HomeLAN - First, how did the idea for Still Life come about?

Mathieu Larivière - The Publishing department wanted a “murder mystery” type adventure game, so I wrote a pitch about a series of murders across time. The original pitch of Still Life had three different periods in which to play: modern Chicago, LA of the 50s and the late 20s in Prague (the 50s was cut due to budget costs).

HomeLAN - What can you tell us about the main characters in the game?

Mathieu Larivière - Victoria is the main character of Chicago 2004. She comes from a wealthy background. She is the daughter of Patrick McPherson, DA of Chicago and the grand daughter of Gustav McPherson, Private Investigator.

Victoria went to the best schools and graduated with honors. Her education primarily focused on psychology and criminology. She decided to enroll at the FBI academy in Quantico and become an agent. She passed once again at the top of her class. However, Vic’s gift for profiling killers gets her a desk job chasing serial arsonists, serial rapists and serial killers. Although disappointed at being stuck behind a desk and not out doing fieldwork, Vic soon got her chance.

Today, Victoria is working her second serial murder case as a field agent. Her first case was against the infamous Mississippi Crawler, who strangled and raped young women. He would dump their bodies on the banks of the Mississippi. Now she is assigned to a case in the streets of her hometown, Chicago.

Gus McPherson is originally from New York. Gustav left New York for Europe after a case that went sour on him. He was accused of murder but the charges didn’t stick. Gustav didn’t chance it and left for Europe shortly after the affair. He then decided that PI work wasn’t fit for him and wanted to forget the past. So he picked up the brush and started painting. He was living in Paris when an irresistible case fell on his lap. The Whytes affaire; a couple murdered in their hotel room, which led to an occult artefact.

Fearing accusations of murder once again, Gustav had no choice but to leave Paris and find work elsewhere. The Whytes case rekindled his passion for PI work, and the thrill of the chase pumped through his veins once more. Gustav ended up in Prague, where he met the love of his life, Ida Skalickova. Now he is on a new case hunting a serial killer who’s murdering prostitutes. Ida and her friends hired him to help stop the bloodthirsty killer.