The popular card game, Exploding Kittens, is going to be made into an animated series and mobile game thanks to a first-of-its-kind deal with Netflix.
Netflix announced yesterday, Monday April 18, it will launch a mobile game and TV series from the same franchise, building on the popular Exploding Kittens card game.
What is Exploding Kittens?
Exploding Kittens is a Russian roulette-style card game where the players put the deck face down and take turns drawing cards until someone draws an Exploding Kitten. This process continues until there’s only one player left, who wins the game. The more cards you draw, the greater your chances of drawing an Exploding Kitten. Players can avoid being out if they have a ‘defuse’ card to help defuse the kitten bomb.
There’s also a two-player version of the game along with several expansion packs including Imploding Kittens which includes a human-sized cone of shame for the losers to wear.
All We Know About The Animated Series
According to Netflix in the animated series: ‘The eternal conflict between Heaven and Hell reaches epic proportions when both God and the Devil are sent to Earth – in the bodies of chunky house cats.’
The series comes from showrunners Shane Kosakowski and Matthew Inman; executive producers Mike Judge, Greg Daniels and Dustin Davis of Bandera Entertainment; executive producers Peter Chernin and Jenno Topping for the Chernin Entertainment Group; and executive producers and creators of the Exploding Kittens franchise, Elan Lee and The Oatmeal’s Inman.
But nothing quite compares to its cast. Tom Ellis (Rush, Lucifer), Abraham Lim (Clickbait,The Boys), Lucy Liu (Shazam, Elementary), Ally Maki (Wrecked, Toy Story 4), Mark Proksch (What We Do In The Shadows, Better Call Saul) and Sasheer Zamata (Woke, Home Economics), are all confirmed to star in the series.
All We Know About The Mobile Game
As for the mobile game the same classic gameplay where players draw cards aiming to avoid the Exploding Kitten, except fans will also be able to enjoy two new exclusive cards: ‘Radar’, which reveals to players the position of the Exploding Kitten closest to the top of the card deck, and ‘Flip Flop’, which reverses the order of the cards in the deck.
Future cards and game mechanics will be themed around the animated series so friends and families can play with their favourite characters and bring the show to life, according to the press release. With both single and multiplayer options, the game will be available to Netflix members without additional fees or in-app purchases.
Mike Moon, Netflix Head of Adult Animation, said: ‘The co-development of a game and animated series breaks new ground for Netflix. And we couldn’t think of a better game to build a universe around than Exploding Kittens, one of the most inventive, iconic and original games of this century. Netflix is the perfect place to explore this growing franchise and we are so fortunate to be working with this incredible team.’
Matthew Inman, Exploding Kittens Chief Creative Officer and Creator of The Oatmeal, added: ‘Netflix is the only service that could bring Exploding Kittens to life in both a series and a game.
‘We actually launched Exploding Kittens on Kickstarter as a weekend project, but our community has been the heart and soul of the company over the past six years. The new series and game will give our fans new ways to connect and interact with the franchise.’