Inklingwood Studios is the wife and husband team of Sophie (lead programmer) and David (writer, director, and producer) Younger. In November, 2025, they released their first commercial project, a point & click adventure called Foolish Mortals after four years of development. Sophie and David have described Foolish Mortals as Monkey Island 2 + Broken Sword, with a “merry & macabre” tone. This is true to a degree, but one of the reasons I’m most fascinated by Foolish Mortals is that Inklingwood has managed to create something entirely unique in their spooky-but-not-scary haunter manor game set in Louisiana, 1933. The game also has a fascinating development history, including a successful kickstarter that allowed the Youngers to hire Francisco González and Jess Haskins to help with voice casting for the final game. It’s such an honor to have Sophie and David on the show today!
Check out Foolish Mortals on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1848440/Foolish_Mortals/
And the website! https://foolishmortalsgame.com/
Inklingwood YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@inklingwoodstudios
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