Slowing or speeding up sound is something I have always used and loved the texture of. This is layered and has a few more of the same object from different takes, but slowed down. The rolling boulder is mainly a massive piece of cylindrical steel about 4 inches in diameter rolled across a concrete floor and another take of it rolled across a wooden work bench. It just makes it more post-apocalyptic-y. I did wonder if I should add reverb as some of the action takes place outside ( not much reverb outside normally) But it just doesnt feel right without it. The end result is a mix of various takes, with copious amounts of reverb and hi pass filtering. Had to be careful with mic placement as of course air/wind in microphones makes a terrible poppy noise fest. The end result which has got some much use is in fact my mouth blowing over the top of a pint glass while laying on the floor and making wind type noises. But these seemed too static even if I filtered them by tweaking the cutoff and resonance.
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I experimented with white noise from synthesisers and DAWS like the excellent and free program Audacity. The howling wind that features in both icycle games is very simple, but more of a foley style thing. Treatment of these is usually filtering ( hi pass to knock out the un-needed bass) and plenty of compression to squash the dynamic range and make it sound upfront. The final result is a mix of the two, particualy for the ice rewards. The fake element was dropping marbles into a glass vase with a tiny bit of water in the bottom. I got hold of an industrial amount of icecubes ( like the ones you get in pubs) and poured them with Mr Jacobs Snr into a big plastic box, close mic-ed and other various takes from various distances. The final result was a mix of this last session and the brick and tile smashing from the garage. So I went back to the drawing board ( back garden) and did some more rubble hurling at a less appropriate time for the birds ( it was dark) I did get hold of roof tiles in this session which we threw into the bricks making a delightful smashing sound. This was ok, but a little too clean and controlled.
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Trial recording of throwing the bricks in the back garden failed as there was too much birdsong in the background, which you don’t get in a post apocalyptic world! So I carried a boot full of bricks to a quiet garage and had a go at it again. This left a massive pile of rubble in the back garden.
At the same time as you needed collapsing building and rubble we had our patio doors put in by myself and father. Sometimes things have great and fortuitous timing (but mainly not). This was in fact a rolled up damp flannel smacked down onto the tiles – layered with a good healthy thump on a wooden desk.
Some are what you expect the sound to be like, as the real sound is far too weak or unconvincing even though its the real thing! so here are some examples!” “Sometimes the sounds would be literal – i.e. Sound Designer Andrew Jacobs of Stilton Studios describes the making of the sounds for Icycle on thin ice and shares his unusual but effective techniques. The fourth instalment of The Making of ‘Icycle: On Thin Ice’ reveals the origins of how Icycle came to be through various iterations and sources of inspiration. The third instalment of The Making of ‘Icycle: On Thin Ice’ reveals some of the inspiration for the game levels and discusses how the tools play a major part in defining what you make. The second instalment of The Making of ‘Icycle: On Thin Ice’ takes a Look on the Bright Side in the face of the end of the world. The first instalment of The Making of ‘Icycle: On Thin Ice’ is about The Naked Hook and its attractive repulsion. Complete 80 missions to unlock the original 8 location Icycle game.
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The award winning sequel to the classic platform puzzler browser game – Icycle (included) is coming to PC & Mac!Cycle naked over a deadly post-apocalyptic world with no enemies, no friends… and nobody to love. Brace yourself: This game includes gratuitous fish kissing.
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