A question for the developpers

[gizmo27]

Good afternoon all,

I have a question for the developpers about Penumbra : what was your first inspiration to create the game ?
I say that cause I recently watched the film The Hills Have Eyes 2 and I found it looked like Penumbra Overture : mines corridors and wood ladders to go to an upper or lower level...
What about ?

Regards, Gizmo.

[Googolplex]

I watched the movie "The Descent" and it have to following in common with Penumbra:

1. A dark mining complex
2. Flashlights (ok, that's normal, but...)
3. Green glowsticks! and...
4. Red flares!
5. Monsters look like the infected.
6. The only weapon in the film is a hammer.

7. The game after Penumbra even called similar to "The Descent"

[gizmo27]

Hi,

I'm not there to criticize anything : I'll never say that Penumbra's developpers are plagiarists : I respect them a lot for their work.
I just asked the question cause artists are often inspired by something or someone when they create.
For example Fred Astaire was a source of inspiration for Michael Jackson.

And it would be so nice to know what inspired the Penumbras ?

Regards, Gizmo.

[Tanshaydar]

Lovecraft.

[Zoridium JackL]

i dunno, but at some point in black plague i couldn't help but think of "the thing".

[Spooder Wekd]

Lovecraft.

The engine is even named after H.P.Lovecraft!

I got digital copies of all his books for free(or close to it) a while ago...I should really start reading them.

[Kman]

I watched the movie "The Descent" and it have to following in common with Penumbra:

1. A dark mining complex
2. Flashlights (ok, that's normal, but...)
3. Green glowsticks! and...
4. Red flares!
5. Monsters look like the infected.
6. The only weapon in the film is a hammer.

7. The game after Penumbra even called similar to "The Descent"

ok, both the descent and penumbra are great, but i really don't think they have too much in common i think those are mainly just coincidences...

haha anyways, yes i think one of the main inspirations for penumbra was the thing. i mean they use a lot of the same horror techniques and the environment is very similar. i mean just look at the kennel in black plague, they practically took that right out of that scene from the thing!

[Unearthlybrutal]

I watched the movie "The Descent" and it have to following in common with Penumbra:

1. A dark mining complex
2. Flashlights (ok, that's normal, but...)
3. Green glowsticks! and...
4. Red flares!
5. Monsters look like the infected.
6. The only weapon in the film is a hammer.

7. The game after Penumbra even called similar to "The Descent"

I've seen that movie too.
Green infected in "Black Plague" and the monsters in "The Descent" --> big similarity