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Level Editing Support => Knytt Stories Level Editing Support => Topic started by: egomassive on October 15, 2010, 22:33:55
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I've spent countless hours trying to soundtrack my latest level. Here's (http://nifflas.lpchip.nl/index.php?topic=4104.0) the preview thread. The level is mechanical, lonely, and mostly dark. I can't get past the idea of 8bit ambient music, but I can't find any that will work. The main problem I have is that so many of the good ones top out at 3 minutes. The sections of my level would do better with 5-6 minute songs. This song (http://8bc.org/music/PlaidShirts%2526BigSmiles/Wandering+Souls) I like at the beginning but it gets obnoxious at the end.
So, far I've looked at ccmixter.org, 8bc.org, and chipmusic.org. If anyone knows a good site or a good track, I'd appreciate the help.
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I may or may not be able to create something similar to what you're looking for. I do know how to use Famitracker, which, from the sounds of it, should be more than capable of what you're interested in.
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I had a look, but I also had a lot of difficulty finding appropriate songs. You could contact PlaidShirts&BigSmiles and see if they'd like to make you a soundtrack (that's more appropriate)? Or, of course, take Ultigonio up on his generous offer.
Other suggestions:
Brother Android (http://brotherandroid.110mb.com/music.html) : I've only listened to the Hero Core OST, and I'm afraid dialup is preventing me from checking out the other releases. I have high hopes, though.
Goto80 - Bortabra (http://www.iimusic.net/catalog/2007/10/bortabra) : There's 55 minutes of music here that I imagine you could cut something good out of. Drunkenambient seems promising.
Bubblyfish - Translucent (http://www.bubblyfish.com/music/Translucent.mp3) : An individual song, not hugely ambient, though.
Søren Lund (Jeff) - Cyberworld (http://ftp.df.lth.se/pub/media/soasc/soasc_mp3/MUSICIANS/J/Jeff/Cyberworld_T01.sid_MOS6581R4.mp3) : Some of this guy's other songs might be good too, he made the music I used in the blue area of My Super Secret Basement and was happy to give permission.
Disasterpeace - Level (http://disasterpeace.bandcamp.com/album/level) : Six and Eight for example, start off well, but as the songs progress they may depart too much from ambiance for your tastes.
II - Sea of Ice (http://www.iimusic.net/catalog/2009/02/sea-of-ice) : You might find something appropriate here, but like before, the ambiance often serves as a buildup to something more song-like.
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Newgrounds.com or deviantart.com has some unique stuff, but it might take a while to find what you want.
Uhg, yeah, that is obnoxious. I was all into it and it start random static screams at me. Geeze...
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Brother Android does a very good job with musical imagery. If he were to describe my level it would be lovely, but so far he hasn't. I checked out the rest of the suggestions. Many good pieces or starts of pieces, but not enough to fill the game.
I forgot about Newgrounds. I've been there before, while working on my masterpiece, but found it very hard to find what I was looking for. I was looking for something very different then, so I may have better results for this. I'm skeptical of Deviantart's music selection, but I'll look. Maybe I'll get lucky.
@ Ultigonio: I, for some reason, thought it would be easy to track this level. I originally intended this to be something I threw together in a few days. Not the kind of thing I would ask someone else to compose music for. I have trouble underachieving though, so it will probably be pretty good in the end. If you still want to make the tracks, I can send you the level. Enough of it is done that you can get a feel for each area.
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I'm still pretty interested in tracking for this level, so sure, that'd be cool if you sent it over. Honestly, though tracking something that long is no simple task, it's probably a lot less stressful by comparison to some of the other stuff I've been trying to work on. It'll be a break, almost. Besides, I find I'm much more efficient at music and ambiance than other things, anyway.
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Problem solved. Ultigonio is making the music and it sounds great so far. Thanks for all the helpful replies.