Matthew Inman

“We needed an innocent face to be the therapist that ruins people’s lives”: Matthew Inman – Creator of The Oatmeal and Co-Creator of Exploding Kittens – talks us through the development of his new comic-creating card game.

The game sees players build comics, all centred around a therapist offering mad treatments for their patient’s concerns.

“Good vs. Evil allowed us to give fans a first look into what the show has in store, and we hope they have just as much fun playing the game as we had creating it,” said Matthew Inman, Exploding Kittens’ Chief Creative Officer.

“We couldn’t think of a better game to build a universe around than Exploding Kittens, one of the most inventive, iconic and original games of this century!” said Mike Moon, Head of Adult Animation at Netflix.

As the firm ramps up its global inventor outreach, we spoke with Zach Schiff-Abrams – Head of Creative Development at Exploding Kittens – about the recent Happy Salmon acquisition, and what the team are looking for from inventors.

“A Little Wordy combines the best of Scrabble and Clue into a portable game that only takes a few minutes to set up and get going,” said Exploding Kittens’ Matthew Inman.

“Poetry for Neanderthals was born when two friends introduced me to a word game they invented, where each player had to describe a life experience using only single syllable words,” said Elan Lee, co-creator of Exploding Kittens.

In 2015, Elan Lee saw 219,382 backers pledge over $8m on Kickstarter to make his card game, Exploding Kittens, a reality.