Nightmare Kart mixes horror with racing, sending players down gothic streets at a breakneck pace as they blast the other monstrous drivers on the track.

Game Developer spoke with Lilith Walther, the game’s creator, to talk about the unintended benefits that came from releasing the game for free, how they wove each monster’s story and personality into the kart they would drive, and how they adapted a Bloodborne-like countering system into kart racing.

Read the interview at Game Developer.