{"id":253,"date":"2010-06-01T22:39:34","date_gmt":"2010-06-02T05:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.legendofeuterra.com\/devblog\/?p=253"},"modified":"2010-06-01T22:39:34","modified_gmt":"2010-06-02T05:39:34","slug":"the-soundtrack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shadowdawngenesis.com\/devblog\/?p=253","title":{"rendered":"The Soundtrack"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Arashi tries out her new look<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I know this is probably the part of the game most people dropping by here will care the least about, but the hardcore\u00a0fandom of RPGs tend to\u00a0merit a game’s success heavily on its music, even if it isn’t the most important aspect of the game to them on the surface.\u00a0 In fact, just about every top-rated or best-known\u00a0game in the last\u00a025 years has a well-known tune at the very least that adds to the overall nostalgia when looking back on a finished game.\u00a0 I believe there’s something to\u00a0a game’s soundtrack that elevates a product to something more than just a diversion.<\/p>\n

There are at least 25 tracks needed for this game, a lot more than I originally planned for but thankfully XNA’s audio engine XACT has some amazing compression so the filesize won’t get too large.\u00a0 I estimate about 15% of the final game size will be music, if I do indeed max out the game to the Xbox Indie Game program’s current limits.\u00a0 I’m starting to think I won’t even with all the complex animation I am putting in, since the artwork compression works very well and dialog, level, and item data are all marginal in filesize.<\/p>\n

Anyways back to my thought.\u00a0 I have written countless tracks over the years intended for use in the original game Shadowdawn<\/em>.\u00a0 Since that game is a few years off, I figure I could repurpose a few of the more professional tracks for Arashi’s adventure here.\u00a0 But sadly I will have to write a lot of new music, aside from the fact I’m really going all out in remixing\/remastering the original music (I’ve learned a LOT in the last week about how to do it right).\u00a0 I’m also trying to figure out a good place for Ket’s theme to appear, I suppose it could work in a cutscene.\u00a0 If anyone who is familiar with my old music has a request for tracks they’d like me to fit in, by all means help me out!\u00a0 Also I am taking advice from my friends and fans on music styles they like to hear.\u00a0 I’ll be working a lot on music while drawing, it’s one of the few times I can multi-task.<\/p>\n

I hope you like the above sprite for Arashi, I thought it came out very nicely.\u00a0 It was\u00a0disorienting at first to see the new look but I think it’ll fit in well by the end.<\/p>\n

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