JUEGOS RANCHEROS’ FISTFUL OF INDIES: MAY 2011
Every month, as part of the regular monthly meetings of the Austin, TX independent game community JUEGOS RANCHEROS, we do a very casual & chatty rundown of the ten or so games from the previous month — both local and global, and both indie and occasionally a bit-bigger-budget — for the audience, to give people — especially those curious onlookers from outside the indie community itself — a look at what they may have missed.
In keeping with the tongue-in-tobacco-packed-cheek tone, we call these run-downs A Fistful of Indies, which are be presented here on Venus Patrol for your reference, each fully-annotated, -linked, and off-the-cuff blurbed, in addition to their home on the JUEGOS RANCHEROS site.
See more posts about: 2D Boy, A Fistful of Indies, Auntie Pixelante, Capy, Flat Black, Forget-Me-Not, Freshtone Games, Frog Minutes, Grasshopper Manufacture, Inchworm Animation, Jim Guthrie, JUEGOS RANCHEROS, Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars, Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes, Nyarlu Labs, One Single Life, Portal 2, Soul Brother, Superbrothers, Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP, Superflat Games, Valve, World of Goo
LISTEN: 2D BOY’S FREE WORLD OF GOO SOUNDTRACK
Update: Well, now that we’ve gone and killed his website, Kyle has sent along word that there’s a temporary mirror at the 2D Boy’s site, which you can find here. Attack!
The best present we could have received today: World of Goo devs 2D Boy have released the game’s soundtrack — truly one of the best in recent memory — as a free download via designer and composer Kyle Gabler’s homepage, with notes on the inspiration for its various tracks. Gabler explains:
The majority of the instruments you’ll hear are computer instruments, with a few live performances on top to add a bit of warmth. For the older music, I used one of those Sound Blaster cards that let you load samples into memory. More recently, I’ve been using the freeware sfz soundfont sampler. I have an m-audio keystation 49e midi keyboard for picking out melodies. Influences include Danny Elfman, Vangelis, Bernard Herrmann, Hans Zimmer, Ennio Morricone, and all the big movie guys. I grew up listening to them, and they remain a big influence in everything I write.
It’s hard to pick a favorite, each one conjuring very happy memories of different game highlights, but embedded below, this being Offworld and all, the most obviously Vangelis inspired, ‘Inside the Big Computer.’
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Music from World of Goo [Kyle Gabler, via 2D Boy]
Previously:
At the core of the World of Goo – Offworld
2D Boy's World of Goo: The community updates – Offworld
Ragdoll Metaphysics: Ten Things That Made Me Glad To Be A Gamer In …
The Offworld 20: 2008's Best Indie and Overlooked – Offworld
See more posts about: 2D Boy, Listen, Offworld Originals, World of Goo
