secret project video (Patreon)
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short gameplay video to give you an idea of what the prototype is currently like! i've posted gifs from this video before so a lot of this is deja vu if you've seen my past posts, but i figured it'd be nice to show how the full gameplay looks.
the music is not final...actually, figuring out music for this game has been quite a long story.
composing music is something i am very confident that i cannot do, so i always knew i would have to find a composer. the good news is that there is no shortage of aspiring video game composers out there - there's actually so many ppl who are looking to break into that scene. so i put out a call, and i got so many responses and people offering their portfolios.
the bad news is that i didn't like any of their music and rejected them all. it actually burnt me out on the game for a bit, because it was that much of a bummer haha
i think it's better for me to seek out a composer that i like, rather than have people apply to me. but i also don't think this game is so good that i should seek out a famous composer, so i'm just quietly browsing and hoping something good pops up in my youtube recommendations.
i quite like the composer of this piece, which is a placeholder for this video and not the final composition (I found it on YouTube). her style seems to be exactly what i'm looking for. she's in korea so i don't know how well we'd be able to communicate, but i might try to reach out to her anyways.
the other option is to pick a classical piece and record it myself (or have some musician friends record it), since most classical music is public domain. i tried overlaying some classical music over this video, and i think it fits the elegant vibes of serving the customers but not so much the gameplay of merging desserts...so i'm not sure.
i do think i'd like something a little more elegant than the current music, but still gamelike! but the worst case scenario is that i just pay the license for this particular track, because i think it works okay. idk, what do you think?