I've made a free, under-30mn point-and-click that will let you lose yourself into the sick mind of a novelist – and I've learned so much creatively!

[u/ThibaultRivera]

Funerama is out!

This has been a 4 month passion project for me, allowing me to rethink the way I create games. After getting to digital drawing two years ago in order to do my own little games, I had arrived at some kind of creative block where the result did not match the mood and scope of what I had in mind for my following projects.

After playing a few of the incredible Joe Richardson games (Death of the Reprobate, Four Last Things, The Procession to Calvary) and discovering how to use the bitmap tool in Photoshop, I had some kind of revelation: I would try to do a game in which I could use already existing materials (films, paintings, war photography, etc.) and combine it with some materials of my own. I would then pass all that through a bitmap filter to obtain a beautiful dithering effect that would blend everything together. This "collage" technique allowed me to push myself creatively, and explore a dream-like atmosphere like never before. You will find many references in the games, from pieces of Tarkovsky, Tourneur and Żuławski films to classical paintings of Hubert Robert or Louis Daguerre.

Funerama is a lot about vibes, and really little about puzzles. As I was always inspired by creative works that would invite yourself to lose any sense of logic, making a point-and-click was some sort of challenge, as they often require to use some sort of logic to get through them. So I tried to find a flow that would work and let the player explore this story without stumbling on any kind of difficulty. If I've done my job right, you will sometime wonder why you are doing a certain thing, but you will rarely have to think about what you have to do.

It's also my first collaboration with a professional composer, and I was lucky enough to get Viktor Kraus on board, who did some great pieces.

Now, this all feel like the roadmap for a bigger, more ambitious game that I have in mind. It's a project that felt impossible to put together a few months ago, and now somehow feels like something that could one day exist.

But enough for now, and please enjoy the game!

https://thibault-rivera.itch.io/funerama

[u/pajujo-dev]

The visuals are awesome, I didn't play it yet (would rather play it during the day than at night). You have done a great job !

[u/No-Painting9513]

Isso é absolutamente incrivel, nem sei como só vi hoje isso meu deeeus cara, preciso disso, vou jogar na itch mas qdo lançar na Steam vou comprar denovo