First off, this game is amazing and I’m so glad I decided to give it a try!

I’m only about eight hours in, Floor 2, but I was wondering about Insanity.

With the fortune-teller at the beginning of the game, I chose the background that gave the +3 Insanity trait.

It said that Insanity would “make strange things appear”, and I was wondering how much of an effect it will have throughout the game. Are the rampant Brain Suckers part of this Insanity?

Thanks, and I can’t wait to see where this game goes!

They do appear because of insanity, yes. Same goes for some of the crows that you see flying around, the black goats and almost all of the ghosts you can meet. 

As a warning, because in the next patch I am changing a lot of scripts and game mechanics, players will have to restart the game, so perhaps you want to abstain from putting too much effort into it for now. (+ a lot of things will change in the first floors as well)

I am working on the next patch daily, but I can't give a proper release date yet.