In recent years, FMV games have made a big comeback, thanks to critically acclaimed titles such as Her Story or the bizarre Blippo+. But one form of game art that has yet to resurface is digitised sprites, specifically the kinds that captured real footage of actors, such as in the original Mortal Kombat games. First-time game developer Charles Davis, however, is hoping to change that with debut game, Obey the Insect God.
Through his company Chunkle Freaky, Davis has actually been an underground filmmaker producing, writing, directing, editing, and acting in all manner of film projects, from features to music videos. As a day job, however, he also works in search engines, which was where his unexpected path to game development began.
