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Independent developer of narrative games; creators of ink.

A Highland Song, Forever Labyrinth, Overboard, Heaven's Vault, 80 Days, Sorcery! and Pendragon. EXPELLED! launches March 12th
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Little known fact: Expelled! is the original source of the "67" meme, and here's the proof
November 10, 2025 at 4:43 PM
🎂 inkle is 14 years old today! 🎉
November 8, 2025 at 11:52 AM
July 28, 2025 at 9:21 AM
We’ll be honest - we knew the project was underway but we thought it couldn’t be done. We were wrong.
July 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM
July 23, 2025 at 10:26 PM
July 21, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Sometimes the timeline just shows you the family photo album
July 4, 2025 at 8:16 AM
June 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
June 19, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Expelled! is our highest rated game ever on Steam
June 5, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The new Heaven’s Vault novel hinges on a mysterious book in Ancient, The Raven’s Book, which Aliya finds and translates.

So, naturally, one of our beta readers has translated part one of that book back again, into Ancient.
May 30, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Expelled! is award-nominated!

We're nominated for Develop Awards for Narrative and Game Design!

www.developconference.com/awards
May 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
May 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
📜 Heaven's Vault III - The Flood 🌊

The follow-up novel to the multi-award-winning game launches worldwide on 29th May, in print and ebook form.

Get it early via our sign-up list:
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(This is not what this parchment says.)
May 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM
100! We made it! Phew!
May 9, 2025 at 9:43 PM
May 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
v.1.20 - The WITCHCRAFT update!

Verity Amersham has found something new - a poppet doll? Surely it doesn't *really* have any magical powers.

... And what does the owl want her to do?

FIND OUT - in the next update for Expelled! - out RIGHT NOW.

store.steampowered.com/app/2963890/...
May 1, 2025 at 1:10 PM
It's Beltane today. Time to go to the sea!

🌊 store.steampowered.com/app/1240060/...
May 1, 2025 at 12:26 PM
🤩 There's fan art, -- and then there's a two-page comic of everyone's two worst rivals.

Gorgeous work by @violetspark14.bsky.social! We love it.
April 25, 2025 at 8:14 PM
First update for Expelled! is coming next week.

The title is: "This poppet doll looks interesting?"
April 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
The Vault has been opened, the waters have risen, and the rivers of the Nebula have become a sea. And something that has been waiting a long, long time, is ready to be found...

The book is in final prep now. Sign up here to be notified when it's ready:

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April 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
On April 16th, 2019, we released Heaven's Vault.

Today, we're thrilled to announce we're returning to the Nebula to continue the story.

Based on our original notes for an unmade sequel, "The Flood" is a new novel that continues from where the game, and the previous books, left off.
April 16, 2025 at 7:31 AM
The entirety of inkle are at @baftagames.bsky.social this year!
April 8, 2025 at 5:47 PM
One little design quirk from Expelled! -- Verity isn't a blank slate: she's a defined character, and we want the player to WANT to play in her way. This isn't always possible, but we can nudge things along - with choices, attractive dialogue - and also music.
April 2, 2025 at 5:14 PM
inkle's next game is in production now, since inception three weeks ago.

It's about academic wizards who use modified Enigma machines to cast spells. There's a maze. It is, of course, a parable about gen AI.

The name is two characters followed by two digits to spell a word.

-- 1st April 2025
April 1, 2025 at 9:59 AM