The Unkindness of Ravens were inspired by figures from Norse and Celtic mythology such as the Valkyries and The Morrígan. Filming took place during 2014 in Fife, Edinburgh, and Perthshire, and moved into post-production in 2015. To help with costs, Brewster opened a crowdfunding campaign through Kickstarter, with the goal to raise £40,000. The campaign was successful and marked the first Scottish crowdfunding campaign to raise such a large amount of money and the highest funded British horror film on Kickstarter. Horror film critic Kim Newman reviewed "The Unkindness of Ravens", writing that it was "a demanding, complicated film which might well require repeat
Creatures (video game series) somewhat different from human genetics; they are haploid. There is no concept of dominant gene and recessive gene, much less recombination between loci. Nevertheless, the complexity of the simulated biochemistry meant that Norn behaviour was highly unpredictable. Among the fans of "Creatures" were the Oxford zoologist Richard Dawkins, who called it a "quantum leap in the development of artificial life", and author Douglas Adams. "Creatures" inspired some players to take up careers in the sciences. Originally conceived as a desktop pet with a brain, Grand later incorporated inspiration from The Planiverse to pitch a "little computer ewoks" game, like the