
Although the concept and story remained as originally intended, the game changed over development as characters and models were refined from their early 'thrown-together' versions.

The entire game was completed a chapter at a time in a year and a half by a small but dedicated group of indie developers.

theMeatly and Mike Mood decided to drop all other projects to work on Bendy and tell a most unique ink story. Much to their surprise, it struck a chord with global indie gamers almost overnight. After turning the idea into a horror game, Chapter One of the game was created in a little under a week with programmer/friend Mike Mood and released on February 10th in 2017. " Bendy and the Ink Machine" began when the developer/cartoonist known as theMeatly experimented with bringing a sketched 2D style into a 3D world.
