Factsheet:
Developer: Boot Disk Games
Publisher: Mythwright
Release Date: TBD
Platforms: Steam (initially)
Website: innkeepgame.com
Price: TBD
Description:
Innkeep is a single player narrative adventure / job-sim about running a lonely inn during a fantasy world gold-rush. Adventurers and grave robbers are gathering, dreaming of robbing the now unprotected tombs of the gods themselves. And in the middle of it all, the Weary Pilgrim Inn, and its new master of the house: You.
The player will serve ale, cook meals, and eavesdrop on the conversations of a rotating cast of unique guests, each with their own dialogue and secrets. All the while, they will seek to set their guests at ease by deploying their growing collection of jokes and stories. If the guests have a merry time and drink enough, they’ll never even hear the player sneaking into their rooms at night to rummage through their belongings. You are looking for trinkets, but also for answers to an ancient secret: Why did demons invade the world?
History:
Daniel Burke began working on Innkeep in his free time in 2015. Over several years he fleshed out the concept while gradually beginning to collaborate with some talented artists to help develop the visuals. Ben Chandler (prev, Dark Forces (2024 remake), Unavowed,) has worked on character sprites and key art set pieces. Meanwhile, Torgeir Fjereide (prev, MTG Lord of the Rings CCG) has contributed menu art and pixel art character portraits.
In 2024 Daniel founded Boot Disk Games, and teamed up with the new publisher Mythwright, launched by game industry veterans. With funding secured, Keegan Martens (prev. Umbral Omen) joined the team as an assistant programmer and design consultant. Filippo Beck Peccoz (Prev. ) Tavern Talk, Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew) also joined as composer. Meanwhile, James Baille (The Exile Princes) has been contributing as a narrative consultant.
Trailers for the game have screened at Realms Deep. Innkeep has also appeared in Rock Paper Shotgun and Kotaku. Over 35,000 people have now wishlisted Innkeep on steam!
Features:
- A lavishly detailed inn where walls and floors fade away to reveal what is behind or beneath them.
- The ability to collect and share rumors, stories, and jokes by eavesdropping on real time conversations.
- A host of guest characters with their own unique portraits and dialogue.
- A challenging core gameplay loop revolving around serving and entertaining your guests, while learning their secrets and deciding which of them you will rob each night.
- Musical tracks that are incorporated into the game, played by the bards that can join your band of outcasts and vagrants.
- A cooking system that lets you get a little “creative” when it comes to what goes into the stew or the pies.
- An unfolding narrative set within a fully realized fantasy world, with its own geography, history, myth, politics, and religion.
Images:
Box Art and Logo:
Other Links:
Visit the Steam page.
Get the latest updates about the game on Bluesky.
Check out Innkeep trailers and dev diaries on Youtube.
Visit the game discord channel.
Dive into the games development history on IndieDB or directly via the development blog.
Credits:
Daniel Burke Lead Developer
Ben Chandler Artist
Torgeir Fjereide Artist
Keegan Martens Assistant Programmer, Design Consultant
Filippo Beck Peccoz Composer
James Baillie Narrative Consultant
About the Principle Developer:
Daniel is from sunny Western Australia, and has wanted to make computer games since he was 14. He grew up playing the Ultima series, programming games in QBASIC, and writing his own Choose Your Own Adventures. After a period in academia studying Japanese philosophy, in 2015 he found himself working as an in-house translator at an animation studio in Tokyo. Surrounded by creative people working on all kinds of different projects, he was inspired to return to programming and start working on Innkeep.
About Boot Disk Games
In 2024 Daniel started a studio, Boot Disk Games, to help with completing Innkeep. Boot Disk Games is collaborating with a new publisher founded by industry veterans, Mythwright.
Contact:
Email: team@innkeepgame.com
Bluesky: @InnkeepGame
