The Midnight Detective Club

Devlog

• First 4 chapters released
  December 08, 2024 by AshG#themidnightdetectiveclub, #synthpop, #supernatural, #interactive fiction, #comic

  It's been a long time getting here, but you can now find the 1st four "chapters" of The Midnight Detective Club story game over at themidnightdetectiveclub.itch.io/ 🥳 🎉 Chapter 1: Outside the Mu... Continue reading

  
• Spellcasting with Music
  April 16, 2022 by AshG#puzzle, #magic, #spellcasting

  I've made some progress on one of the small puzzle game sections of the project. The aim of this section is to cast a spell by combining crystals, music and mystical cards. You achieve that by postion... Continue reading

  
• New Visual Style Idea
  March 01, 2022 by AshG

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  It's been a long time since the last update, but I've been working away - taking my time. As well as working on a few songs, I've mainly been trying to narrow down a visual style for the game - someth... Continue reading

  
• Lots of Stuff has Happened
  July 16, 2021 by AshG

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  #synthpop, #music

  Looking at the devlog, I realised I haven't posted any progress since last year, despite the fact that I've done quite a lot. I've been tinkering on different parts of the game and music. There are a... Continue reading

  
• MDC interactive comic released - The Narrows
  October 25, 2020 by AshG#horr, #spooky, #interactive fiction, #comic

  I've released The Narrows , an interactive comic story, as a standalone chapter. The Narrows will eventually be part of the Night Shades section of the game. Night Shades is intended to be a comic ann... Continue reading

  
• The Virtual Exhibition Is Open
  August 31, 2020 by AshG#music, #exhibition, #3D, #synthpop, #mystery, #exploration

  When I first started this project last summer, I was thinking about what it would look like as a physical game, and one of the ideas I had was to base it around an exhibition of the band. In fact, the... Continue reading

  
• The Midnight Detective Club New Music Releases
  August 05, 2020 by AshG#games, #music, #synthpop, #electronic, #The Midnight Detective Club, #mystery, #supernatural

  Next week (11th August) sees the release of two more demo synth pop songs from The Midnight Detective Club on Spotify , iTunes , Deezer , Tidal, Soundcloud , and other music streaming and download sit... Continue reading

  
• Look and Feel Updates
  July 07, 2020 by AshG

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  #music, #synthpop, #game, #card-game

  As well as creating a couple of prototype chapters for the game recently, I've been spending a lot of time thinking about how it will all come together and how I'll get different types of games lookin... Continue reading

  
• Prototype Chapter - Success
  July 07, 2020 by AshG#music, #synthpop, #retro

  I've been working on a draft/prototype idea for one of the chapter games. This one is a speed based game focused on both the band's success and their sudden disappearance. The game prompts you to clic... Continue reading

  
• Where The Project Is At
  July 07, 2020 by AshG#synthpop, #retro, #mystery

  I’ve been focusing a lot on this game project over the past few months. It’s morphed along the way – starting out as one thing and becoming something so much bigger, and something slightly diffe... Continue reading

  
• Meet the Band
  July 07, 2020 by AshG#synthpop, #retro, #music

  As I've mentioned, the game is focused on an early 1980s synthpop group. The sort of band who may have sat well on a UK Chart Hits 82 compilation album, along with Yazoo, Dollar, Ultravox, Human Leagu... Continue reading

  
• Update
  July 07, 2020 by AshG#synthpop, #card game, #interactive fiction

  One of the chapters in this project features a card game, with a theme of the supernatural. At this stage the aim is to create a short battler game that links with other chapters in the book, and giv... Continue reading

  
• The Midnight Detective Club - a big idea
  July 07, 2020 by AshG

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  #synthpop, #adventure, #interactive-fiction

  The idea for this project has come together from a variety of places. A love of early 1980’s synthpop and UK pop culture; Scooby Doo, Nancy Drew, Misty style teen mystery stories; folklore and super... Continue reading