Play as a journalist who gets in over their head when investigating the disappearance of a colleague. Spurred on by a mysterious phone call, travel to the music venues in Pitch City to discover the truth behind the figure known only as The Crossword Killer.

How To Play

In the crossword, Tab to go to the next line/column, Left Click to switch from horizontal to vertical, Keyboard to type in crossword

In the vignettes, Left Click interactable objects , Right Click to go to previous object, Space to repeat dialogue, Tab to return to the crossword

Tips on playing The Crossword Killer,
You won't always be able to immediately solve every clue on first blush, take your time to go through the other clues and you just might get the context you need to solve it! Remember, the cipher and the map can assist you in solving the puzzle and ultimately determining the fate of the editor of the Pitch City Times Crossword!

Music

My process for creating the music for The Crossword Killer was taking the melodies, chords, or other bits and pieces of existing music and essentially covering and re-interpreting them as if they were a part of a film noir mystery movie using instrumentation, keys, and vibe of the era.

Title Track inspired by no particular song just by noir instrumentation and music in general

Club Corea Theme Inspired by “Spain” by Chick Corea

Deep Town Theme  Inspired by “Singing in the Rain” by Gene Kelly

Blind Pig Theme Inspired by “The Easy Winners” by Scott Joplin

Arrau’s Aura Theme Inspired by Piano Sonata No. 14 (Moonlight Sonata) by Beethoven

Doo Wop Docks Theme Inspired by “Duke of Earl” by Gene Chandler and “In the Still of the Night” by the Tokens

Final Scene Theme again inpsired by nothing in particular

Credits

Thanks to Eric Zheng, Miray Atar, Austin Endres, and Emma Brown for playtesting and providing feedback on the game before release.

All models used in the game came from basemesh and the characters came from polygon