CSG-130: Bad Day

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So today was midterms! yay... The bad part about it is i forgot  that today was midterms! I don't know how it happen but it happen. I did great on my peer review. I've been doing a great job of producing content for the game, but I forgot about my blog until today! So I spent my day gathering everything I've worked on so I could fix my mistake. On top of that I found out that a friend and fellow class mate of mine passed away today. It really, really messed me up today . Scott Chaloupka was a wonderful person. I haven't even known him for a year but he still treated me like a real friend. When I started this program last semester I met him at the Global Game Jam. He told me if I ever needed any help with my classes to let him know. In the short time knowing him I could tell it was in his nature to help others. He was the type of person who could always make you laugh when ever he was around. He loved video games and star trek, and he would have had a very bright future creating video games. It hurts to see him gone so soon.

R.I.P Scott.

CSG-129: Pseudo Code

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Today  I tried to write pseudo code for the insanity mode. I suck at pseudo code I like flow charts a lot more. It's not the best but I gave it a try!

CSg-130:Paper Prototyping and Flow Charts

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Today was a busy day for me. I started working on another song but its far from being presentable. I spend most of my time working on the song but I just cant get it right! So i decided to bounce around a bit to help out with the rest of the team to clear my head. I sat down with Josh and helped him brain storm for a flow chart for our combat system. Then I went to your combat team and helped them paper prototype the combat system. It was a nice break form music and it gave me some ideas on sound effects for the game. The paper prototyping was pretty fun Eric H, Anthony and Mario did a really good job on mapping it out. I really feel like they found the fun. That was pretty much my day. I'll have more music coming soon!

CSG-129: Meet The Reaper!

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So i'm really proud of the song I just created. It's called Meet The Reaper. I was talking to Anthony after our audio meeting about different ideas we had. I showed him a few sounds that i found while I was working on 8bit depression. one sound was called Haunted House. It was a weird sound that had strings, a organ and some other sound I couldn't quite make out. He thought the sound was really cool so I decided to play around with it. Some how I came up with this weird yet pleasing song. It still has the 3xOsc in it but it blends beautifully! Check it out!

CSG-130: 8bit Depression

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So, today I created 8bit depression. I felt like all the music I was making was too fast, so I decided to slow it down just a tad. This song has some guitar in it but the main melody is the 3xOsc. I wanted it to be a little bit more 8bit in nature. I honestly dont have much to say about this one. I was just trying something different and i think it came out pretty good. Check it out.

CSG-129: Chip Tune Adventure!

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Today I created  my first chip tune song. Like always I added a twist to it . Like with 8bit, the chip tune gave me a few problems at first. But when I  got the hang of it, it turned out pretty good. I feel like i'm getting better with each song. my plan for the audio team to create between 15 and 20 songs. I want to give the rest of the team a full catalog to choose from. I know we can do it if we keep up this pace.  I was in a really good mood when I created this song and it shows just a little bit. I hope everyone enjoys it.

CSG-130: Welcome To Insanity Pt2

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Today I finished the Insanity song! It still needs mastering but I finally feel like the song sounds right. I changed a few notes and tweaked the electric guitar. now it hits a little harder and blends better with the 3xOsc. I also made the song a lot longer so you can get a better feel from it. To me it sounds a lot better! Check it out and let me know what you think!

CSG-129: Welcome To Insanity Pt1

Hello everyone! so I was looking over some of the concept art with Darrin and had an idea for the Insanity music. I did things a little different this time around. I started with the percussion's first because i wanted to set the tone with a insane beat! I turned down the 8bit sound just a little, because I wanted to add a electric guitar to this song. So far it sounds really good to me but it seems like something is missing. I can already see this is a song that will have to do a little more work on to get right. Here's the rough draft.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5Q4akCpo5ZtWmRZcnRhUW4wcGM/view?usp=sharing

CSG-130 New Beginnings

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So I created my first 8bit song!Well, it's my version of an 8bit song. I started with the 3xOsc sound and modified it like in the tutorial from my last post. For the first time in a while I really wasn't sure about what I was doing. I played around with the 3xOsc sound and came up with a pretty cool melody. It sounds ok on its own, but I love percussion's! So I played around with the drum machine until I came up with a cool beat that works with the melody. Then I added a few strings at the end for dramatic effect. It sounds pretty good to me, for it being my first time creating an 8bit song. The link to the song is below. Check it out and let me know what you think!

CSG-129: More Research!

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So I started creating music for the game! Since we've decided to go with more of a 8bit/ chip tune style, I've done a little bit of research on how to create that style of music in FL Studio. I found a few really good video's on youtube that demonstrate how to get that lovely retro sound! My goal is to put a modern twist on the retro style of music. I'm very familiar with FL Studio and music production in general, But this genre of music is completely foreign to me. I'm excited to start creating the Bereavement sound track and help further create an amazing gaming experience!