Those ideas formed the original seed of Inscryption, which was called the theme of the game jam, Sacrifices Must Be Made.Īnd so, I guess the very beginning in 2019, that was out there, and it was getting very positive feedback from people who were-they liked the vibe of the game, the spookiness of the eyes in the background, and it got more attention than any game jam I had done before, so it kinda made me think that I was onto something there. Or you cut out your eye, and you can’t see half of the playing field. Then I took the idea of sacrificing further-what if at one point in the game, you have to sacrifice your own body parts, and if you cut off your hand, what implications would that have? Like-oh, now you can’t hold the cards anymore. I was like, “oh, it would be cool if there was a card game with sacrificing being central to it,” and so the squirrels being sacrificed for other creatures kinda came to mind there. The theme was “sacrifices must be made.” I’m a long-time card game player but I’d just recently got back into Magic: The Gathering, and in that game, there are some mechanics that have to do with sacrificing cards so it sprung to mind when the theme came up. Mullins: It started at the very end of 2018 in a Ludum Dare game jam, where you have to make a game in a weekend. Q: Could you tell me a bit about how Inscryption got made? You play a lot of cards, that’s the main thing in it, but you also go on a strange adventure. Mullins: In the marketing that I did way back when I first announced it - before Devolver got involved - I called it “an inky black card-based odyssey,” and that’s maybe spicing it up a little bit, but I like the idea of calling it a card-based odyssey. Q: In that case, how would you describe Inscryption? I think I wanted it to be creepy and spooky and intense, but not necessarily to be haunting or keep you up at night or give you a jump scare. I think it wasn’t my first and foremost goal to make it a horror game. Mullins: Yeah, I think that’s exactly right. Q: One thing I did notice about Inscryption is that, while it can be very creepy at times, it doesn’t hit a lot of the standard horror game formula notes. It is weird because Inscryption is kinda called that and it’s a little spooky, but I don’t play that many. Strangely enough, I don’t end up playing that many horror games. In terms of actual fear, maybe Amnesia? Those are pretty scary. My name is Daniel, I’m the developer of Inscryption, and my favorite horror game - that’s actually a pretty good question. Q: Can I begin by asking you to introduce yourself and possibly share your favorite horror game?
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