Echoes of Somewhere

Author: Jussi Kemppainen

Using Midjourney editing tools (city hall part 2)

October 2, 2023

Sometimes these locations require more art direction. More specific features. In these cases, a lot more work is required. Here is a breakdown for how to use Midjourney editing tools to direct the image generation.
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Steam’s stance on generative AI: The AI paradox

September 25, 2023

For the longest time there has been murmurs that Valve has been rejecting games with generative AI content from their Steam store. Let’s take a look into it!
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AI voiceovers

September 25, 2023

For the voiceovers of Echoes of Somewhere I will be doing a hybrid solution: some voiceovers will be real humans, some will be AI and some will be handled by Apple’s text to speech tech from the 90’s.
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The Adventure Game Hotspot Podcast

September 20, 2023

I was recently interviewed on the Adventure Game Hotspot podcast. We talked about Echoes of Somewhere and the potential and the limits of using AI for game production.
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Using Midjourney for game locations (city hall part 1)

September 18, 2023

Sometimes these locations require more art direction. More specific features. In these cases, a lot more work is required. Here is a breakdown for how to direct Midjourney for game locations using it’s vary region and pan / zoom out features.
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Building a Puzzle

September 11, 2023

Building Adventure Game Puzzles is fun. This is a very complete breakdown of creating a bathroom scene with its puzzle in under 2 days! (Spoiler alert!)
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New teaser trailer

September 10, 2023

The original teaser trailer I did way back started to look a bit dated with old character, locations and UI, so it was time for a new trailer!
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Custom post-process effect: Anamorphic Bloom

September 4, 2023

Anamorphic bloom is for sure the most cyberpunk aesthetic there is. I wanted to use it as a use case for learning how to create post process materials for Unity URP. This post explains the process.
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Premortem Games interview

August 31, 2023

A really interesting gaming news site, PreMortem Games posted and interview about Echoes of Somewhere.
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Using AI as inspiration for UI design

August 28, 2023

All throughout the project, I have been slightly tweaking the UI from time to time. Now that I have a better understanding of the functionality of the UI, a more polished look and feel begun to creep into my mind.
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