It’s a bit grim, but you read that headline correctly.
Baby Shark, the children’s song that went viral a few years ago thanks to South Korean educational entertainment company Pinkfong, is getting an “open-world adaptation”.
The game will be a collaboration between Baby Shark Games, a subsidiary of Pinkfong, and Retro Future, a developer who specialises in pixel games.
The game, announced under the working title Baby Shark Universe, will allow players to “create their own content or enjoy content created by other players” by utilising Web3 and an “open-world ecosystem”.
There’s a lot of buzzwords in this PR release: “The game distinguishes itself from other existing Web3 games by providing gameplay guides through dynamic stories and adventures and empowering communities through diverse virtual lands, the digital spaces where players can develop their own content and stories.”