Fragment of The Director. The beginning of everything.
— The description of the Aspect of Black item in Ode to Castlevania.
As you can see, this is a black disk. Cut number 1 contain computer data so please don't play it. But you probably won't listen to me anyway, will you?
— The actual content of the Aspect of Black.
Okay, so, you might at this point, by the way, be failing to parse what's going on. Don't worry, that's what Vampire Survivors is all about. Ultimately, your brain just settles down into a nice pattern of "Pretty lights, number go up, brain release happy chemicals." That's the game, dammit!
— Jon, Many A True Nerd
Mike: Why is this game so addicting?
Zach: I don't know! (laughs)
Mike: What is it about- is it the combination of the art style-
Zach: I think it's like the art style, and like its constant - like I said, dude started out making gambling machines. So I think it's just constant "Brain go brrr!" It's just, my brain is going brrrrr - the whole time I'm playing this, I'm getting dopamine.
Zach: I don't know! (laughs)
Mike: What is it about- is it the combination of the art style-
Zach: I think it's like the art style, and like its constant - like I said, dude started out making gambling machines. So I think it's just constant "Brain go brrr!" It's just, my brain is going brrrrr - the whole time I'm playing this, I'm getting dopamine.
— Mike BurnFire and Zach Hazard describing the appeal of the game