Cartoons, MGM Cartoon Studio and Walter Lantz Productions. The game's creators, brothers Chad and Jared Moldenhauer, took inspiration from the rubber hose style of the golden age of American animation and the surrealist qualities of works of Walt Disney Animation Studios, Fleischer Studios, Warner Bros. Players, however, can only equip a limited number of these abilities at a given time. As the game progresses, the protagonist acquires more power and abilities, eventually threatening the Devil himself. In the game, up to two players control Cuphead and/or his brother Mugman to fight through several levels and boss fights the game does not have a rigid narrative structure. The game follows Cuphead, a small, anthropomorphic cup who, in a deal with the Devil after losing a game at the Devil's casino, is sent on a quest to repossess the souls of runaway debtors as payment for Cuphead's loss. Cuphead is a video game developed and published by Studio MDHR.