In an email interview with Polygon, Tempest called God of War: B is For Boy “an abridged version” of the 2018 game’s story, adding “a few familiar items and characters into the environments to allude to other aspects of the tale.” It is not meant to be a comprehensive adaptation of God of War, a 20 to 30-hour game, given its 26-letter limitations.

“My main focus was to try and recreate the same father and son relationship between Kratos and Atreus through their expressions and body language,” Tempest said.

“Although gory, the game’s story doesn’t tend to center on that, but instead focuses on the relationship between a father and son (with the gore amplifying the graveness of the tale).

Come along as Kratos teaches his son Atreus the ABC’s of the nine realms with God of War: B is For Boy