In 2011, a user on the internet's dumping ground, 4chan, posted an image of a HobbyTown location that was undergoing renovations. The image featuring a large carpeted room, fluorescent lighting, and pale, yellow dividing walls, began circulating on the site, and in 2019 was the featured image for a post on a paranormal themed board asking for "disquieting images that just feel 'off'". Another user replied to the post, supplying the image with its first description. Mentioning

Inspired by his childhood in Ecuador, Julián Cordero originally conceived of a game that would use the universal language of football in order to convey his memories of growing up. Wanting to avoid the high budget look of sports games like FIFA, as they didn't represent the soccer that he grew up with, he struggled with how best to move forward. With a little help from his University Professor Gabe Cuzzillo, the designer of 2019's Ape Out, he was inspired to bring the place t

As the first original intellectual property released by publisher Dotemu, Absolum combines everything the publisher had learned working on other side scrolling beat'em ups they had published for other developers, as well as Guard Crush Games' experience as the co-developer for Streets of Rage 4. Looking to create something new and bring the beat'em up genre to a new audience, the team decided to add roguelike elements to the game after with them in Mr. Nightmare X, the DLC fo