Heathen Developer Cites Playing Diablo With His Mother as the Game's Origin
Solo developer Christopher Yabsley discusses his first-person dark fantasy dungeon crawler Heathen in a new interview. He says playing the original 1997 Diablo co-op with his mother as a child is the personal origin for the game. Heathen uses a one-town, one-dungeon structure and emphasizes horror tension alongside ARPG loot and build crafting.