Pulp Diction: Dev Diary - "Voice Acting"

This video shows me and my fantastic voice acting buddy Brendan Barnett having a lot of fun while recording the detective voice over for Pulp Diction.  We always have a great time doing voice over recording.  He cracks me up.

Pulp Diction: Dev Diary - "Theme Music"

This video shows me and my twin brother Evan making the music for the game! Evan played a few different retro instruments on my Nord Electro 3 keyboard, which I have loaded up with mostly vintage sounds from the Mellotron. I love the Mellotron!

Evan also played guitar, which added a nice live feel to it.

I then played a variety of virtual instruments using the Roland GR20. It picks up the guitar strings and lets you control a plethora of instruments with it. I recorded double bass, clarinet, pizzicato strings, timpani and the lead instrument, the saxophone!

Pulp Diction: Dev Diary - "Art & Immersion"

This video explores my frustration with the mood of the game, and the ideas I came up with to create mood and atmosphere with art and music.

So much of the actual effectiveness of games happens on a psychological level, so you really need to work on a metaphor that brings everything together in the mind of the player.

Research - Mystery & Suspense Records

Research - Detective & Crime Books

Pulp Diction: Dev Diary - "Early Days"

This video shows the very beginning of the project, making sound effects on my granny's old typewriter, and exploring different game ideas, some of which made it through to the final game, some of which did not!