Studio MDHR/Cuphead
Studio MDHR is a fairly new company established in 2013
founded by 2 brothers Chad & Jared Moldenhauer. They mortgaged their homes, quit their jobs, and signed up for Microsoft's ID@Xbox as a publisher. Even though they dont have much to their name all they needed was one game to put their names on the map. Cuphead was studio MDHR's first and only game so far. They won three major awards at the DICE awards; The Game Award for Best Art Direction, The Game Award for Best Independent Game, The Game Award for Best Debut Indie Game.
Cuphead is a classic run and gun action game primary focused on big boss battles. It is inspired by cartoons from the 1930's, but with the inspiration also comes the workload. The audio and visuals are made with the same techniques they used for animations in that era, by using traditional hand drawn cell animation, watercolor backgrounds, and original jazz recordings.The soundtrack was composed by Kris Maddington and performed by 42 musicians, including a 13-piece big band orchestra and various soloists and ragtime pianists. The game was created with a team of only 20 people. In addition to hand drawn cells they also made 3D models for some fights. I chose to talk about Studio MDHR because I feel that with their game Cuphead was a perfect way to bring the style of classic golden age animation into the modern age.
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