Q 01/05

Which Spanish city's religious art and iconography did the creative director of Blasphemous cite as a major influence?

A) Toledo

B) Seville

C) Granada

D) Salamanca

Answer · why

B) Seville

Seville is where many of the developers are from, and Spain's Holy Week, with its hooded penitents, was the main inspiration for the game.

Q 02/05

The pointed helmet of the Penitent One in Blasphemous resembles which hood worn in Spanish Holy Week processions?

A) Mantilla

B) Montera

C) Capirote

D) Barretina

Answer · why

C) Capirote

Capirote hoods are worn by penitents so that attention goes to God rather than to the person repenting, and the game wraps its version in barbed wire.

Q 03/05

What is the name of the thorn-wrapped sword carried by the Penitent One, the masked knight of Blasphemous?

A) Ruego Al Alba

B) Sarmiento

C) Centella

D) Mea Culpa

Answer · why

D) Mea Culpa

Mea Culpa came into being, in the game's lore, when a woman praying for punishment kept striking her chest with a sacred image.

Q 04/05

Which currency, earned by defeating enemies in Blasphemous, is spent in shops to upgrade the Penitent One?

A) Tears of Atonement

B) Marks of Martyrdom

C) Drops of Bile

D) Beads of Contrition

Answer · why

A) Tears of Atonement

Tears of Atonement are harvested more slowly after each death, until the Penitent One returns to the spot where he fell.

Q 05/05

Which Spanish studio developed Blasphemous and later rebuilt its code from scratch for the sequel, Blasphemous 2?

A) MercurySteam

B) Tequila Works

C) The Game Kitchen

D) Abylight Studios

Answer · why

C) The Game Kitchen

The Game Kitchen spent 18 months writing the sequel's code afresh instead of reusing any from the original.