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The overall story of the protagonists going through different dimensions through portals gives us the opportunity to explore a lot of different ideas and themes, and so you can see some references to other more recent styles of animation here and there, like Warner Bros., Don Bluth, or cartoon series from the 90s.

Just as with Cuphead, the 1930s rubber hose style of animation is the main inspiration for Enchanted Portals, but there are many other sources of inspiration as well. Cuphead is an obvious inspiration but are there any other games or media that you used to come up with things like the story or music for the game? Let’s talk a little more about the game itself now. Well, I’m glad you are at least able to continue by going the Kickstarter route then. They wanted too much control over the IP rights and also there were some very scary hypothetical scenarios where, even after completing the game, if the publisher didn’t like the final product or the sales were low, we’d have to pay the publishers back their investment in full. The contract we were offered had some non-negotiable points that were just unacceptable for us. The similarities were never a concern for the publisher, it was us who had to say no to the deal in the end. Can you share any information on what happened? Some considered this being due to concerns of the game’s similarities to Cuphead. I believe you also had a publishing company at the time that isn’t with you now. We never got to even launch the campaign the first time, we were approached by the publishing company shortly after showing the first trailer and we decided to delay the launch of the campaign indefinitely until we had sorted that out, as that opened the possibility of funding the campaign without ever having to go through Kickstarter. You initially attempted launching a Kickstarter campaign for this but canceled it, correct? What exactly caused this cancellation? It was a bit rough, but once the initial surprise died down there was quite a substantial change in the reception of the game, with more and more people reaching out to us to say that they love Enchanted Portals and would love to play it someday. We were fully aware from the start that there would be backlash of course, but we couldn’t have ever anticipated just how viral the first trailer became, and with it how much toxicity and criticism would be thrown our way. The way Cuphead seamlessly blends the look of a 1930s cartoon with the classic run and gun gameplay was really appealing to us, we thought it was a shame that no other games were trying to do something similar so we set to do it ourselves! Were you nervous about creating a game with a very similar look and feel to that of Cuphead? How do you feel that has impacted the reception of the game?

We’re a small team of just two people and for our first project in the world of game development, we wanted to create a similar game, as an homage to it. Well, it is no secret that we’re avid Cuphead fans, and Enchanted Portals was born from a deep admiration for the original. What really made you say “We have to make this!”

First off, let’s start with why you’re passionate about creating this game. And the developers have graciously agreed to an interview with us so let’s get right to it. This is something we have talked about a couple of times over on Indie Pod -a podcast all about indie games- and wanted to know a little bit more about. For those looking for a new platforming, boss-rush game with old cartoony animation then look no further! Enchanted Portals has you covered.

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