Swarm Development: Postmortem

[Ghost]

They are adorable, really- well readable, too, so congrats!

(And now there is a swarm WITHIN the swarm!)

[Hudders]

(And now there is a swarm WITHIN the swarm!)

Mind = blown.

[Crimson Wizard]

Eeeerg, hate roaches!


Just a small comment - I won't be having a stable access to internet next couple of weeks (I'm leaving city where I leave for a while), so if you think, like, my backgrounds need any fixes, do that yourself.

It would be cool to see a finished game when I am back but I guess it's too early for that?

[Ghost]

Time for me to say goodbye to constant net access, too- from now on it's back to internet cafe et all, but I won't get separated from the swarm. This has proven too much fun...

[Wonkyth]

 :'(

[Tabata]

Are there really no more ideas for the music style?

If we want to discuss about it, we need some more ideas!
Come on - no favorites? Post some examples of what kind of music-style you would prefer!

                                         

Where is the all the „food“ for the musicians to become inspired?



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[Baron]

Musical Themes to Date
Spooky Mario Castle Theme
Young Frankenstein + Dracula + Short Circuit
Born to Darkness (Interview With the Vampire Soundtrack)
Terminator Techno-Remix
Dreamscape (Werewolf vs. Vampire)
Horror Movie Intro (possibly cheesy 1950s "Supernatural" intro theme)
Valentine (sound, not lyrics)
Short Circuit

I think more than one person voiced support for the over-the-top 1950s horror theme, so I'll re-link to it HERE.  I like the idea of that retro-50s B-movie sound more than how this one actually plays out (but of course it is just for inspiration anyway).  If there are no more ideas, I think it's time to discuss the merits of each and try to achieve some consensus.

State of the Project Address
As you know Scarab has taken over the coding/implementation side of things for the time being, a) because it is in the spirit of the swarm to get as many minds collaborating as possible and b) because I'm going on an internet holiday shortly.  I'll be around for the next couple of days, but then OTN until the 16th.  Keep the flame burning in my absence!

[Anian]

So we don't have Superntaural intro as the only example for cheesy 40-50s horror themes, here some other examples/suggestions:
Horror of Dracula trailer (the music starts half way through)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4o0n9VWlCGE
Danny Elfman - Quadraped patrol   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgQcpymg7BM
Dracula (1931)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i9qtivRryDM
House Of Frankenstein (1944)   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GldF0VayMoI
maybe The Hitchcock Presents intro for a lighter mood  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dj15EGFWgXA
little bit of the eighties, but still creepy Hammer House of Horror theme  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbgTWxCOPLo

[Jackpumpkinhead]

or maybe something like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIk4DnzkjXc

[Jackpumpkinhead]

or these:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JQXgn-cubQ

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g9PEn8m8dws

i defenatly think that the music should reflect the serious/comedic feel of the game
an organ should be the main instrument used for sure

[Baron]

or maybe something like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIk4DnzkjXc

Compute, my angel of mayhem! Compute!

For those of you less familiar with the whole musical scene, I concur with JackPunkinhead that a techno-organ would be a good sound to have given the genre of the game.  Maybe not for every scene (I still want that 1950s horror sound for the intro at the very least), or maybe the two can be combined somehow....

[Jackpumpkinhead]

@baron: I am currently working on a theme song now I will post something as soon as I have something finished.

[Jackpumpkinhead]

sorry this is taking me so long
i was out of town this past weekend and i didnt have access to the net
i am still working on the theme song
though when i am done it will probably need some touch up work
i don't really know that much about music theory so my work needs some help
i hope everyone will enjoy it though
i will be posting a rough version soon!

[Jackpumpkinhead]

this is the rough version of the theme
let me know what you think:

http://www.mediafire.com/?eucn7nbd2gnwqyn

[Tabata]

I like the theme!

It fits very well and if it will have a loop, it will whip the player through the game 
because hearing it, there always seems to be someone following every step of mine       

Good work so far!

[Anian]

Hmm, after the intro, it kind of gets a bit fast paced, don't know if that's good or not though.

[Hudders]

I like it. Not sure about that instrument at the end though.

[Jackpumpkinhead]

@Hudders: Yeah it's supposed to kinda have a theremin sound to it. Like a spooky ghost noise

@anian: it is supposed to have that "Phantom of the Opera" theme feel.

I have a finished version but again I am sure it will need a bit of work. I will post the midi version and an mp3 version so if anyone wants to modify it or loop it somewhere they can. Thanx for the encouragement!

I'll post the finished version sometime tonight.

[Icey]

Maybe this one?

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

First I've noticed this thread, thought I'd contribute a spooky tune to it.

Since I wasn't really confident about the theme I made an arrangement of sorts.  The first half is more of an ambient, spooky tune with a proper theremin modulator to make things more classical and the second is a more techno-inspired theme.  I'm willing to break it into two separate versions and extend one or the other depending on which approach is preferable.


http://www.mediafire.com/?4l0x61w4fdg4wql

Bear in mind this is intentionally pretty rough since I'd rather toss out a prototype and see what people think first.