Over the course of developing Genesis Noir, we became become inspired by other artwork. We weren’t too concerned with the particulars, gesturing the basics and letting the process reveal the details with time. A character that could explore space and time. We started with some rough ideas for a plot and cosmology. We grabbed a big pad of newsprint, a hunk of charcoal and some Sharpies, and began sketching. We wanted to merge our experience in motion graphics with games Not just into a small web experience, but into characters and a narrative and a world. The jazz, the noir, the cosmic, it combined so many of our shared interests. Jeremy was working in Unity making installations and experiential websites when I mentioned Genesis Noir. We had made some silly little games for our designer friends, but nothing big. Jeremy and I had wanted to make a game together since graduating from RIT in 2010. Debilitated and blind, the urgency was mounting. He’s a broken man too, but in all the ways that complement my own failings. One where The Big Bang wasn’t so innocent. I began to imagine a seedier world than the one Calvino wrote about. As I descended into the city so starkly contrasted by light and dark, a pulpy film noir feeling overtook me. I wondered about other Cosmicomic stories that could be told. Inspiring and poetic and a bit experimental but transportive and enveloping in a way that makes me rattle off endless superlatives. It was exactly the kind of work that I adored. I was captivated by the way Calvino united abstract science fiction with heartfelt characters. I had heard of it in a Radiolab episode and rushed out to get a dog-eared copy for myself. I was heading back from a freelance gig in Brooklyn and thinking about Cosmicomics, a collection of short stories by Italo Calvino. The skyline becomes starkly silhouetted, casting long hard-edged shadows that never stop. It’s blinding and beautiful to walk across. During the Golden Hour in Manhattan, the sun aligns precisely with the Williamsburg bridge. The vicious pounding inside my addled brain, it would not be stopped.įour years ago, I was also bathed in light. So close to our goal, we would not be stopped. “They will meet us,” said my partner, Abel, phone in hand. No more could I read my phone, buzzing with messages. No more could I see the faces swarming around me. The first signs of a migraine that I know all too well. Becoming speckled with noise reminiscent of the cosmic afterglow. This is an account of how Genesis Noir came to be and what we’ve learned along the way (with some pulp storytelling mixed in because I’m a Raymond Chandler wanna-be).Īssaulted by the light from hundreds of flashing displays on the Game Developers Conference expo floor, my vision started to dissolve. It is currently in development and on Kickstarter. Genesis Noir is an adventure game that takes place before, during, and after The Big Bang. The list of motion designers turned indie game developers could go on and on but today we are lucky enough to have an in-depth look into the world of game dev by none other than Evan Anthony and Jeremy Abel, the brains behind both Feral Cat Den and Genesis Noir. Joe Russ is currently working on the much anticipated Jenny LeClue and now, Feral Cat Den is in production on Genesis Noir.
Erica Gorochow made the popular iOS game Specimen. David OReilly and Scott Benson have seen tremendous success with their critically acclaimed games, Everything and Night in the Woods, respectively. With that, we’ve seen many members of our community begin to dabble in this new medium. The soundtrack ‘Big Bang: Music from the Universe of Genesis Noir’ will soon be available on luxury double vinyl from Iam8bit.Over the past few years, we have seen a huge influx of indie games. We collaborated with the dev team to design and implement the music systems in the game, using FMOD middleware and Unreal Engine. To bring our compositions to life, we recorded a jazz quintet, a choir, a shakuhachi flute and a 30-piece string orchestra, producing several hours of reactive, interactive, generative and incidental music assets as well as creating immersive sound design, recording foley and casting voice actors. To save your love, you must stop the expansion of the universe.Īn adventure game with an emphasis on exploration, simple interactions, and generative art, Genesis Noir is around six hours of gameplay. Genesis Noir is a critically acclaimed video game for PC, Mac, Nintendo Switch, and Xbox One set before, during, and after The Big Bang. “There’s a musical sequence in Genesis Noir which rivals the best in recent video game memory.”
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