Zephyr_Nova Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 I recently did music for an online RPG and thought some of you might be interested in having a play through. it's got sort of a dark fairy tale vibe, pretty cool: http://tomirony.itch.io/the-hollow These reviews give a pretty good idea of what you can expect: http://killscreendaily.com/articles/interactive-fairytale-questions-your-morals-it-teaches-you-one/ http://www.relyonhorror.com/uncategorized/free-to-play-game-the-hollow-available-on-itch/ http://jayisgames.com/review/the-hollow.php It was put together in a month for a competition on video game story writing. Unfortunately it doesn't work in Chrome. if anyone has difficulty getting it to run and wants to play, PM me and I'll send you a download for the exe file. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Nice! Can we download the tracks as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted July 14, 2015 Author Share Posted July 14, 2015 Tom (who wrote it) wanted to make the soundtrack available too, which I'm into. The thing is, each track is about 1:30 and loops, so I was thinking it might be cool to have more fleshed out versions of some of them for the soundtrack. There will be something one way or another. Thanks for the interest, I shall keep you posted! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soloman Tump Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 That looks fun! Played about 10 minutes but I have to go out now. Will give it a play through for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 I'm interested in the game design process for this style of game. Obviously you want to get immersed in the world and whatever, but you also want to keep the pace up. I'm wondering how much of a difference could be made by trying to make the text as scannable as possible, with line breaks and keywords and stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Salvatorin Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 great game. the music was on point. i also agree with the pacing thing. but the art was cool too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted July 15, 2015 Author Share Posted July 15, 2015 Well, I'm just glad the pacing is slow enough that the music gets a chance to loop on each level. Thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed it! The main theme was composed and performed on a kalimba, and the rest of the themes were sequenced from samples of the kalimba, pitch shifted and whatnot. The only other sound is piano, on the second to last theme. Apologies to any kalimba purists out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goiter Sanchez Posted July 15, 2015 Share Posted July 15, 2015 Well, I'm just glad the pacing is slow enough that the music gets a chance to loop on each level. Thanks for the feedback, glad you enjoyed it! The main theme was composed and performed on a kalimba, and the rest of the themes were sequenced from samples of the kalimba, pitch shifted and whatnot. The only other sound is piano, on the second to last theme. Apologies to any kalimba purists out there. Channeling your inner Shi. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Root5 Posted July 16, 2015 Share Posted July 16, 2015 Apologies to any kalimba purists out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 The soundtrack has been released on bandcamp. Each track has been slightly embellished upon to keep things interesting as a listening experience. There are 5 tracks, roughly 12 minutes in length. Download for free here: https://outoftheloop.bandcamp.com/album/the-hollow-soundtrack Also, holy shit --the game has had almost 5000 downloads! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 Gah, meant to post here ages ago. Really enjoyed this and the music is lush, nice one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted July 23, 2015 Author Share Posted July 23, 2015 Thanks! I will likely be doing a lot more collaborating with this group in the future. The response has been really positive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr_Nova Posted September 9, 2015 Author Share Posted September 9, 2015 We won first place in the pro category! http://itch.io/jam/wag-challenge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leon Sumbitches Posted September 9, 2015 Share Posted September 9, 2015 Nice one, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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