Inkulinati News

Hello Master Illuminators,

All of us here at Yaza Games, as well as the faculty of the School of Inkulinati, we wish you all a fabulous and divine Christmas and a cracking New Year!



May your quills always be filled with ink and your armies always prepared for battle - no matter the time, place, or occasion. We will scribe on land, in the air, and in the seas, but predominantly, we will scribe on land. Take this time and spend it with your loved ones, but if you do feel courageous enough, download the Inkulinati Demo that’s available right now on Steam. It’s available till the end of God's year of 2020, so do try it out if you haven’t.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/957960/Inkulinati/

Until next time young Master Illuminators, stay safe and we will see each other in the new year!


All the best,

Yaza Games Team, Inkulinati Masters, and all the fabulous Beasts (Giant Snail included)

Hello Master Illuminators,

We are part of the Poland & Friends event that’s happening now live on Steam. To celebrate this occasion, the Inkulinati Demo is back! The event and the demo are live from 3rd of December up until the 10th of December.



It’s all happening for a limited time only, so play the demo as soon as you can before time runs out!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/957960/Inkulinati/

And as always, let us know what you think of our demo and make sure you leave feedback in our forums. And most importantly, do not let Godfrey win! We will never hear the end of it...


Regards,

Yaza Games Team, Rabbit Army, Hildegard, Giant Snail, and the Travelling Frog.

Hello Master Illuminators,

In today’s update, we want to dedicate this space to our inspirations - the original Inkulinati Masters from 100’s of years ago. We are talking about medieval scribes, monks, and illuminators that create these wonderful worlds over 700 years ago. Apart from the fact that medieval marginalia are bizarre and outright hilarious, what we really love about them is that they made us look at the middle ages in a totally different light.

When we think about the Middle Ages, we might think about the tropes we learned from school, books, and pop culture in general: big castles, brave (and not so brave) knights, powerful kings, monks, huge feasts, battles (chaaaaargeee!!!!), burning stakes, hungry peasants, disease, and many other not so fun things (tortures. We forgot to mention tortures). We imagine that the people who lived in those times were brave, virtuous, and probably very serious. They definitely weren’t funny, that’s for sure. Well, it turns out that we were very, very wrong.

So, let's take a closer look at these medieval manuscripts that we talk so much about. Most of them were written down/created by monks and contained texts dedicated to faith, religion, science, nature, and medicine. However, there are also some that describe famous events, battles, stories, poems, and other cultural events. To give those texts more pizzazz and glamour, they would have beautiful decorations adorning them, usually found on the margins of the text - hence being called marginalia. And it’s here, on the margins of manuscripts, that some of the most hilarious drawings and paintings ever depicted by man can be found. Check these out:

Missal, Amiens c. 1323 (The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Ms. 78 D 40, fol. 177r)

Gorleston Psalter, England 14th century (British Library, Add 49622, fol. 133r)

Bestiary, England c. 1400-1425 (Copenhagen, Kongelige Bibliotek, Gl. kgl. S. 1633 4°, fol. 10r)

Summer volume of the Breviary of Renaud/Marguerite de Bar, Metz ca. 1302-1305 (Verdun, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 107, fol. 100v)

As you can see, there are many bizarre characters, situations, and moments captured in these marginalia. A knight fighting a snail? An entire procession made up of rabbits? Bonnacon fire-farting on a knight? Trumpets stuck in bottoms!?! And a weird looking hybrid! The best part is that some of these themes/motifs repeat themselves in other manuscripts too (ie, the rabbit army fighting the dog army). It almost seems like they were medieval meme’s - a little cultural joke.

And this is the reason why we love marginalia so much. It made us realise that people that lived on this earth 100’s of years ago also laughed at absurdity. That no matter how serious the situation is, people always found time to laugh. And it’s also ok to laugh at bum jokes, poop jokes, and any other stupid jokes out there. Laughing at tomfoolery is something that’s ingrained in us, it’s part of our DNA. And laughing at these things will certainly not be the end of the world. (as a side note, if I lived in medieval times, I would love to be an illuminator. You have a king say to you “I need a new book about the latest medical practices''. To which you reply “of course my liege. I see a penis tree and monkeys throwing poop as a perfect decoration for it.” Best job ever.)

So, these are our inspirations, and our reasons as to why we fell in love with medieval marginalia. What do you think about marginalia? Do they make you laugh like us too? Do you like silly things as well? Heck, maybe you already have a favorite marginalia piece. All of your thoughts, post them below. We want to hear them!


Until next time,

Hildegard, Sir Godfrey, and Yaza Games Team

Hello Master Illuminators,

With PAX Online x EGX Digital in full swing, join us and watch our stream on Friday, September 18th at 4PM CEST | 3PM BST | 7AM PDT. We will show you Inkulinati in action and let you know the tactical secrets that only the devs know.

Visit our Store page and grab a demo of Inkulinati. Don’t wait too long because it’s only available till the 20th of September!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/957960/Inkulinati/

If you enjoyed yourself, don’t wait and add Inkulinati to your Steam Wishlist now!

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to be on time with all freshest Inkulinati news.

See you soon!

Hello Master Illuminators,

With PAX Online x EGX Digital in full swing, join us and watch our stream on Thursday, September 17th at 4PM CEST | 3PM BST | 7AM PDT. We will show you Inkulinati in action and let you know the tactical secrets that only the devs know.

Visit our Store page and grab a demo of Inkulinati. Don’t wait too long because it’s only available till the 20th of September!

https://store.steampowered.com/app/957960/Inkulinati/

If you enjoyed yourself, don’t wait and add Inkulinati to your Steam Wishlist now!

Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to be on time with all freshest Inkulinati news.

See you soon!