I'm so glad that my crowd funding campaign will be kicked off with a concert from Microbat! Ethan Kimberly, the drummer of Microbat, has been working closely with me to produce the themes, motifs and sounds of the game. It…
Read moreApr 15 2022
Apr 15 2022
I'm so glad that my crowd funding campaign will be kicked off with a concert from Microbat! Ethan Kimberly, the drummer of Microbat, has been working closely with me to produce the themes, motifs and sounds of the game. It…
Read moreMar 25 2022
Dec 13 2021
This will sound familiar to the people on my mailing list but...
I have bad news. As of last Thursday Instagram deactivated my hemlockmurder account. I am currently trying to appeal and get access to my account back but it…
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Oct 14 2021
Sep 30 2021
Last week, I completed a playthrough of the classic adventure game Grim Fandango. For those who haven’t played, Grim Fandango takes place in the land of the dead, where departed souls must traverse before reaching the afterlife. You play as…
Read moreSep 23 2021
As I mentioned in my previous blog article, “Introduction to the Traits”, I wanted to break up the games puzzles into three major categories: Intelligence, Charisma and Class. The “Intelligence” based puzzles, inspired by the stories of Sherlock Holmes, would…
Read moreSep 16 2021
Quick update!
A couple weeks ago, I had a dream where I was sitting in a coffee shop sipping a cappuccino in a plush chair and staring into the void when Lil Nas X came in. After ordering a drink…
Read moreSep 9 2021
The idea for this game came into my head while I was watching a play though of Danganronpa, a near future dystopian game set in a high school that only accepts the best and brightest. In the story, an evil…
Read moreSep 2 2021
Thank you to everyone who has played my demo! I have had some useful feedback that I can use heading forward.
If you have not yet tried out my game. You can find it at:
https://hemlockmurder.itch.io/the-murder-on-hemlock-drive-demo
If you have any…
Read moreAug 26 2021
Aug 19 2021
One of the struggles with a mystery game is the balance between giving the player enough of a hint that they can figure out the next step to take without the game feeling like it’s leading you by the hand…
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