Posted July 13, 2024 by Neiffarious
I forgot to actually publish this oopsie.
So here's a barebones list of things that inspired me to write this story:
1. The Dunwich Horror - HP Lovecraft. Content Warning: Lovecraft is a terrible racist and xenophobe.
- Specifically inspired the Unseen Ones (Who I used because I didn't have to time or skills to create a sprite for monsters lol)
- Yog'Sothoth is the Old One Will encounters
2. The Song 'Lunacy' by Swans
3. Will, Roan, and Matthias are all named after authors of weird sci-fi or characters from those stories:
- William Hope Hodgson wrote 'The House on the Borderland'
- Robert William Chambers wrote 'The King in Yellow'
-Henry Wentworth Akely is the main character from Lovecrafts 'The Whisperer in the Darkness'
4. The amazing webtoon: Trailer Park Warlock heavily inspired Matthias' character and a lot of the casual worldbuilding methods I used.
5. Hounds of Tindalos by Frank Belknap Long