Conceptualized by the Moldenhauers and drawn by illustrator Lance Inkwell, it turns our stereotypical flag-embossed maple leaf into an anthropomorphic Cuphead boss, while the CN Tower, Royal York Hotel, and the rest of the bloodthirsty skyline become spectators in the high-class bout. Reconnecting with their local roots, the Studio MDHR team illustrated an original cover for this week’s issue.
It’s well-deserving of the top slot on our best Toronto video games list. But now it’s taken on a life of its own.Īn indie game made by a small team of family and friends, Cuphead has won awards from the Game Awards to the Junos, got a shoutout from Justin Trudeau, and is becoming a Netflix series.
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After a torrent of early hype, the game was notoriously slow to launch: Maja Moldenhauer, along with Cuphead co-creators Chad Moldenhauer (her husband) and Jared Moldenhauer (her brother-in-law), gave herself carpal tunnel syndrome while inking all 50,000 frames of hand-drawn animation. “But no, we’re very proud to be Canadian.”Īfter starting as an Xbox exclusive in 2017, Cuphead is now on all major consoles and platforms: Windows, macOS, Nintendo Switch and, as of last month, PlayStation 5. “Every time we go to a show in the States, people will be like, ‘Oh, you guys are based in Seattle, right?’” laughs executive producer and lead inking artist Maja Moldenhauer. But Studio MDHR, the family-run shop that made the cult smash game, is based out of Oakville.
It’s a temporal time warp where frustratingly hard '80s-style boss battles and run-and-gun gameplay coexist with hand-drawn animal visuals reminiscent of '30s Disney and Fleischer cartoons and a big-band jazz soundtrack. There’s not much that screams “Toronto” about Inkwell Island, the fantastical land where telekinetic carrots and boxing frogs stand between our hero and his brother Mugman’s soul debt to the devil. You wouldn’t know it from playing the game, but Cuphead is a serious Canadian success story.
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