The Chant creators on weaving horror for their first game
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The horror game genre is one of gaming’s more saturated markets at the moment. Whether it be a new indie horror or a new Resident Evil, horror game fans usually have plenty of games to go around. Now new development studio Brass Token is attempting to break into that market with its inaugural title — an atmospheric horror title called The Chant.
Brass Token describes The Chant as a “third-person horror action-adventure” game. Playing as Jess Briar, a traumatized young woman looking for some kind of guidance in her life, who finds herself at Prismic Science Spiritual Retreat on a remote island. A ritual goes wrong, as they do, and gamers must survive against an onslaught of “psychedelic” cosmic horrors.
Speaking with GamesBeat in an interview, Brass Token CEO Mike Skupa described the game’s core concept: “It started with wondering what would happen if you had a spiritual awakening, and it turned out to be more of a horrific experience than a positive one… We’re a small, boutique studio, so it was really important to play to our strengths and do something stylish. Even things like having it on an island retreat where characters are not using technology and are wearing similar clothes. Those things play to our strengths and capabilities as a team.”
The Chant is also Brass Token’s first game, and Skupa added that the game started off as a small, personal project. “It was our first foray into the independent space, and then we got some funding from the Canada Media Fund, which really helped a small team like ours move forward and bring some new talent
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