Today's guest is Joey Lopes, the director, writer, and composer of the upcoming mystery game Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved. The game’s demo was recently featured in Steam Next Fest, and the full game is set to be released sometime later this year.
Topics covered in today’s episode include:
The inspirations behind Detective Instinct
How the art for Detective Instinct was made
The origins of mystery adventure games
Why the command-select system is so powerful
When you should build a custom game engine
How the music for Detective Instinct was made
Creating videos about game music on YouTube
…And more!
Support this episode’s guest:
Wishlist Detective Instinct: Farewell, My Beloved on Steam
Join the Detective Instinct Discord Server
Follow Detective Instinct on X and Bluesky
Subscribe to Joey’s YouTube channel
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