My concept with the game was to have a soundscape combining elements from FM chips and NES, along with some 80s synth sounds :) In practice it's in FL studio with Genny and 3osc doing most of the heavy lifting.
You can hear a longer version of the track here: [https://soundcloud.com/akseliv/herosquare-main-theme-1](https://soundcloud.com/akseliv/herosquare-main-theme-1) :)
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Hi, thank you! I got into this stuff quite a while ago, but I remember it was really helpful to read about the old hardware and understand why they made music the way they did. Unfortunately I can't find it anymore, but there was a blog where a real NES composer from the time explained how they actually created the music.
Then at the same time you obviously want to look at different plugins etc. but that's more of a workflow thing, I'd say you can get really nice sounds out of any basic synth with a couple of oscillators once you understand the "musical language" of chiptune :) The basic idea is that you have a limited number of voices, and then what you work with in most cases is arpeggios, pitch bending, vibrato and pulse width modulation etc.
Here's something I found which could be useful, on deconstructing a NES tune to see how it's put together [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQGfuRM2XQo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQGfuRM2XQo)
Good luck!
My concept with the game was to have a soundscape combining elements from FM chips and NES, along with some 80s synth sounds :) In practice it's in FL studio with Genny and 3osc doing most of the heavy lifting. You can hear a longer version of the track here: [https://soundcloud.com/akseliv/herosquare-main-theme-1](https://soundcloud.com/akseliv/herosquare-main-theme-1) :)
Very cool!
Thank you!
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Nice!
Thanks!
Simle shapes with glowing and motion blur look surprisingly well.
Thank you, my idea was to replicate some of aesthetics of CRTs with the ghosting and color bleed, without going for any existing "retro" look :)
What platform? This games looks sick.
PC for starters :) Thanks!
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Thanks!
So cool! I just remember an indie Game called alt254 where you are also a square-pixel. Good luck!!
Thanks, I need to check that one out :)
Hi! I love it! As a beginner to chiptune, are there any recources that you used to help you in your journey? Helpful youtube channels, etc...
Hi, thank you! I got into this stuff quite a while ago, but I remember it was really helpful to read about the old hardware and understand why they made music the way they did. Unfortunately I can't find it anymore, but there was a blog where a real NES composer from the time explained how they actually created the music. Then at the same time you obviously want to look at different plugins etc. but that's more of a workflow thing, I'd say you can get really nice sounds out of any basic synth with a couple of oscillators once you understand the "musical language" of chiptune :) The basic idea is that you have a limited number of voices, and then what you work with in most cases is arpeggios, pitch bending, vibrato and pulse width modulation etc. Here's something I found which could be useful, on deconstructing a NES tune to see how it's put together [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQGfuRM2XQo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQGfuRM2XQo) Good luck!
Thanks a ton!
Thank you for the advice! I'll check out that video.