For those of you who played our Demo during the Steam Game Festival, you are probably intimately aware with the tragic tale of the Brood Mother. A tragedy of epic proportions where love, deception, and science mingled to corrupt and create this frenzied, beast. I won’t spoil the story behind the Brood Mother but suffice to say, it isn’t for the faint of heart.
The design for the Brood Mother, as with most of our creations, came from the brilliant (possibly deranged) mind of our lead artist and Co-Founder Lin Li/Kevin who wanted to create something deeply disturbing for the game’s first major boss.
“Brood Mother is a real nightmare, I wanted to make something that was immediately shocking, but which fit into the story and the world.” Along with Co-Founder Joyce Chen, they brainstormed a truly appalling creature made up of distended human body parts along with an insectile abdomen. She has malformed insectile wings, dozens of eyes, and a scream of inhuman fury and pain. She’s an absolute nightmare. Originally, she was supposed to be a fusion of moth and human, but after experimentation, Lin Li decided to use the common fly for his beastly creation, here’s an early image of the moth version for comparison.
But perhaps the most gruesome thing isn’t the Brood Mother, it’s her children. You read that right, her CHILDREN! Throughout the fight the Brood Mother will give birth to half human, half larvae children that will quick overwhelm you unless they are dealt with. As you can imagine, the effect is completely horrifying!
Horror is always based in reality and Brood Mother’s ability to give birth makes one question other elements of her backstory as well as the nature of pregnancy and motherhood in a heavily religious, medieval society. “We wanted the Brood Mother to be terrifying on every level. The more you think about it, the worse it gets” Lin Li told me!
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Yours,
Glassheart and Another Indie.
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