PSYCHIC: Purrivate Eye
Platform: Apple TV, Fire TV, Mac/OS
Release: 2017
Role: Game Designer + Producer + Writer
PSYCHIC: Purrivate Eye is an episodic 2D branching narrative game. Play as telepathic detective duo John Hollis and his cat sidekick Devo to search for a missing reality star who holds the cure to a deadly mind-altering Internet meme.
Features:
Fully voice acted branching narrative game.
Psychic interrogation mechanic which unlocks new branches based on finding hidden thoughts.
Cat-side kick help system. Ask Devo for helpful hints.
Contributions:
Developed original characters, setting, and story arc.
Designed, scripted, and implemented branching dialogue flows and "psychic interrogation" system using Unity.
Oversaw development of game script and wrote additional interactive dialogue and scenes.
Maintained production pipeline and implemented art assets, animations, VO and SFXs into game engine.
Directed art direction, character art, animation style, and audio elements.
Managed QA process through development and certification for multiple platforms: Amazon Fire TV, Apple TV, and Android devices.
CAST
John Hollis - James Hughes
Devo/Pizza Girl - Rhiannon Birdsall
Detective Gladstone - Devereau Chumrau
Duke - Desmond Chiam
Pizza Dude - Julian Kantor
Psychic Team
PSYCHIC: Purrivate Eye was developed at USC’s Interactive Media and Games MFA Program with the support of multiple team members.
Devin Presbury - Writer
Natalie Gravier - Art Director
Steve Cha - Game Design
Izzy Benavente - Engineer
Nicholas Lim - Assistant Producer, QA Tester
Kial Fukuda - Art
Margaret Spencer - Character Design
Katie Hood - Animator
Liam Vickers - Animator
Bethany Martin - Technical Animator
Franco Egalite - BG Artist
Eric Pratt - Music
Miles Flanagan - Sound
Julie Buchanan - Sound
Special Thanks: Patrick Cheung, Aditi Dixit, Brian Handy, Zach R. D., Chapman Lee