Ritualistic Roommates

[chunwyu-2]

This is a game about being the landlord of an apartment. Every tenant is adamant about their particularities and rituals, and when they're overly stressed about these obsessions not being fulfilled (e.g. neat freak seeing a mess, guy sees toilet paper roll facing in instead of out) they would go on a tantrum, break a bunch of things, and then leave. The tenant is then immediately replaced and your apartment rating drops a star.

Given an environment predisposed to chaos, I'd like a touch of irony with some very homely music. Almost to corporate muzak territory. This is a wonderful 3.5br/8ba to live in, after all.

[fluffy-critter]

Haha, I had some ideas during your pitch. Let's see if I can do any of them. :)

[fluffy-critter]

I just put a crappy thrown-together bossa thing at http://ggj.metronomic.tk/

[fluffy-critter]

and also 'snarkosaurus' which is probably not at all what you were hoping for :)

[chunwyu-2]

snarkosaurus sounds a little too electronic for my taste. Bossa Move definitely works in the game loop though! Thanks!

Maybe a vaporwave/elevator music thing would fit the menu screen. Like you're sitting in a leasing office not knowing what you're getting into.

[fluffy-critter]

Yeah snarkosaurus is just something I thought would be silly. I'll move it to the general folder if you don't want it.

A vaporwave Muzak thing sounds like fun. I'll see what I can do.

[fluffy-critter]

I just added "in the lobby."

[fluffy-critter]

and I just improved the mix, probably

[fluffy-critter]

Need anything else? Also, don't forget to add me to the team page when you get it set up. :)

[chunwyu-2]

Thanks for the new track! Could you soften "in the lobby" a bunch? I like the melody but I could see the beat track and the highs crowding out sound effects.

Speaking of which, we probably want some sound effects:

• Cartoonish angry grumbling
• Sad tuba
• Locking and unlocking door
• Opening and closing door
• Toilet seat up and down
• A/C hum

And yes, you're totally going on the team page once I figure out how to make one. :)

[fluffy-critter]

Okay, I'm changing the mix a bit right now. and I'll get on the sound effects.

[fluffy-critter]

I've done a first pass at the sound effects. It's convenient that there's a bathroom and a locking door within 30 feet of my studio computer. :)

[chunwyu-2]

I mean there's one that close to me here too, it only happens to be weird to bring a mic into it.

[chunwyu-2]

Just listened to them. May I have versions without the synth tunes (that first 1s or so) for the SFX (like the toilet seat and door)? I prefer just the raw sound for those. :)

I like the synth tune for the toilet-down separately though, that's a good "oops" sound alongside the stronger sad tuba.

Angry Grumble is excellent.

[fluffy-critter]

Sure, I'll get right on that. :) Also I purposefully degraded the recordings to sound like 8-bit video game sounds but I can turn that off.

[chunwyu-2]

The recording itself is great, I just prefer it without the synth. :)

[fluffy-critter]

Okay, I uploaded both clean and bitcrushed versions of things on their own.

[fluffy-critter]

I also went ahead and added some one-shot noises for when the AC starts and stops, rather than just the ongoing hum. Use them or don't. :)

[chunwyu-2]

Everything is awesome. I'm rigging the sounds up now.

The AC itself might not make it in the game in time, sorry. :( We'll open that to the public in case anyone wants to use it.

What might, though, is making the bed. Maybe. The two states are: blankets covering the whole bed and blankets rolled up at the foot of the bed.

[fluffy-critter]

Are you saying you need sounds for that?

On Jan 31, 2016, at 12:22 PM, chunwyu notifications@github.com wrote:

Everything is awesome. I'm rigging the sounds up now.

The AC itself might not make it in the game in time, sorry. :(

What might, though, is making the bed. Maybe. The two states are: blankets covering the whole bed and blankets rolled up at the foot of the bed.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub https://github.com/plaidfluff/ggj2016-music/issues/2#issuecomment-177601122.

[chunwyu-2]

Yeah, in the following order of priority: 1) Light switch on/off 2) Smoothing "in the lobby" 3) Make bed up/down

Sorry for being difficult. I should have made a list from the beginning.

[fluffy-critter]

I thought I'd already done 2. Is there something else you'd like changed in it?

[fluffy-critter]

I just realized my kitchen vent would have made a great AC hum noise, instead of doing weird stuff with synthesizers. Oh well!

[fluffy-critter]

Okay just added crappy light switch and bed making/unmaking sounds.

[chunwyu-2]

Re #2: Ah, should have listened to it before asking. It's better but still sounds a little loud/harsh. Probably can't be an in-game BGM, but would work in the main menu if we manage to make one.

Bed-making is good. Is it just me or does light switch off have a long silence in the beginning?

[fluffy-critter]

Oops, I messed up while bouncing the light and bed sounds. Fixed.

Also changed the In The Lobby mix a little, mostly to soften up the drums.

[chunwyu-2]

New lights sounds are wonderful and hooked in. In the Lobby fits much better now, going to work on Main Menu ASAP.

Thanks a lot!