SFX484 launch and new game

First off, I'm happy to say SFX484 has had a great first two weeks. I'm very glad developers are getting some good use out of it! Thanks once again to Timothy Aste who helped get it up for sale here on GarageGames. With all the new content packs, tools, and games coming online here, GG's future looks brighter than ever.



In other news, less than a week after SFX484 was launched, Solitaire Pop was launched on PlayFirst. Developed by Say Design , it's a new take on solitaire games and has you travelling throughout the world as an archaeologist, digging up artifacts from 5 different ancient civilizations.



I did all the music and all but a couple of the sound effects for the game. The music was especially fun to work on. I got to research the music and instruments of the cultures and then compose music in their respective styles. For example, here are a couple pieces from ancient cities in China and Greece:

China Module (mp3)
Greece Module (mp3)

We only had about 5 minutes of play music for the game's levels, but we came up with an excellent modular music system so that you could hear one of ten different things at any moment. Using appropriate modules and layers this way, repetition is kept to a minimum. And, of course, all the pieces tie into the main menu theme of the game to keep all the music coherent. I may go into more detail about this system later.





And now for a little end of the year fun I thought I'd share a recording I did with the renowned Three Drunks a couple years ago. Manuelo Faltini, Veesel Hoalz, and Johnny Sabado sang the B. Spears classic "Baby One More Time" accompanied by the Bacchanalian Philharmonic. The pop sensation Cray Blake-Hayden joined the Drunks and the orchestra for a couple verses in this powerful performance. Enjoy, and happy new year!

Baby One More Time