Bendy and the Ink Machine Chapter 2 the Family Game Team

2017 video game

This article is about the game. For the franchise based on information technology, see Bendy (franchise).

2017 video game

Bendy and the Ink Machine
Developer(south)	Kindly Beast[a] (Joey Drew Studios Inc.)
Publisher(s)	Kindly Animal Rooster Teeth Games (consoles)
Designer(s)	theMeatly Mike Mood Matt Goles Dan Tozer
Creative person(due south)	Pascal Cleroux
Writer(due south)	theMeatly Bookpast
Engine	Unity
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows macOS Linux PlayStation 4 Xbox 1 Nintendo Switch Android iOS
Release	Chapter One: Moving Pictures February ten, 2017 Chapter Two: The Sometime Song April xviii, 2017 Chapter 3: Rise and Fall September 28, 2017 Chapter Four: Colossal Wonders April thirty, 2018 Affiliate Five: The Last Reel Oct 26, 2018 Chapter ?: Archives October 26, 2018 Complete Edition (Steam) October 27, 2018 Consoles (Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PlayStation four) November xx, 2018 Mobile (iOS and Android) December 21, 2018
Genre(south)	Survival horror
Mode(s)	Single-player

Bendy and the Ink Machine ^[b] is an episodic first-person survival horror video game developed and published past Kindly Animate being^[a] under the name of the game's in-universe animation studio Joey Drew Studios Inc.^{[ane] [2]} Information technology was initially released to Game Jolt on February 10, 2017, as the get-go of five chapters, with a full release on October 27, 2018. The game was also released for PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch on Nov 20, 2018, being published by Rooster Teeth Games, and for IOS and Android on December 21, 2018.

Inspired by the BioShock game series, the game is gear up in the fictional Joey Drew Studios. The actor controls Henry Stein, a retired animator who receives a letter inviting him back to his old workplace. Stein discovers a series of foreign paranormal activities caused by the titular Ink Automobile. In the game, players navigate through a get-go person perspective and need to complete certain tasks to proceed, such as combat, collecting objects or solving puzzles. Players tin besides find audio logs recorded by the studio'due south employees in order to sympathize the game's history.

Bendy and the Ink Machine was well-received upon its initial release. Praise centered on its vintage aesthetic and story, although its puzzles and combat mechanics were less popular. In the months following its release, the game quickly gained a big following from exposure on platforms like YouTube and Twitch, and somewhen was approved through Steam Greenlight in mid-2017. Merchandise, as well as a mobile spin-off, was later introduced to further promote the game. Mike Mood, the game's developer and co-creator, described the game as an "adventitious success".^[3] Bendy and the Dark Revival, the next game in the series, is scheduled for released in 2022.

Gameplay [edit]

Bendy and the Ink Car is a starting time person survival horror that resembles several cartoons in the tardily 1930s to 1940s. The thespian plays equally Henry Stein, a retired animator who returns to his one-time workplace, Joey Drew Studios, and discovers that a machine has corrupted the entire studio and brought sure cartoon characters to life. The game mixes combat with puzzle mechanics.^[4] Players explore through a offset-person view and have express physical deportment such as running and jumping.^[5] Different items can be collected, some of which are required to perform various tasks earlier proceeding.^[half-dozen] Cans of salary soup can besides be collected for achievements and to restore Henry'southward wellness if he is injured.^[7]

Combat is primarily focused around a variety of unlike melee-based weapons, such as an axe, pipe, plunger, wrench, or scythe.^[8] Additionally there are long-range weapons such equally a tommy gun or salary soup cans. In-game enemies have unlike force levels and resilience to damage, forcing players to be tactical about keeping out of achieve and striking when necessary.^[ix] Failure to do so will effect in a decease.^[8] Henry can retreat inside Little Miracle Stations whenever enemies are nearby in order to recover or remain out of sight. If he takes too much damage, he can escape from the ink that consumes him and respawn at 1 of the numerous statues of Bendy that human action as checkpoints.^{[x] [11]} The thespian tin salve their progress past interacting with time card stations.^[11]

In addition, players can find numerous audio logs throughout the studio that requite more details nearly the game'due south story, peculiarly concerning the fate of the studio and its employees, similar to the systems used in games such equally BioShock.^{[12] [13]} Some of these logs can exist missed and require further exploration to uncover the secret areas they often reside In. At the final chapter, players unlock the Seeing Tool, which is a device used to view hole-and-corner hidden messages that would be invisible without information technology. Later completing it, players can as well use information technology in the previous 4 chapters.^[fourteen]

Plot [edit]

Affiliate 1: Moving Pictures [edit]

In the year 1963, Henry Stein, co-founder and former animator at Joey Drew Studios is invited back to the studio by his former friend and business partner, Joey Drew. Upon arriving, Henry discovers the studio abased and dirtied upwards with ink splotches everywhere, besides as a mutilated copy of Boris the Wolf, one of the studio's characters. Henry discovers that the messy ink was acquired by the Ink Auto, which was installed sometime subsequently Henry left. Henry goes to fix and turn on the car. After turning the car on, Henry goes back to the machine, but is attacked by an ink creature known every bit Ink Bendy, who closely resembles the studio'due south mascot, Bendy. Henry tries to escape as the studio fills with ink. Equally Henry reaches the door, the floor under him gives way and he falls into the ink-filled lower levels. After draining the ink, Henry finds a room with coffins and a foreign diagram on the floor. When he steps on it, he sees a vision of the Ink Machine, a wheelchair, and Ink Bendy, before passing out.

Affiliate two: The Old Vocal [edit]

Henry wakes up and searches for a way out. He somewhen comes to the music department and discovers an exit at the bottom of some stairs, but the stairs are flooded and blocking the door. After battling ink creatures known as Searchers, Henry finds music director Sammy Lawrence'due south function and finds a pump switch inside that could drain the ink at the stairs, but his office is blocked by a massive ink leak. Henry finds ii valves that lower the ink pressure, 1 in Sammy's sanctuary and one in the infirmary, being held hostage by the studio's lyricist Jack Fain, who has been turned into a Swollen Searcher. After stopping the leak, Henry drains the ink at the stairs. While approaching the stairs still, he is knocked out by an ink corrupted Sammy. After waking up, Sammy reveals he intends to cede Henry to Ink Bendy, whom he worships every bit a deity, so that he can be gratuitous of the ink. Every bit Sammy begins the sacrifice ritual, he is attacked by Ink Bendy and presumably killed. Henry breaks free and tries to escape, only is confronted by Ink Bendy. After a chase, Henry locks himself in a storage room. Venturing into the room, he realizes at that place is someone in the room and tells them to bear witness themselves. Henry becomes shocked when the effigy reveals himself as a fully intact Boris the Wolf.

Chapter 3: Rise and Autumn [edit]

Henry befriends Boris, and the 2 go out Boris' safehouse to find another way out of the studio. They come across the toy department and discover a dorsum room full of merchandise for Alice Angel, the studio'south lead female person. Henry is and then confronted by a twisted design of Alice Angel and she summons him to Level ix of the studio. Henry and Boris reach Level ix, but are attacked past the Piper, a member of the Butcher Gang, pocket-size antagonists of the cartoons. Inside Twisted Alice's lair, Henry and Boris observe multiple mutilated clones of Boris and the Butcher Gang. Henry finds Twisted Alice torturing a Piper and she orders him to fetch some items for her, in exchange for existence allowed to escape the studio. Henry must fulfill Twisted Alice's tasks, all the while being hunted by Ink Bendy, Searchers, the Butcher Gang, and the Projectionist, an ink corrupted version of Norman Polk, the studio's projectionist. After fulfilling her needs, she sends him to the lift where he tin can get out, but forces the elevator to fall after discovering Boris, who she wants as he is the most perfect Boris. The elevator crashes on Level Southward. Boris wakes Henry up, and he is forced to sentinel as Twisted Alice drags Boris abroad.

Chapter 4: Jumbo Wonders [edit]

Waking support from passing out, Henry leaves the broken lift and explores the cavernous archives of the studio to discover and rescue Boris. Afterwards Alice taunts Henry about Boris' capture, Henry comes across a lounge filled with Lost Ones, people infected by the ink who prove no hostility. After fleeing through the vents, Henry discovers that Joey planned to open up a Bendy-themed entertainment park chosen Bendy Land, with the help of famed amusement park designer Bertrum Piedmont. Henry deduces that the haunted house attraction is the way to go and traverses the storage area to find the switches to power the ride up. He activates the four ability switches, while in the process sneaking past the Butcher Gang, defeating an ink corrupted Bertrum, who has merged himself with an octopus ride, and escaping from the Projectionist, who is decapitated by Ink Bendy. Once on the haunted house ride, Henry is shocked to find that Alice has transformed Boris into a brute monster. Subsequently a brief struggle, Henry is forced to impale Boris, who fades away. An enraged Twisted Alice tries to attack Henry herself, just is killed from behind by another version of Alice Angel and a robot-handed clone of Boris.

Chapter 5: The Last Reel [edit]

The new characters, Allison Angel and Tom, lock Henry in a makeshift prison. Henry manages to gain Allison's trust, while Tom remains hesitant towards him. Allison gives Henry a Seeing Tool, which is used to come across subconscious messages, and Henry sees a message that says Allison will leave Henry for expressionless. Later, Ink Bendy discovers Allison and Tom'south location, and Tom convinces Allison to leave Henry behind so they can escape. Henry manages to escape the prison after discovering a secret room with a weapon behind the wall, cheers to the hidden messages. Once he escapes, Henry rides on a barge through a river of ink, with a massive Bendy hand chasing behind him. Henry arrives in a shanty town built by the Searchers and the Lost Ones. There, he is confronted by the forsaken Sammy, who believes Henry is Ink Bendy and tries to take revenge for most killing him. Sammy gets unmasked by Henry, but Sammy overpowers Henry and tries to kill him, just Sammy is killed past Tom. Tom equips Henry with an axe. With Sammy out of the style, the Searchers and Lost Ones he was keeping at bay become trigger-happy and outset attacking. Henry, Allison and Tom work together and defeat the moving ridge of monsters. Henry leads the way onward, merely falls into the administration offices on a lower level. Henry tries to escape through the film vault, only the archway is flooded. Henry works to reconnect the pipe arrangement to drain the ink, by hiding from the Butcher Gang. Once in the picture vault, a bulletin reveals that a film reel has been stolen past Ink Bendy. Allison and Tom get in and join Henry on his quest to observe Ink Bendy. They notice that Ink Bendy's lair is a massive version of the Ink Machine. Henry is forced to get in alone, as the entrance is surrounded past ink, which could impale Allison and Tom. Within, Henry finds a bulletin from Joey, who talks well-nigh his downfall and how Henry tin can fix the darkness by showing Ink Bendy the stolen reel, titled "The End". Ink Bendy arrives and transforms into a massive monster, known equally Beast Bendy. Beast Bendy knocks Henry into another room and gives chase. Henry escapes Beast Bendy and returns to his throne. He plays The End reel, which broadcasts the words "The End" on several screens, causing Beast Bendy to deliquesce.

In a flashback, Henry arrives at Joey'due south business firm, who talks about how the two went on different paths, and how Joey's path burned considering of his ambition. He summons Henry to the studio and the events of the beginning of the game play again.

In a post-credit scene, the camera zooms in on a signed flick from Henry of Bendy, Boris and Alice Angel. Offscreen, a immature girl asks her "Uncle Joey" to tell her another story.

Characters and vocalisation cast [edit]

The Projectionist cosplay

• Henry Stein (voiced by theMeatly) is a co-founder and animator of Joey Drew Studios, who created the characters in the Bendy cartoons. He is the main protagonist of the game, who has returned to Joey Drew Studios later on xxx years.
• Joey Drew (voiced by David Eddings) is a co-founder and CEO of Joey Drew Studios. Prior to the games events, Joey went broke. He is the presumed overarching antagonist of the game.
• Wally Franks (voiced by theMeatly) is Joey Drew Studios' relaxed janitor. Besides Henry, he is the merely grapheme to appear in all 5 chapters. He is most known for his phrase "I'thousand outta here!"
• Thomas Connor (voiced past Mike Mood) is a mechanical engineer from Gent Enterprises who was hired by Joey Drew Studios to build the Ink Car. In the game, he has been corrupted by the ink and turned into a Boris clone, who goes by Tom.
• Sammy Lawrence (voiced by Aaron Landon) is the old music director of Joey Drew Studios, who started to go insane. By the events of the game, he has been corrupted by the ink and worships Bendy as a deity.
• Norman Polk (voiced by theMeatly) is the elusive and observant projectionist of Joey Drew Studios. By the events of the game, he has been turned into the Projectionist monster.
• Susie Campbell (voiced by Alanna Linayre) is the original voice actress for Alice Affections, who became obsessed with the character, and went crazy when she was replaced by Allison Pendle. By the events of the game, she has been corrupted past the ink and turned into a twisted version of Alice.
• Alice Angel (voiced by Lauren Synger) is the lead female in the Bendy cartoons. In the game, she is a twisted course of the original character, taken form through Susie Campbell.
• Jack Fain (voiced by Bookpast) is the master lyricist at Joey Drew Studios and Sammy'southward second-in-command. In the game, he has been corrupted by the ink and transformed into a Bloated Searcher.
• Shawn Flynn (voiced by Seán "Jacksepticeye" McLoughlin) is the merchandise director at Joey Drew Studios.
• Grant Cohen (voiced by Will "DAGames" Ryan) is Joey Drew'south exasperated auditor.
• Bertrum Piedmont (voiced past Joe J. Thomas) is a famed theme park designer, who built the Bendy-themed amusement park, Bendy Land and rejects his treatment by Joey Drew. In the game, he has merged with an octopus ride.
• Lacie Benton (voiced by Lani Minella) is an engineer working under Bertrum Piedmont.
• Allison Pendle (voiced by Lauren Synger) is the second phonation actress for Alice Angel, replacing Susie Campbell. In the game, she has been corrupted by the ink and transformed into Allison Angel.

Additionally, there are multiple characters in the game with no featured dialogue:

• Ink Bendy is a savage and deformed version of Bendy, the master grapheme of the Bendy cartoons. He is known past the ink residents as the Ink Demon.
• Boris the Wolf / Buddy Boris is a secondary grapheme in the Bendy cartoons. In the game, a friendly version of him appears every bit Henry'south companion, before he is transformed into Fauna Boris by Alice. Additionally, multiple clones of Boris announced throughout the game as mutilated corpses.
• The Butcher Gang are a trio from the Bendy cartoons, who are always at odds with Bendy. In the game, they appear as the Piper (Charley), the Fisher (Barley) and the Striker (Edgar).
• The Searchers are a grouping of humanoid ink creatures who attack Henry throughout the game.
• The Lost Ones are employees of Joey Drew Studios, who accept been corrupted by the ink, and aren't hostile. A specific Lost Ane is voiced by Joe J. Thomas.
• The Swollen Searchers are enlarged and passive forms of the Searchers. They are notable for being a source of ink throughout the game.

Development [edit]

Bendy and the Ink Car release timeline

2017	Chapter ane: Moving Pictures
	Affiliate 2: The Old Song
	Chapter three: Ascent and Fall
2018	Chapter iv: Colossal Wonders
	Chapter 5: The Last Reel
	PS4, Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch release
	IOS/Android release

The thought for Bendy and the Ink Machine came from theMeatly pondering the thought of a globe that resembled a cartoon sketch. As he started developing the thought, he realized that it felt "creepy" and needed a monster that inhabited it. Bendy was created to exist that monster, but did non have a proper noun. When the graphic symbol finally received a 3D model, the name was chosen from a typo while saving it in a 3D modeling program, Blender. theMeatly was not a developer and thus Mike Mood joined the production every bit he saw potential in the game.^[15] Bendy and the Ink Machine was inspired by the BioShock series.^[16]

The start chapter, Moving Pictures, took v days to be finished.^[17] The game was and so released for gratis on Game Jolt on Feb 10, 2017, being i of the first games that were released on the platform.^[18] Originally, the project was "for fun", according to Mood, but information technology subsequently became viral and incentivated then to develop a second chapter, The Old Song, which was officially announced in March 2017 and took six months to exist finished.^{[15] [17]} Information technology was released on April 18, 2017,^[19] and also added a remastered version of the previous chapter, an updated carte du jour, subtitles, achievements, etc.^[xx] The game was approved by Steam Greenlight on February 28, 2017,^{[21] [22]} and was and so released on Steam on Apr 27, 2017.^[23] Chapter 1 was fabricated bachelor for costless, while Chapter 2 was released as a DLC for $6 dollars.^[20]

The third chapter, Rise and Fall, was announced on production in May 2017. It was developed by vi people in at least 4 months,^{[17] [24]} and the reason for its long development, according to Mike Mood, was because he needed to create a framework "to brand the process smoother".^[24] Its trailer was released in August 2017, which showed an animated brusk intitled "Tombstone Picnic" and showed Henry running from Ink Bendy in a room.^[25] However, Mike Mood stated it was used only for the trailer'south chase sequence and for test purposes.^{[26] [c]} It was released on September 28, 2017,^[27] while the previous two chapters also received remastered versions.^[17]

The quaternary affiliate, Colossal Wonders, was firstly confirmed in production on Nov 17, 2017.^[28] It also included remastered versions of the kickoff iii chapters, which included enhanced soundtracks and textures.^{[29] [30] [31]} Information technology was released on Apr 30, 2018. Originally scheduled for April 28, 2018, information technology was delayed due to technical issues on Steam that disallows to make releases during weekends.^[32] The 5th and final chapter, The Last Reel, was firstly confirmed in production on June 4, 2018.^[33] Later, they confirmed that information technology would be released in October. The emprise as well confirmed that the chapter would exist received for free for simply players who have bought the previous capacity.^[34] A special edition titled Bendy and the Ink Machine: Jacksepticeye Edition, was given to YouTuber Jacksepticeye before the fifth chapter released to the public, which included all 5 chapters.^[35] It was released on October 26, 2018.^[36] The game received a concluding bundle on the next twenty-four hours, intitled Bendy and the Ink Automobile: Complete Edition. Chapters two-4, which were previously bachelor as downloadable content, became costless, while the game became paid.

On January 29, 2018, theMeatly officially appear that Bendy and the Ink Car would exist released to consoles.^[37] The PlayStation 4 and Xbox One ports were developed and published by Rooster Teeth Games, originally intended to be released on Oct 26, 2018, while the Nintendo Switch port was scheduled to release on Nov 20, 2018, merely both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One's release dates were pushed to the same appointment for Nintendo Switch's release.^[38] On December xv, 2018, a mobile port was appear past theMeatly and Joey Drew Studios Inc., and it was released on Dec 21, 2018.^[39]

Reception [edit]

According to the accumulation review website Metacritic, Bendy and the Ink Automobile received "mixed or average reviews" on its console ports.^{[twoscore] [41] [42]} The website Rock, Paper, Shotgun considered the first chapter one of the best free games from the week.^[45]

The game's storyline and setting were mostly praised. Almost reviewers noted that the game'southward art style resembles the "Steamboat Willie" era of Disney'due south cartoons,^[46] with PlayStation LifeStyle considering Bendy as an "obvious parallel" betwixt other cartoon characters such as Mickey Mouse or Betty Boop.^[47] Liam Martin of Express considered that the game's theme to be that "classic cartoons are more sinister than we retrieve".^[48] Sean Warhurst of ImpulseGamer as well considered the game's visuals as the game's "biggest force" and that its graphics engine "complements the artistic direction".^[46] This was likewise considered by Barry Stevens of Entertainment Focus, considering that "the game has a really unique art style and really pulls off the former animation studio feel with everything beingness drawn in a 30s fashion".^[49]

Most websites considered the game's gameplay mechanics repetitive. TheXboxHub considered the game'due south combat mechanics "frustrating", as most of its enemies die in only ane hit.^[4] VGCultureHQ considered that if would have some range weapons in the second chapter, such as a gun or a slingshot, "would aid brand lengthy combat sequences feel more off-white and less of a risk". However, it also stated that the boss battles in the game feel "intense".^[8] The puzzles, co-ordinate to The Digital Fix, were considered repetitive, maxim that "It's something nosotros've washed a one thousand thousand times before".^[50]

VGCultureHQ considered the game's chapter lengths "likewise short" and without a "fair balance", considering that it could be completed in four hours, considering that the first and terminal chapters could be "finished in simply nether a half-hr", while the other iii capacity "may have longer".^[8] Co-ordinate to Hely on Horror, the first chapter serves as a "tutorial", as guides the thespian to "interact with the surroundings and solve simple puzzles", the second chapter is where combat is introduced, but it considered that the third affiliate is where players are thrown into the action.^[xiii] Steven Asarch of Player.One considered the tertiary chapter's task list equally a "lazy try for developers to pad the game without adding whatever additional content", and that if future chapters could focus more on the characters evolution, "they could've truly exist masterpieces".^[51]

The game has been oft compared with BioShock, due to, according to PlayStation LifeStyle, the game having an "antique style".^[52] Nintendo Life likewise considered the motives of having a BioShock vibe in the game due to "the revelations that are made of Henry'due south past to the retro aesthetic that clings to every corner of the game's dilapidated setting". However, it also compared it to Resident Evil, and Outlive, considering it a "fusion".^[44] The game was as well compared with Cuphead and Ballsy Mickey, for their homages to "safe hose" blitheness and the way of 20th-century cartoons.^{[9] [44] [50]}

Sales [edit]

By 2017, the game achieved 750 thousand downloads on Steam, co-ordinate to Role player.1.^[53]

Awards [edit]

The game has received the "Best Horror Game" honour past IGN and is listed as #1 in "18 Best Horror Games of 2017".^[54] The mobile port received the "Game of the Mean solar day" award on Feb 23, 2019.^[55] TouchArcade nominated the mobile port every bit the "Game of the Week" on December 21, 2018.^[56]

Legacy [edit]

YouTube was a big correspondent for the popularity of Bendy and the Ink Automobile. Many gamers where seen making "Let's Play" videos, being one of them Markiplier^[57] and Jacksepticeye, and reached millions of views.^{[53] [58]} Many YouTube musicians besides made fan songs for Bendy and the Ink Machine, the most popular beingness DAGames' "Build Our Machine", which has been viewed more 100 meg times.^[53] Some of the most pop fanmade songs were afterwards included in an anthology intitled "Bendy's Inky Megamix", which was fabricated to help raise donations for United Ways COVID-19 relief clemency at Tiltify.^{[59] [60]} Some of these fans songs were included in the game, including DAGames' "Build Our Machine", Kyle Allen's "Bendy and the Ink Auto Song", Random Encounters' "Bendy and the Ink Musical", and JT Music'due south "Can't Exist Erased".

This acquired the game to have a giant fanbase, which Mood described as different from the well-nigh fanbases, calling other games' fanbases sometimes "toxic."^[61] The game also attracted children audience, which attention was mostly gaven to the character Bendy, although the game is T-rated.^{[53] [62]} According to Mike Mood, what the made the game so popular was because of its characters.^[53]

It also surged trade from the game, such equally toys, shirts, etc., which can exist bought on the game's official store.^{[63] [64]} Books and comic books were also released.^{[65] [66]}

Spin-offs [edit]

A mobile spin-off called Bendy in Nightmare Run was announced on January 26, 2018.^[67] It was released on the App Store on August 15, 2018^{[68] [69]} and on the Google Play Store on September 27, 2018. The game is an endless runner mode game involving the thespian characters of either Bendy, Boris, or Alice collecting Bacon Soup while running away from large bosses chasing the player character.

A spin-off called Boris and the Night Survival was released on February ten, 2020, on Bendy and the Ink Automobile 'south 3-year anniversary.^[lxx] The game is a prequel, taking identify before the first chapter of the original game. It revolves around Boris the Wolf searching through the different levels of Joey Drew Studios looking for supplies for his safehouse while escaping Ink Bendy, Twisted Alice, the Projectionist, the Butcher Gang, or Borkis, a xanthous-eyed version of Boris.^[71] The game as well received several updates after its release. The latest 1, Symphony of Shadows, was released on June 30, 2020.^[72]

Joke Games [edit]

On October 23, 2018, Joey Drew Studios posted on Twitter an image announcing a joke game, intitled Blackness Ink Possession, parodying Cherry Expressionless Redemption two.^{[73] [d]} During April Fools in 2020, the emprise affiche a trailer of another joke game, Bendy Royale. It parodies Fortnite: Battle Royale, where it was meant to be a battle royale with Bendy and the Ink Machine characters being playable.^[74]

Crossovers [edit]

A Halloween crossover mod, Hello Bendy, was released for the game on October 27, 2017, for a limited time, featuring the How-do-you-do Neighbor antagonist, who takes the role as Bendy in all previous 3 capacity and Sammy Lawrence for Affiliate 2.^{[75] [76]} The modern's menu features the ad of pre-ordering the game Hello Neighbor. The mod expired by the end of October that twelvemonth.

Co-creator Mike Mood has talked about wanting to do a crossover with Cuphead, which likewise was pop at effectually the same fourth dimension and as well uses rubber hose animation.^[77]

Bendy and the Dark Revival [edit]

Another game, Bendy and the Dark Revival, was announced on Apr 14, 2019.^[78] However, Mike Mood stated on February 13, 2019 that it would not serve equally Bendy and the Ink Machine 2.^[79] A gameplay trailer was released on June 24, 2019, announcing the game's release for Fall 2019.^[80] However, in Dec 2019, a new trailer was released to say that the game was being delayed and will release sometime in 2020.^[81] Some other trailer was released on June i, 2020, revealing that the game would be released in its entirety with all 5 chapters included, unlike the first game which was released episodically. The trailer besides suggested the game would come out in the latter half of 2020.^{[82] [83]} Withal, on Nov 30, 2020, the developers appear that the game would be releasing in 2021, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The developers also cited that the game will be ten times bigger than the original game and that they didn't desire to blitz the game.^{[84] [85]} The game was, however, delayed in one case again to 2022 without beingness appear.

Television adaptation [edit]

In 2020, Derek Kolstad, creator of the John Wick franchise, stated that he has interest in making a boob tube adaptation based on the game.^{[86] [87]}

Notes [edit]

1. ^ ^{a b} Originally known equally theMeatly Games.
2. ^ Usually abbreviated as BatIM .
3. ^ Although that, the room was after added with Chapter three's final remaster, which was released forth with Chapter 4.
4. ^ A curious fact is that both Red Expressionless Redemption 2 and Bendy and the Ink Machine: Chapter v were released on the aforementioned date - October 26, 2018.

References [edit]

1. ^ theMeatly (September 15, 2018). "What's happening to TheMeatly Games?! Large NEWS... Once again! :D" – via YouTube.
2. ^ "Bendy and the Ink Machine". Bendy and the Ink Machine.
3. ^ McAuley Valier, Tyler (July 11, 2017). "The Co-Creator of Bendy and the Ink Machine Talks Accidental Success". Gamasutra.
4. ^ ^{a b} Tyler (December iii, 2018). "Bendy and the Ink Auto Review". TheXboxHub . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
5. ^ "Bendy and the Ink Auto Review (Nintendo Switch)". GWW. December 6, 2018. Retrieved March xix, 2021.
6. ^ Sax, Eugene (December 18, 2018). "Bendy And The Ink Machine Review". GameCritics. Archived from the original on March vi, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
7. ^ "Bendy and the Ink Machine Trophies for PlayStation 4". GameFAQs. Archived from the original on February 3, 2019. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
8. ^ ^{a b c d} Lopez, Paul (Dec 1, 2018). "Bendy and the Ink Machine Review (Nintendo Switch)". VGCultureHQ . Retrieved March four, 2021.
9. ^ ^{a b} Bishop, Sam (November 30, 2018). "Bendy and the Ink Machine". Gamereactor . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
10. ^ McCurdy, Aaron (December 10, 2018). "Bendy and the Ink Machine Review: The Best Kind of Nightmare". XBLA Fans . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
11. ^ ^{a b} Spence, Codi (Nov 24, 2018). "From nostalgic to corrupted — Bendy and the Ink Machine review". GamingTrend. Archived from the original on November 27, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
12. ^ Soto, Fran. "PS4 Review - 'Bendy and the Ink Auto'". Worthplaying. Archived from the original on Dec 21, 2018. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
13. ^ ^{a b} Hatmaker, Alyssa (October 7, 2017). "Review: Bendy And The Ink Motorcar Chapters 1-3". Hely on Horror . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
14. ^ Wise, Haley (October 27, 2020). "10 Story-Driven Games That Are Better The Second Time Yous Play Them". The Gamer . Retrieved February 23, 2021. However, the thing that makes this game better on the 2nd playthrough is that players get the Seeing Tool upon the offset completion. The Seeing Tool reveals multiple messages across all the chapters placed throughout the environment. These messages respond some questions but create so many more than, adding to the experience of a second playthrough.
15. ^ ^{a b} Villasenor-Baca, Antonio (Feb 10, 2018). "Ink Demons & the Indie Canadian Game Scene: An Interview with 'Bendy and the Ink Automobile' Programmer, Mike Mood". Con Safos Magazine . Retrieved February 5, 2019.
16. ^ Bishop, Sam (December 8, 2018). "Creating a Monster: Bendy and the Ink Machine". Gamereactor.
17. ^ ^{a b c d} Asarch, Steven (April 10, 2017). "How Bendy And The Ink Machine Lived Up To The Hype". Player.I . Retrieved March 10, 2021.
18. ^ "Atari and Game Jolt Partner to Bring New and Exciting Independent Video Game Titles to the Atari VCS". Gamasutra. July xx, 2020. Retrieved March x, 2021. Atari® — one of the world's most iconic consumer brands and interactive entertainment producers — today appear a partnership with Game Jolt, the largest community for indie games and the people who make and play them, that will bring some of the all-time and nearly creative indie games to the Atari VCS PC-based hybrid platform. Under the partnership understanding, a curated list of games incubated on the Game Jolt platform will be brought to market on the all-new Atari VCS™ PC/console hybrid. Notable games that first emerged on the Game Jolt platform include: Bendy and the Ink Machine and FNaF World.
19. ^ "BENDY: Affiliate TWO LAUNCHED!". Joey Drew Studios. April 18, 2017. Retrieved March ten, 2021.
20. ^ ^{a b} Joey Drew Studios (March vi, 2017). "How MUCH will Chapter Two Cost?... and other answers!". Steam . Retrieved March ten, 2021.
21. ^ "BATIM IS GREENLIT IN Only Iv DAYS!!". Joey Drew Studios. February 28, 2017. Retrieved March x, 2021.
22. ^ Joey Drew Studios (Feb 28, 2017). "We did it!! We ARE GREENLIT!!". Steam . Retrieved March x, 2021.
23. ^ Joey Drew Studios (April 26, 2017). "IT'S Fourth dimension! :D BENDY RELEASES ON STEAM TOMORROW!!". Steam . Retrieved March 10, 2021.
24. ^ ^{a b} @KindlyMood (October ii, 2017). "null chance, ;) those four months was also me creating a framework and workflow to make the process much smoother. CH3 was TORTURE :(". Twitter . Retrieved March 10, 2021.
25. ^ "CHAPTER THREE REVEAL TRAILER RELEASED!". Joey Drew Studios. August xi, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
26. ^ @KindlyMood (Jan 1, 2018). "You'll see this a lot in game development, peculiarly for teasers. This was a test area made for testing all our systems and stress testing. Information technology made for a great teaser showing many elements without spoiling the bodily game". Twitter . Retrieved March 10, 2021.
27. ^ "BENDY: CHAPTER Three IS Here!". Joey Drew Studios. September 28, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
28. ^ theMeatly (November 17, 2017). ""Bendy: Affiliate Four" - NOW IN PRODUCTION!". YouTube . Retrieved February 24, 2021.
29. ^ "Chapter 1 GIGANTIC REMASTER COMING SOON!!!". Joey Drew Studios. April 11, 2018. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
30. ^ "CHAPTER ii HUGE REMASTER COMING Before long!!!". Joey Drew Studios. Apr 13, 2018. Archived from the original on Feb 6, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
31. ^ "CHAPTER 3 ENHANCEMENTS COMING SOON!!!". Joey Drew Studios. April 15, 2018. Archived from the original on February 6, 2019. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
32. ^ "Sadly "BATIM: Chapter 4" will now be released Mon, April 30th due to Steam issues. We are super lamentable and nosotros'll become Bendy to you ASAP! (For existent.)". Twitter. April 27, 2018. Archived from the original on November nine, 2020. Retrieved March 3, 2021.
33. ^ theMeatly (June four, 2018). ""Bendy and the Ink Motorcar: Chapter V" - NOW IN PRODUCTION!". YouTube . Retrieved Feb 24, 2021.
34. ^ "Get Affiliate 5 Gratuitous". Joey Drew Studios. August 31, 2018. Retrieved Feb 22, 2021.
35. ^ Jacksepticeye. "THE END IS Here | Bendy And The Ink Machine - Chapter 5 (Stop)". Retrieved August ten, 2020 – via YouTube.
36. ^ "Affiliate v IS HERE!! - GET THE COMPLETE GAME". Joey Drew Studios. October 26, 2018. Retrieved March ten, 2021.
37. ^ Reseigh-Lincoln, Dom (January 30, 2018). "Cartoons Go A Horror Makeover As Bendy And The Ink Machine Comes To Switch In 2018". Nintendo Life . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
38. ^ Power, Tom (Oct 1, 2018). "Bendy and the Ink Motorcar Console Trailer Is At present Available to Lookout". Gamerevolution . Retrieved January 24, 2021.
39. ^ Madnami, Mikhail (December 21, 2018). "Survival Horror Game 'Bendy and the Ink Machine' Is Coming to iOS on Dec 21st with Preorders Now Live". toucharcade . Retrieved January 24, 2021.
40. ^ ^{a b} "Bendy and the Ink Machine for PS4 Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved April 12, 2020.
41. ^ ^{a b} "Bendy and the Ink Machine for Xbox 1 Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved Apr 12, 2020.
42. ^ ^{a b} "Bendy and the Ink Automobile for Switch Reviews". Metacritic . Retrieved Apr 12, 2020.
43. ^ Luibl, Jörg (Nov 30, 2018). "Bendy And The Ink Automobile". 4Players . Retrieved April 24, 2021.
44. ^ ^{a b c} Reseigh-Lincoln, Dom (November 29, 2018). "Bendy And The Ink Motorcar Review (Switch)". Nintendo Life . Retrieved Apr 12, 2020.
45. ^ Caldwell, Brendan (February 25, 2017). "The all-time free PC games of the week". Stone Paper Shotgun . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
46. ^ ^{a b} Warhurst, Sean (Dec eight, 2018). "Bendy and the Ink Machine PS4 Review". Impulse Gamer. Archived from the original on December 15, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2021.
47. ^ White, Lucas (Nov 27, 2018). "Bendy and the Ink Machine Review – Walt 'Literally Satan' Disney (PS4)". PlayStation LifeStyle . Retrieved March 12, 2021.
48. ^ Martin, Liam (January 1, 2019). "PS4, Xbox One, Nintendo Switch games: BEST indie titles, hidden gems, disregarded classics". Express . Retrieved March 12, 2021.
49. ^ Stevens, Barry (November 27, 2018). "Bendy And The Ink Machine Review". Entertainment Focus . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
50. ^ ^{a b} Polonowski, Colin (Dec 4, 2018). "Bendy And The Ink Auto Review". The Digital Set . Retrieved Feb 23, 2021.
51. ^ Asarch, Steven (September xxx, 2017). "Bendy And The Ink Machine Chapter iii Review: Alice Is Here". Player.One . Retrieved March 11, 2021.
52. ^ Keri, Honea (November 19, 2018). "Release of the Week for 11/19-11/25 – Bendy and the Ink Auto". PlayStation LifeStyle . Retrieved March 12, 2021.
53. ^ ^{a b c d e} Asarch, Steven (July 20, 2017). "Why The Co-Creator Of Bendy And The Ink Motorcar Doesn't Have A Yacht". Player.One . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
54. ^ IGN Staff (December 18, 2017). "18 All-time Horror Games of 2017". IGN.
55. ^ "Terrifying Toons: App Store Story". App Shop.
56. ^ Nelson, Jared (Dec 21, 2018). "TouchArcade Game of the Week: 'Bendy and the Ink Motorcar'". TouchArcade . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
57. ^ "Markiplier Plays BATIM! Watch The Video! - Joey Drew Studios". Joey Drew Studios. Feb sixteen, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2020.
58. ^ Asarch, Steven (April thirty, 2018). "'Bendy and the Ink Motorcar' Chapter 4 Nearly Destroyed Its Creators (Exclusive)". Newsweek . Retrieved Feb 22, 2021.
59. ^ "BENDY'Due south INKY MEGAMIX FOR CHARITY". Joey Drew Studios. April 17, 2020. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
60. ^ @Bendy (April 17, 2020). "Announcing Bendy'due south Inky Megamix Clemency Album! Join #BENDY and Friends in raising money for United Way'due south COVID-19 Relief endeavor! Become 7 unique tracks with a minimum $1 donation between four.17-5.1 via Tiltify". Twitter . Retrieved March 2, 2021.
61. ^ Asarch, Steven (February 22, 2018). "Bendy And The Ink Machine, One Twelvemonth Subsequently". Thespian.One . Retrieved March 12, 2021.
62. ^ Tucker, Evan (October 29, 2018). "What's the Bargain With: Bendy and the Ink Machine (Spooky October Spectacular)". Coulee Echoes . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
63. ^ "Coming Soon from Funko: Bendy and the Ink Motorcar Popular!". Action Figure Insider. September 28, 2018. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
64. ^ Ridsdale, Jack (May 24, 2017). "Bendy inks deal with PhatMojo". Licensing.blz. Archived from the original on May 24, 2017. Retrieved March 10, 2021.
65. ^ "BENDY BOOKS ARE INBOUND - Bendy and the Ink Auto". Joey Drew Studios. March 20, 2019. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019. Retrieved March three, 2021.
66. ^ "BENDY COMICS ARE HERE!! - Joey Drew Studios". Joey Drew Studios. September 1, 2020. Archived from the original on Feb 10, 2021. Retrieved March three, 2021.
67. ^ "BENDY IN NIGHTMARE RUN Announced FOR MOBILE PHONE". January 26, 2018. Retrieved Apr 10, 2020.
68. ^ "BENDY IN NIGHTMARE RUN - AUG 15". Baronial 5, 2018. Retrieved Apr ten, 2020.
69. ^ "BENDY IN NIGHTMARE RUN IS UP AND RUNNING TODAY!". August 15, 2018. Retrieved April x, 2020.
70. ^ "PLAY Every bit BORIS - Joey Drew Studios". Joey Drew Studios. February five, 2020. Retrieved March 17, 2021.
71. ^ Expert, Julia (February thirteen, 2020). "'Boris and the Night Survival' Listens for a Chilling Heartbeat". Indie Games Plus . Retrieved March 17, 2021.
72. ^ @Bendy (June 26, 2020). "Tune up for the #BATDS "Symphony of Shadows" Free UPDATE next calendar week! #BENDY". Twitter . Retrieved March 17, 2021.
73. ^ @Bendy (October 23, 2018). "Just ane more big score, with the inky devil of the west leading the gang again. But, there'southward a take hold of, isn't at that place? Ah Bendy, in that location'southward e'er a take hold of! Find out what in #BendyChapterFive on #Steam on October 26! #BATIM #FightYourDemon". Twitter . Retrieved March 23, 2021.
74. ^ Joey Drew Studios (April ane, 2020). ""BENDY ROYALE" - New Bendy Game! - REVEAL TRAILER". YouTube . Retrieved March 22, 2021.
75. ^ @Bendy (October 27, 2017). "HELLO BENDY has arrived for Halloween! Play both games for some spooky surprises. ;) shop.steampowered.com/app/521890/Hello_Neighbor/ … store.steampowered.com/app/622650/Bendy_and_the_Ink_Machine/ …" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
76. ^ LeClair, Kyle (October 27, 2017). "Hello Neighbour and Bendy and the Ink Machine Cantankerous Over For Halloween". Hardcore Gamer . Retrieved March 17, 2021.
77. ^ "Bendy Co-Creator Talks Cuphead Crossover +More than, Interview due west/ BATIM's Mike Mood". YouTube. The Leaderboard. April 8, 2018. Retrieved Apr 8, 2018.
78. ^ Sinha, Ravi (April sixteen, 2019). "Bendy and The Dark Revival Announced, Outset Affiliate Out in 2019". Gamingbolt . Retrieved Feb 23, 2021.
79. ^ @KindlyMood (Feb thirteen, 2019). "We're not making a sequel, we're non making a prequel, nosotros're not making Bendy and the Ink Auto two, only bendy will return". Twitter. Archived from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved March 2, 2021.
80. ^ Sinha, Ravi (June 25, 2019). "Bendy and The Night Revival Debuts This Fall, First Gameplay Revealed". Gamingbolt . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
81. ^ Alvarez, Daniel (December 14, 2019). "Developers Ostend Bendy And The Dark Revival Is Nevertheless Coming". The Gamer . Retrieved Feb 23, 2021.
82. ^ "Bendy and the Dark Revival - Official Affiliate Update Trailer". YouTube . Retrieved June 11, 2020.
83. ^ Alvarez, Daniel (June 2, 2020). "Bendy And The Night Revival Now Coming As One Release, Will Be "Much Scarier" Than Ink Machine". The Gamer . Retrieved January 24, 2021.
84. ^ Alvarez, Daniel (December iii, 2020). "Bendy And The Night Revival Delayed To 2021". The Gamer . Retrieved January 24, 2021.
85. ^ "Bendy on Twitter: "Important data about #BATDR:"". November 30, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2021.
86. ^ Bishop, Rollin (May 24, 2020). "John Wick Creator Reveals Two Video Game Telly Series He's Working On". Comicbook . Retrieved February 23, 2021.
87. ^ Knoop, Joseph (May 27, 2020). "John Wick Creator Wants to Adapt Bendy and the Ink Car, My Friend Pedro". IGN . Retrieved February 22, 2021.

External links [edit]

• Official website

olingerfalong.blogspot.com

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bendy_and_the_Ink_Machine

Share this post