I lately had absolutely the pleasure of chatting with the Eldelic Video games staff about their new launch, Inky Blinky Bob. This horror-comedy releases its demo on the twentieth of February, 2026, making this the proper time to speak with the builders! Yow will discover out extra about them on the official Eldelic Video games web site.
Eldelic Video games Interview
Are you able to inform us just a little bit extra in regards to the staff and who you all are?
Eldelic Video games is a small however extremely pushed staff that thrives on creativity and a little bit of chaos. It began with Myro (Founder) and Lee (Co-founder), who wished to construct one thing that stands out from the group. We’re a tight-knit group, 3 builders, 3 designers, and one ‘Prime G’ pushing power that retains every little thing transferring. We is likely to be a small studio, however we’ve obtained a large imaginative and prescient, and we’re proving {that a} devoted staff can create one thing actually shocking.
On one other private be aware, except for Inky Blinky Bob, what’s your favorite recreation to play and why?
Selecting a single favourite recreation is inconceivable as a result of gaming is all in regards to the second and the sensation. We might simply provide you with a listing of fifty legendary titles that will hit you with a lot nostalgia you’d flip into a tragic emo boy in a single day. For us, it’s not in regards to the ‘greatest’ recreation, it’s in regards to the expertise and the reminiscences they depart behind.
What was your inspiration for Inky Blinky Bob? For instance, had been you impressed by different video games or different sorts of media? If that’s the case, which of them?
We actually admired how Choo Choo Charles managed to construct such a large, devoted group. For Inky Blinky Bob, we wished to take that sort of spark and push it additional, deepening the lore, creating extra memorable interactions, and offeringsomething gamers haven’t seen a thousand occasions earlier than. In case you’ve ever dreamed of an action-adventure indie horror with darkish humor and an open world, Inky Blinky Bob is precisely what you’ve been on the lookout for.
What’s your course of for developing with concepts? Inky Blinky Bob could be very distinctive, and except for taking inspiration from different locations (in case you do), how else do you give you concepts? Do they merely come naturally to you?
Apart from the occasional inventive burst whereas sitting on ‘The Throne’ (we’ve all been there), our brainstorming is all about attempting to interrupt the mould. Growing a recreation is an extended journey, so we be certain the entire staff is having amusing and having fun with the method. Our concepts come naturally from years of taking part in video games and continuously asking, ‘What could be truly enjoyable to make?’
The background and settings in Inky Blinky Bob look stunning. I’m an enormous fan of the colorful skies and the forest areas proven within the trailer. Are they primarily based on actual locations?
They aren’t primarily based on actual places, however we did use some fairly wild reference photographs. You’d should be a GeoGuessr world champion to seek out the inspiration for these islands as a result of we principally simply slammed mountains into the ocean and constructed from there. The sky is one thing we’re notably pleased with, nobody has a sky like ours, as a result of frankly, it’s superior. What was the query once more? We obtained distracted by the clouds.
Horror-comedy is an attention-grabbing combine. As somebody who doesn’t play a lot horror out of concern, the comedy features do take the sting off. Why did you resolve to mix these two genres?
The sport truly began as a pure horror mission, however we shortly realized we simply aren’t that critical of a gaggle. Including comedy makes the jumpscares hit in another way and makes it far more ‘streamable’. The entire recreation is designed round having a good time, with jumpscares that rely upon which quest you’re on. Every quest tells its personal uniquestory.
Do you may have any future initiatives within the works? Are you able to inform us a bit about them?
Our first precedence after the Steam launch is getting the sport onto PlayStation and Xbox. We’re additionally maintaining a really shut eye on the Nintendo Swap 2, relying on how issues go. Past that, now we have a number of initiatives within the pipeline that we’re extremely enthusiastic about. All we are able to say is: group, prepare. We’re casting a spell on everybody studying this to recollect the title Eldelic Video games. Job completed.
In case you weren’t making and creating video games, what would you be doing?
To be utterly trustworthy? Jobless. Making video games is what we had been born to do.
Now a enjoyable query! (Although hopefully the others have been enjoyable). In case you had been a online game character, which one would you be and why?
John Cena! As a result of… tu tu ru tuu, tu tu ru tuuu!!!! ✋✋✋ You’ll be able to’t see us!
I’d like to offer an enormous thanks to Elderlic Video games for taking the time to talk to me and provides their solutions. Yow will discover out extra about this upcoming horror-comedy on the official Inky Blinky Bob Steam web page.
