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Fortnite’s New Level Up Pack Is A Reference To a Brutal, Real-Life Ancient Murder
Fortnite dropped its latest Level Up Pack this week, and it’s a bit of an unusual one. The skin that comes in this season’s pack is called Captain Hypatia–she’s a starship captain. Like all the skins in the Level Up Packs, Hypatia’s got an alternate “Armored” style that is very different from its main style. This alt style takes this pretty standard lady here and turns her into an extremely dope cyborg, with arms and legs that are not physically attached to her torso but are held on by some kind of red energy. See below.
That arms-and-legs thing is particularly interesting when you take it in conjunction with her name. There’s only been one truly notable person with the name Hypatia in all of history: a Greek philosopher and astronomer who lived in Alexandria, Egypt in the late 4th and early 5th Centuries, and the first female mathematician that we have significant historical records about. That’s the main reason she’s famous– but the second biggest reason for her fame is the way she was brutally murdered and literally torn limb from limb by a mob of Christians.
There have been other things called Hypatia in the 1600 years since Hypatia of Alexandria was alive. Pretty much all of them are named after this woman, though, and the ones that aren’t are almost certainly named after things that were named for Hypatia of Alexandria. This fact has probably helped maintain her legacy, because there just haven’t been any other Hypatias who were famous and could have stolen her name’s thunder.
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‘Fall Guys’ level creation tools arrive on May 10th
Ever since taking the pandemic-soaked world by storm in 2020, the unique battle royale platformer Fall Guyshas added new gameplay elements and released on new platforms. Now, the developers are throwing a full-blown level editor into the mix.
Fall Guys Creativelaunches on May 10th and is part of Season 4 of the viral multiplayer title. The level editor lets you create legitimate multiplayer courses (called Rounds) using a wide variety of iconic items, enemies and obstacles. Developer Mediatonic encourages players to use the tools to “finally design the Round of your dreams”.
Once you make a level and test it out, you can share it with friends via a private lobby or share it on a larger scale with the entire community. The developer says they will also curate lists of its favorite player-designed levels to boost their popularity, housing them in a Playlists tab within the Show Selector.
To show off what’s possible with these creation tools, Mediatonic is dropping over 50 new Rounds designed by professional creators but using the toolkit available to regular players. This seems similar to how Super Mario Maker 2 handled things with all of its many tutorial levels. You’ll get 20 levels on May 10th, with the remainder releasing at various points throughout the season.
Season 4 is not just about the level editor, though that’s the primary new feature. Players will also find plenty of new costumes, like a neat-looking low polygon outfit, and new items at the store. Mediatonic is also teasing future collaborations, but has not offered any details. This likely refers to new branded costumes. The title has already featured costumes inspired by Sonic the Hedgehog, Doom, Ghost of Tsushima and other iconic titles.
This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/fall-guys-level-creation-tools-arrive-on-may-10th-192027104.html?src=rss