is also obsessing over lethal company, this channel is literally a godsend

I really hope zeeker sees these features/creatures and adds them to the game and if it were to get added it would be a BOATLOAD of content for the game. (also i really hope you make a part 2 of this video with more ideas!)

i feel like the concept of the stranger is the best mimic idea thats out there! just the idea of going into the building and realising theres no other monsters but something is wrong would be bone chilling! id love to see more concepts!!

The Creatures idea: Changling: A small slug-like creature that can cling to the ceiling and the wall. Can be in any moon. When it spot player, it would launch itself at the target. If it connected with the player, it wouldn’t kill them but instead bury into the player. It would remain in the player, even when going out. The creature would split open the player’s chest (killing him instantly ) revealing the row of teeth if it spot another player. It can also not happen immediately. It will die in one shovel strike. Lung Squid: A cephalopods that only appear on the flooded moon which causes it to surface. It moves around the body of water and would used its six tentacles to catch any players who go near the water. It would drop the players into its gaping mouth when it caught one. Behemoth: A large Mammoth like herbivores that rarely appear on any moons. They are friendly to the players and its big sizes scares away Forest Keepers. The loud foot step they make also scares away Eyeless Dogs. Just don’t get step on by the Behemoth. It also advised to not stay with them for too long as they are a favourite prey of the earth worm. Living Trees: They are an immobile creature that looks like a trees and appear in forested moons. The only thing to differentiate between them is Living Trees “leaves” looked like hair. If the player got too close to them, the Living Trees would split the trunk revealing the maws and the tentacles would shoot out of the mouth to drag the player into their mouth. Winter Watcher: A white tall, thin entity that rarely and exclusively appears outdoors on the snowy moons where there is constant blizzards. Its head is a lantern that shines brightly in the blizzard. It never does anything, just watches the players from afar. It would get closer however and the players is advised to not stare at it or get closer it. Should the players stare at the watcher (especially at its head) or close enough for too long, they will burst into flames killing them instantly. The Eclipsed Ones: Appearing only on the eclipsed moons rarely. They are tall, wearing a black robes with a hood over their heads. If they appear, there would be about 12 of them circling the map and they would begin to chant. The players are now on the time limit. If the Eclipsed Ones finished chanting after 7 min, the huge squid faced hulking humanoids called, ”The Lords” would spawned rapidly across the entire map (At most 20) and would chased down the players to consume them. Firestarter: Appearing only on moons affected by misty weather they are a lumpy humanoid carrying a large fuel canister on their back, whose faces resemble gas mask and the right arm surgically fused together with the huge flamethrower. They wander slowly, constantly shooting out the flamethrower which has long range. If they spotted a players, they will aimed the flamer at them though players should always steer clear from their front. They always leave fires on the ground which burns anyone who run into it. However, Firestarter can be burgeoned to death by the players (though they have high hit point) to steal their fuel canister which has high value. The players should not hit the fuel canister on the back Firestarter as it will explode, killing both of them and the value will be significantly reduced. Thundermine: A small spider-like creature that has a tall blue crystal on its back. Appears during thunderstorms, they attracted lightning strikes on their crystal. Its cause a burst of electrical which will instantly kill anything near to the Thundermine. They can be killed for their crystal which have high value but they attract lightning strikes more often than any metal objects.

I really like the idea of the stranger, it explains why some of the creatures are scared of the player.

A monster idea: Its a centipede-like-bat-thing that would eat up people’s bodies to “copy” them, it would use their player audio throughout the in-game day that they have spoken in, if the player didn’t talk at all, it would simply scrap the body and hunt for another one. To imitate player movement, it would move away from other creatures and avoid hazards, while also choosing a random reachable items to go towards so they don’t just stick in corners of the map doing nothing. To add to this, it could use louder audio if its near a creature, and use quieter yet more distorted audio if it detects players nearby either from seeing or hearing them. Once this happens, it would start speaking whatever audio clips they want from the body they ate (essentially random middle sounding audio), and then enter a roam state to either lure its prey towards it or to find the prey itself by chance.

All your monsters can be avoided by simply "don't fuck with it" and then their is the last one where it's just going to murder everything it sees.

I like the stranger idea, but I have a similar idea myself: an anglerfish type enemy that has a lure that looks like an employee. It has prehensile control of the lure and can even mimic phrases it's heard. It'll stalk various team members, making walking sounds, and door openings, as well as the sound of loot being picked up. Once it's stalked for a while, it'll start using your voices to lure you in. The lure has two 'tells' so to speak, one being the way it moves looking odd, the other, a thin strand leading from anywhere on the body in the direction of the monster. It isn't very obvious, but it is noticeable if you look closely. The lure will try and use words that your team has said in relation to 'scrap' or 'loot' towards the angler's body, or what you've called a creature like if your teammate had said 'oh crap a brakken', it'll use that to push you away from the exits, and closer to the main body. It isn't very fast, but it can blend into the ceilings and walls it resides on well. Once prey is within striking distance, it'll leap at them with a scream, and once it's killed you, replace the old lure with your body, now feeding on the old one, so now, it'll appear on a radar as if you're still alive. It'll also prioritize using the voice of the dead player on the lure.

one thing i'll add onto the healing jelly visual design, I think it should look lore like a canister rather than a glass bottle. because something like the TZP inhalant is inhaled by being connected on the mask rather than consumed through where the mouth is. and maybe it even work better as a gas too, to work better with the mask idea, I feel like jelly would raise questions like it getting stuck in the mask(but now that I'm thinking about it, that maybe could be a mechanic, it having a chance to get stuck in the mask and slowly suffocate you)

Item idea: Color Tapes, the color is randomised on delivery to add up some variety Uses: player crouching and hold click on the floor puts the line of the tape that can help players trace back to the exist without getting lost (Buy another one when run out) (only inside the facility) Item price: cheaper than basic Flashlight

The “stranger” is a wicked cool idea, but probably really hard to implement, since effectively a moon to itself as it completely changes the bunker. You could take advantage of that though, and have loot that only spawns on stranger moons. Stuff like the equipment of past employees, or items that only drop after another creature is killed.

I LOVEEEE YOUR IDEA FOR THE FOREST GIANT, having the player give more of a chance against them and making them seem more like giant toddlers and I have an idea of my own for all the monsters already in the game too, what if they're were more interactions between all of them so it could seem like there's an ACTUAL functioning ecosystem? Like we already see how The Eyeless dogs and Baboonhawks interact aggressively with each other but what if they're were more? Like those Baboons running away from giants while the dogs try to fight it but fail and having the giant kick it away? Or when a bunker spider sees a hoarder bug and tries to eat it? Or having something to make the Snare Flea relevant with the other monsters... That's smth I think would be cool and make the moons and its creatures feel more lively

Legit think one of the better ideas would be to simply have more life that is either non-hostile or non-hostile but can add difficulty to your run without being directly damaging (makes it harder for you to see, if it sees you it makes loud noises which attracts other monsters, etc). Like the bird idea, maybe they just run off with stuff you leave on the ground. They don't have to attack, they could just mess up your trash packing tactics. Scanning them will be easier and helpful early game and if you get bad luck or mess up won't be as "welp, guess I'll die and not meet quota" as some of the more one shot enemies can be. Fun though those enemies are, but if all the enemies that get added are that level of danger...well you just become oversaturated with them. Which is why I like the hawkbois update, since they can be dangerous but there's a bit of a lead up to the pack attack. Which is to say, I like a lot of these ideas because for the majority of them getting hit or messed up can still give you options.

I really like the Forest Giant's change. They're the only enemies in the game I actively dislike and roll my eyes every time I see them. My take is add some kind of light emitting from their "eyes", white for normal state, yellow for suspicious, and red for chase state.

i like the backpack idea. I would say go further and add 1 clothing slot to players allowing them to wear 1 piece of clothing, changing how players play the game. Like a backpack to add +1 slot in your inventory, plated armor to reduce damage by a lot, but would weigh you down, or a tracksuit to allow you to sprint for longer and would recharge your sprint gauge a little faster.

Just to add on the whole stranger thing, I think that when you get to the hallway, every single monster would chase you down it, even though they are a hallucination. But the door at the end of the hallway kills you when you open it, as what it looks like to me, it is a door with a mouth behind it. Also, because this ‘stranger hallway’ would have rooms in it, I think that it would be cool if all of the doors are locked, BUT ONE, which would drop you off at a bricked door (like you open the door and get out, but when it closes behind you and you turn around, it’s bricked up). I also think that it would target “the bravest employee” (which would be whoever sprints the most) with more hallucinations, but the most paranoid employee would hear the most sounds. And to get rid of the stranger, everybody must exit the building through the same exit. And one last thing, the ghost girl will not spawn if the stranger has already.

I really like the flesh tumour wall idea, but I would say that not only is it found at dead ends, it also shows up in dark areas and can be stopped using your flashlight by shining it to stop it from opening its eyes and attacking you, you can also still kill it with a shovel if you want

item idea : a literal bag of breadcrumbs to guide you back to the entrance, that certain monsters may or may not eat and follow to you

I think a mimic type creature with prerecorded lines that just have really shit mic quality would both be funny and easy enough to make but still have great potential for horror.

I would make it so that the giant only sees movement and would hunt the player until the line of sight is broken and you are standing still.

I absolutely love the Veiled Weaver, very well designed and extremely interesting in visuals and speculative evolution. The rest of the monsters and ideas presented are great as well.

While watching the part were you talking about improving the forest giant, I've got an idea on if the forest giant were to find 1 or 2 dead employees, there will be a small chance that it will play with the bodies like dolls. (Making them kiss or having a tea party, ect.)

They reworked the thumper, now it work just like you suggested ❤

the jelly would actually go well with the lore because the company is really low on actual food so it would make sense for them to start sending fake food that probably tastes horrible

Imagine pulling out the hand held radar just to see a red dot following right behind you

So glad that Daszombes shares my Lethal Company obsession

One idea for the backpack is the ability to store one a heavy item, i.e. bottles, axels, and the apparatus (with the only exception being corpses), making it quicker and easier to transport big ticket hauls back to the ship As for creatures, how about something that uses the corpses? A *Possessor.* At the start, without a corpse, its an intangible (and harmless) black fog, simply roaming the facility hanging low to the ground, easily mistaken for a shadow. However, once someone dies in any way that leaves a body (including pits, excluding getting webbed by spiders) the possessor will encase the body in it's shroud and posses it. The Possessed will point at danger, use flashlights, dance with a group, follow the closest person (staying at the back of the group), and collect things, prioritizing tools and high value scrap, even dropping and switching out based on priority. Once it's inventory has high enough "scrap value", or as the group gets close to the exits, the Possessed will discreetly run out of sight and away from teammates, being slower due to carry weight. Once caught and killed, the Possessed will drop everything and the Possessor will wander, unable to possess the same corpse twice. All of that, of course, is if you're in a group and somebody dies. If alone, or if no one dies, the Possessed will spawn anyways around midday, taking the name of a living teammate and avoiding them if possible. In this state, the Possessed will be more 'aggressive', focusing more on scrap than teamwork. The only major tells would be any wounds on it (including a spring head), and not speaking, and as an extra little twist, the dead can spectate the Possessed, and if teleported, it will immediately run for the entrance, no matter the conditions

Animal idea Hoarding bugs or a new animal can have nests outside around trees,sometimes even inside of them, they will wander looking for loot around if not guarding the nest, and they may steal loot from the ship. Which means more storage furniture would be nice aswell.

Thanks for letting me do art for this video! It was really fun drawing the Thumper! Also, love the video! These are some very good ideas/concepts

I wonder what the guy on the ship sees on the radar when the others enter The Stranger's domain... maybe communications being to break down as the crew ventures further? Walkie talkies begin to distort and the radar starts to warp, eventually breaking down entirely. Maybe it would add to the mystery if there no data entry? To imply that it just seems to be a normal facility that happens to be difficult to navigate and lacks wildlife. Would it be extra fucked up if captured crewmates couldn't be spectated? I think it's scarier if there actually aren't any initial warning signs. Maybe the powe goes out after a crewmate goes missing so the others are like "Hey! Jimmy found the power source! He's alive still!" among some other mindfuck stuffs. rip solo runs I suppose

The stranger is the type of monster you would meet in a D&D horror campaign and I love it

17:38 omg I would kill for these to actually be in the game. Like, they're perfect- The water's completely empty so there's really no reason to not add something so cool and terrifying to the game.

Props to the artists! All the artworks look great.

How about the ghost of an old man that when he touches you for the rest of the round the affected player can only see a version of the planet on it's prime rather than a wasteland, this also makes all monsters invisible but other players can still interact with the affected one. edit: you know what? I thought of a way to make him more interesting, the old man doesn't actively chase anyone and can be found in a random room, he looks very friendly and when he spots a player he beckons them to get closer with a warm smile, obviously those who where already haunted by him wouldn't want to approach him again, so how about making it a double edge sword, while monsters become invisible in his world maybe items become visible through walls as well, alternatively, the haunted player could be able the see and pick up items no one else can interact with.

The Stranger would have to be a rare creature... much, much rarer than the ghost girl for it to still be scary. So rare that you're more likely to get 3 or even 5 in a row of the highest quality items from lootboxes.

A concept that could be used more is the trapping of players by creatures before eliminating them, for example, some of the spiders' attacks could be non-lethal, leaving the player unconscious to be stored in a web to later be consumed if not saved. Another thing is that there can be more organic interactions between the creatures themselves, to create interesting mechanics and opportunities that the player can use. And a mimic that records excerpts from players' VoIP and uses it for its own purposes is an incredible concept with both horror and comic potential.

I like the idea of Forest Guardians being literal toddlers. What if there was a chance that they like, nibble on you, like how children put random shit in their mouth. I also think it’s be cool if you could be friends with forest guardians, maybe giving them some sort of item in exchange for friendship. Big friend potential!!!

An idea is a mimic but only for dead bodies, plus maybe a reason to bring dead bodies back to the ship. When someone takes the fake body to the ship it turns into a monster or swarm of something

The veiled weavers design is super dope looking

the boomstick is honestly so actually genius. here's a new idea for a creature though: a shipleech. a creature that attaches to a random spot on the top or sides of the ship that sucks the power from it, turning off the cameras, disabling the doors, and preventing it from leaving. now preventing it from leaving will not ignore the midnight time. these leeches are non-hostile and can be found in just the middle of the wilderness, moving about half the speed of the slime towards the location of your ship. they also eat circuit bees and their hives. edit* for clarification and balancing, they only stay on the ship for the ingame equivalent of 1 hour, and die in one hit. I do think the stranger is too complicated for a simple creature. I think it might be it's own game if anything. but a version of the stranger with it's more achivable ideas... that's cool. an infinite maze is too much in my opinion. I think there should be corpses of monsters as well instead of just empty, but these corpses are deep in the facility, meaning in the rooms farthest from the door. entering a corpse room or seeing a corpse room will turn the stranger hostile, as well as simply being alone. in a group of two or more, the stranger will even mimic the voices of players that HAVE NOT ENTERED the facility.

I feel like the idea of The Stranger being some sort of super monster is pretty cool. I like the idea that we could have these incredibly hard to deal with monsters and just balance them by taking up every spawn slot in the facility. Could pair this with more unique facility interiors, whether that be slight alterations to the two we have (variants of them, per say) or entirely new ones.

Ok, it’s a good thing something like this was made, because I have a grievance I want to air out; _Less things should be able to jump gaps._ I’ll say what we all almost assuredly agree on; Slimes _should not have hops._ Thus, here’s how I think each monster should handle The Gap: -Brackens can jump across like players; -Thumpers would work by this video’s logic, and thus be unable to turn in time; -Bunker Spiders can use the walls; -Hoarder Bugs can fly; -Coilheads I’ll _maybe_ allow to teleport for Hard, but probably not for anything lower; -As implied, Slimes are _unable to cross gaps under _*_any_*_ circumstance;_ -Jesters, too - you cannot convince me that box got hops; -And the Ghost Girl can happily traipse along like the gap ain’t there at all. I’d say that all seems fairly more reasonable, wouldn’t you?

An item idea I thought of (but others have probably thought of it before me) is a battery. It’s a heavy device that functions like the recharge station, but only has enough charge to refuel 1.5 items.

The stranger is such a great one though, because it turns the facility into a high risk high reward type of situation. There is only 1 monster, easily recogniseable by all the lights being off, so once you realise this its just a matter of avoiding the stranger and all the loot is yours because there are no other enemies. Brilliant!

I like the idea of hoarding bugs getting scared if they pick up teeth of robots and flying away. Also, anything if it makes sound.

From some of what I’ve seen, thumpers slow a bit after a shovel hit, so if you shovel and backpedal immediately after they aggro you can kill them. Not riskless by any means, but an option if you get caught with your pants down

i feel like an alternative for the backpack is a rusty wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow does not have inventory slots but instead depends on WEIGHT. it can hold around 50-60lbs of items before it inevitably breaks. Even so, the wheelbarrow can still break if its dropped, or damaged by a monster, turret, explosive, or weapon. Pushing items in the wheelbarrow is 2x faster than carrying it normally, though you will still slow down from stuff in the wheelbarrow.

I've been thinking a lot about FUNCTIONAL SUITS, like the pajamas but they actually do something, they're single use (meaning only one person can wear it per suit bought, not like the suit skins that one buys them and everyone can use them) and they impact your approach to the facility and your role in the team The idea started with armor, so the first suit I thought of was a ARMORED SUIT that would x2 your health (not a lot considering how many things one shot you but would make you fairly sturdy against things that don't) in exchange having a base weight incorporated, meaning that even if you're not carrying items, you already have idk, 30+ weight, making you sturdier in exchange for not very mobile, would be useful for a dude who's job isn't to carry loot in and out the facility but rather to keep those that do alive. I also thought about an expensive MOBILITY SUIT with the classic jet boots for a doble jump that would be lightweight in exchange for only letting you carry 3 items at a time instead of 4 I've been also thinking about a suit that INSULATES YOU FROM ELECTRICITY, making you resistant (though not 100% immune) to things like the electric bees and any other electric damage that could be added in the future (add more electric damage too, things like pools of water inside the facility that are in contact with exposed wires so you have to walk around them or turn off the lights of that room in the fuse box or remove the apparatus) And then various OTHER ITEMS like a STUN BATON that works like a shovel with a lot less damage that STUNS the target like the Zap Gun and obviously works on batteries, for when you're not trying to outright kill a creature but rather create a small window of opportunity to run, would still be dangerous to use since it's melee and the stun would wear out quickly since the enemy isn't being constantly zapped like with the Zap Gun

The stranger is the coolest idea for a creature I have ever seen. Thi I doubt it would be easy to implement without being ruined by jank Also another cool way to implement it is to only have it spawn if you go to a moon when you should be at a. Company facility aka when your deadline is due and the ships power being shut of once you enter the planet. It could instead be implemented as and elaborate alternative game over screen witch could allow the dev to implement it without worrying to much about gameplay and focuses more on making it creepy

If the devs open up steam workshop, this game will live on forever. ❤

i love that therussianbadger's first lethalcompany run was a 10 plus player game and the moment he was about to leave the ship with the others and then the forest giant that arived at the landing zone before the ship itself just reached into the thing, grabbed him like a turd off a toilet and ate him on the spot

There should be at least some creature that you have to yell at to scare away. It would be like a bear situation. Where if you know weather to run play dead or make loud noises and look big.

I love the idea of what the stranger represents, the way that they "eat" any other creatures left in the building, almost makes them a "boss" monster. I think that presents AMAZING opportunities for gameplay reasons, spicing things up, and just getting an excuse to FULLY fuck with the game's core mechanics.

"verbally jizzing" is a phrase never meant to be spoken

A small idea for a piece of loot you could find: Functional hand mirror. It's just a little mirror, but holding it lets you see over your shoulder with a small cone of vision. Holding mouse click extends your hand out at an angle to look around corners, but only left corners just to screw with players. Enemies that care about line-of-sight (specifically coilhead and bracken) also respect the vision of the mirror.

Although the idea for the stranger is absolute fire, it's always been rough having an AI pick and choose what voice clips it can use, due to the fact that it can easily break up the tension if it happens to be unlucky enough to replay the clip of your buddy say some of the dumbest shit imaginable, and I think by giving some way of other players having control of this would be nice, maybe having dead players pick the clips instead of automatically having the AI do it by itself, because people LOVE fucking around with eachother, or they might not even know what the voice clips are for, but either way, having the player help the scares in some way could lead to less outcomes where the tension is killed, I mean picture this. You and your friend are walking down a hall, and from deep within it you hear something echo out, and it's just a muffled version of your friend saying: "Eating a burger with no honey mustard" Yeah, it's very funny and confusing, but if it keeps happening it'll just not be scary.

I want a monster that's a reverse Coilhead, only moving when you're watching it. It's speed ramps up when you look at it, so it doesn't quite rush you as hard as the Coilhead does.

was really fun being an artist for this :D!! everyone else did a great job -w-

I have a couple ideas I'd like to share and will accept feedback. Number 1: Cydog. Cydog is a dog shaped alien cyborg. With blue flesh sticking out of a machine exoskeleton. It's head is three pincers that are full machine suggesting that its head was removed. It also has a long tail that is mostly sharp knife like objects. It makes noises similar to a dog. It starts out neutral and will look at the player leaving them be making dig noises like you are a stanger strange snd kind of stressed. If you corner it it's barks will be fierce and it will enter an aggressive but stops soon after if you hit it it will while and make pained noises. However if you give it metal (drop metal nesr it.) The Cydog will eat the metal and become friendly helping the player (it will still be aggressive to other employees.) For ine day it will help the player carry objects fight other creatures and makes a lot of noise. After the day it will go back to neutral. I just feel like something friendly would be nice a breath of fresh air and gives solo players a shot at winning at laters days. Number 2. The ship thief. This entity's identity is unknown by the time anyone sees it it's too late. The ship thief will not do anything early in the day so no need to worry but towards the middle of the day it will slowly form on a different side of the map and form a replacy of s base day 1 ship. If you take the ship it will work the same but once your in the air the intercom will say. "I am sorry but you have entered the wrong ship. The ship with then eat you and all the scap and items. Simple solution remeber your space shuddle location and take a good look at it's design to see differences or keep a member behind so they so can warn you. Hurts early game and less vigilant players.

I would make that comms whit walkies are lost when inside the stranger´s facility after like 2 mins the first person comes in. Room generation signals would try to disguise the maze to the terminal so they dont realize so early of the stranger`s presence. I find this idea encouraging the use of radar boosters as they would allow the terminal guy to keep speaking through walkies within a certain range and improving visibility

That last one sounds like something that would actually fit really well.

These are some really amazing art !

17:23 imagine if you get a buddy to sneak around behind the veiled weaver and then they can easily take it out or make it panic and run away. I'd imagine once it spots you it would hold still to try and get you to approach

Idk why but i feel the need to transfer some of these utems into in-game systems. Healing jelly - 400$ Expensive due to exotic ingredients. Portable radar - 200$ Shouldnt make it too hard for solo players to get, but should make it have low battery Item sack - 50$ A low quality backpack that eventually breaks due to weak fabric Batteries - 5$ They're batteries Battery holder - 500$ High quality battery compartment that attaches to the suit of the player, can hold up to 8 batteries and charges them back to full charge over 2 days Lockpick - 20$ Weird looking key bought by the company. Insect bait - 100$ Bait used to attract any arachnid, insect, and flying bugs. Great for luring circuit bees away from their nest. Audio track 1# - 300$ Has a specific purpose of being able to break the mask off of a players face. Still leaves the player dead tho. Unkown how the audio track is capable of doing such task. Single use only Audio track #2 - 300$ Can prevent the ghost girl from hunting for a short period of time. Single use only. Audio track #3 - 10$ It is only that can be heard from this track.... great for luring eyeless dogs away, but must be used wisely, as can attract the dogs to your location if you are too close. Flares - 80$ Used to signal a location. Protable lights - 200$ A set of 5 light's that can be placed around the facility. Must be connected to another light to function. Creates loud buzzing noise. Very bright. Portable turret - 600$ A turret that is friendly to all human life forms, but will eliminate any hostile creatures. Will not attack humans infected by the mask or creatures pretending to look like a human. Waypoint - 100$ Single use digital waypoint that can be named anything to represent the purpose of the waypoint being placed. You can also call it cock and ball torture, but nothing else. Company crackers - free Complimentary snacks that dont do anything besides tasting stale. Slime-proof boots - 500$ These boots were made for walking. Used to ingnore damage from slime. Slow fown the user by 20% speed when applied. Access card - 300$ An item that can open locked mechanical doors. Quija board - 200$ Used to summon a spirit Bear spray - 50$ A concoction great for repelling bears from attacking. Also works on baboon hawks, manticoils, and even forest giants! Now, heres a bunch of suit upgrades. Disinfectant spray - 40$ Used to slow down bleeding effects. Portable body finder - 700$ Stays on the user even after death. Can be used to find dead bodies. Headlight - 125$ A light that doesnt need to be recharged, can be used to illuminate even the darkest of areas! Slight chance to power off every 5 seconds for at least 20 seconds.