Pony Island creator unveils genre-bending card-based horror odyssey Inscryption Eurogamer.net If you click on a link and make a purchase we may receive a small commission. Read our editorial policy. Pony Island creator unveils genre-bending card-based horror odyssey Inscryption Coming to PC next year. News by Matt Wales Reporter Updated on 6 Feb 2020 7 comments Daniel Mullins - creator of such jaw-dropping, genre-defying delights as Pony Island and The Hex - has revealed his latest "self-destructing love letter to video games". It's called Inscryption, it's a card-based horror "odyssey", and it's due to arrive on PC next year. As anyone that's played Pony Island or The Hex can attest, Mullins' games aren't exactly known for shyly staying within the boundaries of convention. In Pony Island, for instance, what starts out as a fairly mundane arcade game soon becomes a battle with satan for the player's very soul, while The Hex dances furiously through the annals of video gaming to deliver a fascinating genre-bending murder mystery treat. All of which is to say that Inscryption's final form could very well be anything - or equally possibly, everything - but, for the time being, Mullins is describing it as a "narrative focused, card-based odyssey that blends the deck-building rogue-like, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie." It's about time to share the project I've been working on for over a year! Daniel Mullins Games presents: INSCRYPTION An inky black card-based odyssey. More here: https://t.co/VWIElev80p pic.twitter.com/St7R147373- Daniel Mullins (@DMullinsGames) February 5, 2020 To see this content please enable targeting cookies. Manage cookie settings The gameplay gif accompanying the reveal doesn't, it's fair to say, make Inscryption any easier to pin down. There are bear traps; there are cards labelled with the likes of stinkbug, squirrel, and opossum; there are increasingly unsettling opponents bathed in an infernal glow; there are clasping hands, a strange log cabin, and the phrase "The man assured you of the value of the pelts". Truly, I have no idea. Mullins' previous efforts, with their irrepressible energy and ceaseless invention, exhibited something of an inescapable pull - fascinating, funny, and much shrewder than their initial whimsy might suggest. Needless to say, Inscryption is already on my watchlist, so roll on 2021. Become a Eurogamer subscriber and get your first month for £1 Get your first month for £1 (normally £3.99) when you buy a Standard Eurogamer subscription. Enjoy ad-free browsing, merch discounts, our monthly letter from the editor, and show your support with a supporter-exclusive comment flair! Support us View supporter archive More News Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Google announces cloud gaming Chromebooks less than a fortnight after Stadia shutdown GeForce Now preinstalled. 11 Latest Articles Preview Football Manager's new Console edition is the best you'll get without a PC Getting Touch-right. Splatoon 3 Amiibos will be out next month Ink-coming! 3 Fans think Phil Spencer's shelf is teasing the Xbox Game Pass streaming box UPDATE: Xbox confirms old Keystone prototype. 59 Modder dives into Demon's Souls files following PS5 jailbreak, discovers fabled Ring of the Chieftain Who knows what's nexus? 4 Supporters Only Premium only Off Topic: Take a minute to appreciate Cookin' with Coolio's incredible scallops recipe. What a great book. Premium only Off Topic: Reading City of Glass in comic form "Where exactly am I going?" Premium only Off Topic: Il Buco is a transporting film about a really big hole Underlands. Off-Topic Netflix handled Sandman brilliantly It was Dreamy. 9 Buy things with globes on them And other lovely Eurogamer merch in our official store! Explore our store