Hellslave - Interview @ RPG Jeuxvideo.com

RPG Jeuxvideo.com has enterviewed the devs of the dungeon crawler Hellslave (English translation by Goat Buster):

INTERVIEW – Baptiste Miny talks about Hellslave (english version)

Developed by the French studio Ars Goetia, we presented Hellslave to you during the Steam Neo Fest. And since the studio is French, we took our chance to discuss about this dark fantasy set dungeon crawler with the person behind it, Baptiste Miny.

Can you introduce yourself? (name, age, professional formation…) What is your role regarding Hellslave?

Greetings. My name is Baptiste Miny. I’m 28, I’m a writer, designer and programmer in my studio, Ars Geotia. Apart from music and marketing, I’m in charge of pretty much everything here.

How did the idea of the game come to you?

After I released my point’n’click game, The Blind Prophet, I started replaying some childhood games: Diablo 1 & 2, WoW Classic, Warcraft 3, and all those gave me the idea of creating a “classic” RPG with turn-based combats, customization, loot, exploration and above all a huge liberty regarding the visuals, the creation of the universe and everything narration-related.

What were your influences for the game’s development?

The main ones would be Diablo 1 & 2 and the Persona series. For the universe, the Dante’s Divine Comedy and John Milton’s Paradise Lost were huge inspirations for me. Artistically, it was artists like Zdzislaw Beksinski, Mike Mignola, William Blake or Sergio Toppi.

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