The Eldritch Funk

You are a journalist who came to interview a famous funk producer in his estate about recent odd events that were rumored to take place there. You will soon enough discover that this estate is empty and that eldritch things happened among the artists that lived there.

What happened to Lance, Dina, Lotti and Clive?

Take photos, investigate, listen to tapes and look around to understand what happened for the artists and the producer. The estate is a giant puzzle. Discover its many mysteries to be able to explore it fully.

Credits

Core team

• Laurent Bariet: Sound Designer & Composer
• Alexandre Charvin: Game & Level Designer
• Maëlys Dubois: 3D Artist
• Simon Gigant: Programmer
• Antonin Herrero: Programmer
• Magali Lefort: 2D & 3D Artist
• Chiara Rosmarino: Level & Narrative Designer
• Julien Sebbag: Project Coordinator

Extended team

• Johanne Chanca: Singer
• Minna Clair: UX Designer & UR
• Hugo Duprat: Composer
• Dorian Fillatre: 3D Artist
• Jérémy Fongue: UX Designer
• Alice Grégoire: 2D Artist
• Valentin Posadas: UX Designer/UR
• Clara Toussaint: UX Designer/UI Artist

Voice actors

• Camila Beatriz: Dina
  
• MysticNightVA: Lotti
  
• Daniel Sean Smith: Lance
  
• Johnny Unitus: The Producer
  
• Ozzie Wilson: Clive

The Eldritch Funk was made in 4 months during our second year at CNAM-ENJMIN, a French video game school. This version is a vertical slice representative of what could be the full game.

We highly suggest to play with a controller, but if you still want to play with your mouse and keyboard, here are the controls:

• WASD/ZQSD: move
• Tab: equip/unequip the notebook
• 1: equipe/unequip the camera
• 2: equip/unequip the tape recorder
• Capslock + left or right click: squint left or right eye
• Shift + left or right click: close left or right eye
• E: interact with objects

In the notebook :

• Right/Left click: turn pages

With the camera:

• Left click: take a picture
• Right click: activate/deactivate the flash
• F: look closely to the picture

With the recorder:

• Left click: play/pause
• Right click: record (can only record specific sounds in this demo)
• F: eject the tape

With an object/picture/tape:

• Escape: quit
• E: read the description / play the tape

All of the controller inputs are shown in game.