In an interview for GameSpark in 2018, Project Moon CEO Kim Jihoon explained how the development of Lobotomy Corporation began:
Development of Lobotomy Corporation began in January 2015. When I was in a club in college, I formed a development team with my friends. When I was obsessed with the SCP Foundation, I wanted to play a game where the SCP Foundation contained monsters. But no matter how hard I searched, I couldn't find a monster management game that I wanted to play. I thought that many other people would want to play it, so I started developing such a game myself.
Kim Jihoon also wrote in the interview that the development team initially consisted of four people, but grew to ten prior to release.[3]
Setting
Lobotomy Corporation is set in the City, a dystopia where 26 mega-corporations known as "the Wings of the World" control the planet. Each corporation begins with a unique letter of the alphabet, from A Corp to Z Corp. Lobotomy Corporation, also called L Corp, is able to produce large amounts of sustainable energy called Enkephalin by harvesting it from entities known as Abnormalities.
Abnormalities are creatures that are manifested from the human consciousness. They embody deep psychological aspects of humanity. Each Abnormality has its own archetype, which is denoted by its classification number. Some Abnormalities are based on concepts, fears, or ideas, such as The Queen of Hatred (or Magical Girl) and Mountain of Smiling Bodies. Some are tool Abnormalities that have a wide range of effects on your employees, and others are based on fairy tales and old stories, such as Little Red Riding Hooded Mercenary or Snow White's Apple. The corporation’s task is to extract energy from them by managing them safely, though this often requires cruel and morally questionable practices.
Lobotomy Corporation is split into multiple branches and facilities, each one made up of various departments. The game takes place in the facility located under the HQ of Lobotomy Corporation, where each department is managed by a Sephirah.
Reception
The game was released in April 2018. In January 2023, nearly five years after launch, Project Moon reported the game had sold over 1 million copies.[4]
In a review for Rock Paper Shotgun, Alec Meer praised the ambience and design of the game, but highlighted an excessive amount of dialogue, compounded by a poor English translation described as "awful", and concluded “Lobotomy Corporation is unnecessarily complicated and too small and repetitive, all at the same time."[5] The English version has since been entirely retranslated.[6]
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