#anyways. sorry i just got off work and drank a red bull so im like 🤪

[northern-passage]

Recently played your demo for the first time and love love LOVED it, from the textured worldbuilding to the snappy dialogue and especially the horror elements. are there any works/books that inspired you originally? or just fave book recs in general?

i know i've answered this before but i literally cannot find it because tumblr search function hates me >:-(

but i'm always down to rec some of my fave media soooo hehe

there was nothing specific really that inspired tnp, i guess dungeon and dragons since this started out as a campaign. i haven't done a lot of reading lately so i'm just going to... skip over the books... lmao. i do have some favorite authors though: gillian flynn, cormac mccarthy, benjamin alire sáenz, ocean vuong, and carrie fisher... just to name a few.

i play a lot of video games, which i think is where i usually get my fantasy fix, because even when i do actually read i don't really read fantasy. but i'm a fan of dragon age (sometimes... 😬), dishonored, assassin's creed, tyranny & pillars of eternity, stuff like that.

fullmetal alchemist is what i based my alchemy system on. i named the alchemist in blackwater alphonse as an homage lmao

i also really like westerns..... as like, a concept. there unfortunately aren't that many good westerns. logan, true grit, shane, the revenant (the book not the movie) and 3:10 to yuma are some of my favorites, though.

also i love black sails. literally cannot recommend that series enough... the characters in that show definitely inspired me a lot. a specific quote by jack rackham lead to the creation of clementine :-) i definitely pull a lot from black sails for siren's call, my side project (that i have not worked on in a long time but we'll ignore that...) but just in general like... the storytelling in that is something i strive to achieve.

as for horror i always link this video here which talks a lot about the kind of horror i like. isolated, unknown, dark and lonely but still compelled to go forward. that youtuber has a lot of really good video essays, i also recommend the vid on artificial loneliness and jewish superheroes, too.

the southern reach trilogy by jeff vandermeer is like. the best horror i can imagine. definitely recommend those books. i haven't seen the annihilation movie but the visuals look amazing. the game soma is also one of my favorites. asks a lot of questions and the ending is.... memorable. one of the only horror games i've actually played (i'm really bad at them)

the host & train to busan are two of my favorite horror movies. i really like the focus on family in both of them and the tragic endings :-)

i also can't not mention the last of us... that game means a lot to me. definitely inspired certain things in tnp.....