Delicious in Dungeon was inspired by a strange role-playing video game

Delicious in the dungeonone of us favorite anime of the year so faris based on an acclaimed manga created by Ryōko Kui in 2014, but as the mangaka says, the origins of the concept go back even further.

In Japanese language interview with famitsu In February, Kui detailed the many video game inspirations behind the popular series.

One of the most important is a 1990 role-playing game called Sorcery 6: Bane of the Cosmic Forge. In the game, originally released for Amiga and DOS, a typical fantasy group (humans, elves, dwarves, fairies, dogs known as Rawulves, you name it) get trapped in a castle overrun by monsters and have to fight their way out. . Very similar Delicious in the dungeonHowever, the plot takes some twists and turns that go far beyond standard fantasy. We won't spoil it for you. I can still play the game todaybut things get very sci-fi in the end, if players choose the right path.

Kui said he grew up watching his father play, but she was not allowed to play it herself. However, as an adult she turned to many video games as research to Delicious in the dungeon. The list is extensive: translations point to their reference everything from story-heavy RPGs like 13 sentinelsto deck building games like the spectacular encryption.

Kui has said that he prefers games with minimal combat, but he still loves them. Red Dead Redemption 2 and God of War for the quality of the story, the characters and the setting.

Overall, it makes a lot of sense that Delicious in the dungeon It plays with and subverts Western fantasy tropes so skillfully, focusing on cooking monsters and solving personal problems as much as combat.

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