After 5 weeks of work, my team in my Overview of Computer Gaming class was able to make an awesome game about a demon cat trying to escape from Hell by taking the elevator and tearing up anything that tries to stop him. I was in charge of making the music and the sounds, and we thought it would be cool if we had a nice and happy elevator theme for the menu, but it turns into metal as you start the game. It was quite the challenge for me, because in my past experience, trying to make metal music with MIDI instruments usually does not go well. However, I discovered an important feature inside of Garageband that made it all possible: Automation. This would allow me to change the dynamics of the guitar sounds down to the individual note, and as such I really took the pitch bend modifier to heart to make it sound like somebody was actually adding their finesse to the notes they play. Now I can’t wait to make more metal music in the future, and chart it for Clone Hero as well.
Game credits:
Main idea / cover artist: Alex Hernandez (xanderquo)
Programmer: Ryan Dixon
Enemy design / animations: Elizabeth G.
Management / enemy design: Jack Heyen
Elevator design: Irving Fenochio
Music and sounds: Yours truly 😉
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