A.J. Mason is a playable character in Friday the 13th: The Game. Her role is "The Rocker Chick".
Character stats[]
- Composure 7/10 - Reduces the rate that fear increases and makes it easier to break free from Jason's grab.
- Luck 1/10 - Increases weapon durability and gives minor increases to many other stats.
- Repair 7/10 - Increases repair effectiveness.
- Speed 4/10 - Increases overall top speed.
- Stamina 4/10 - Increases overall stamina pool and reduces the stamina cost of actions.
- Stealth 10/10 - Reduces the amount of noise generated and Jason's ability to sense.
- Strength 2/10 - Increases attack damage with weapons and reduces the stamina cost of combat actions.
Virtual Cabin[]
The Friday the 13th dev team, created a cast of characters that captured the spirit of the films' many casts. Inside the Unreal 4 Engine, characters are referred to by their archetypes: Jock, Prep, Nerd, Flirt, Bookworm, and Rocker to name a few. Wes Keltner spoke of the legal gray area and the difficulty in acquiring rights to an actor's likeness at PAX West 2016.
Deceased[]
Sean S. Cunningham, the creator of Friday the 13th is known as the father of Jason. During the development of Friday the 13th: The Game, he outlined for the Devs his take on the role of the protagonist and why Friday movies are fun. "What happened with Friday the 13th is almost anti-dramatic....You're supposed to have a hero that you empathize with and care for and then you put that person in Jeopardy. You're with them. and hope they make it and usually they do, and then you have a happy ending. I've seen so many Friday the 13th Scripts that were designed to find [what the protagonist] really cares about what, and what their dreams are--therefore we're really going to care about her when she goes wandering into the in the woods. I discovered that Friday the 13th movies and horror games in general it's not that you create people that you care so much about, but you create people that you'd like see wacked."
Trivia[]
- Her appearance is based off of Violet from Friday the 13th: A New Beginning.
- Her personality and hair could be based on J.J. from Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.
- A band featured on one of her shirts, "Crazy Lixx", is a real-life music group responsible for some of the game's soundtrack.
- According to the publisher, Gun Media, her last name is a nod to Heather Mason from Silent Hill 3.
- Her costume in Halloween mode is a skeleton. This was a likely nod to the 1984 film The Karate Kid, as Chad Kensington's Halloween mode costume is a girl with colors from both dojos from that movie.
- She comes from a Catholic family and wears a silver necklace with a cross on it.
- A.J. is possibly in a relationship with Adam Palomino due to her being seen cuddling with him in the opening map intro for Packanack Lodge.
- It is confirmed that they are both in a relationship as they are both seen making out during Sheldon Finkelstein's introduction trailer.
- However, it is possible that the relationships between the counselors are not set in stone, as A.J Mason in the second offline challenge has shown to have a sexual relationship with Mitch Floyd.
- She was also a bitch to Eric when he was telling the story about Jason.