2012 January

Jan 18
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Sound of The Week!! – Broken Tumble Dryer

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So sound of the week has been away for a while, and probably will be still for a bit. But I’ve just recorded something that I thought would make for some perfect material to share with you guys. I was downstairs and heard a horrible grinding sound locating from our Tumble Dryer. Turns out the motor is dying, so what a perfect chance to record quite a rare sound.

Broken Tumble Dryer

Also, I’ve just realised that I’ve clocked in over 2000 sound of the week downloads, so this post is dedicated to you guys who have downloaded the sounds to use in your work.

It was recorded using an NTG3 going into my H4N at 96khz 24bit resolution. As usual, this is all entirely free, no royalties/credits/small print. Just use however you want within your projects be them professional or personal. It is available for download here – samueljustice.net/downloads/2012/01/MOTOR_TUMBLE_DRYER_BROKEN_GRINDING_MACHINE_CLICK_NTG3_H4N_96KHZ_24BIT_20120118.wav

And the soundcloud preview -

Jan 11
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Dear Esther leads 2012 IGF Awards nominees

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Dear Esther

Very excited to say that Dear Esther is up for a large amount of awards in the Independent Games Festival awards show, one of the most prestigious awards in indie gaming.

I mastered the music for Dear Esther and whilst my role was very small compared to the rest of team, I am extremely proud of what they have accomplished. I am currently working with the studio on two of their upcoming projects, one of which I am directing the audio for. The studio has a small website which is constantly being updated over here - http://thechineseroom.co.uk/ and for more info on Dear Esther please visit http://dear-esther.com/

 

 

 

 

These are the nominations at IGF -

Excellence In Visual Art

 

  • Botanicula (Amanita Design)
  • Dear Esther (thechineseroom)
  • Lume (State Of Play Games)
  • Mirage (Mario von Rickenbach)
  • Wonderputt (Damp Gnat)
  • Honorable mentions: Beat Sneak Bandit (Simogo); Dustforce (Hitbox Team); Fader (Chris Makris); Proun (Joost van Dongen); Toren (Swordtales)

Technical Excellence

 

  • Antichamber (Demruth)
  • Fez (Polytron)
  • Prom Week (Expressive Intelligence Studio, UC Santa Cruz)
  • Realm of the Mad God (Wild Shadow Studios & Spry Fox)
  • Spelunky (Mossmouth)
  • Honorable mentions: Frozen Synapse (Mode 7 Games); Nitronic Rush (DigiPen Institute of Technology); Reflow (Xymatic); Super T.I.M.E Force (Capy); Tiny and Big – Grandpa´s Leftovers (Black Pants)

Excellence In Design

 

  • Atom Zombie Smasher (Blendo Games)
  • English Country Tune (Stephen Lavelle)
  • Frozen Synapse (Mode 7 Games)
  • Gunpoint (Tom Francis, John Roberts and Fabian van Dommelen)
  • Spelunky (Mossmouth)
  • Honorable mentions: Faraway (Steph Thirion); FTL (Justin Ma & Matthew Davis); Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik); SpaceChem (Zachtronics Industries); Where Is My Heart (Die Gute Fabrik)

Excellence In Audio

 

  • Botanicula (Amanita Design)
  • Dear Esther (thechineseroom)
  • Pugs Luv Beats (Lucky Frame)
  • To The Moon (Freebird Games)
  • Waking Mars (Tiger Style)
  • Honorable mentions: Beatbuddy (THREAKS); Beat Sneak Bandit (Simogo); Fez (Polytron); Proteus (Ed Key and David Kanaga); Where Is My Heart (Die Gute Fabrik)

Best Mobile Game

 

  • ASYNC Corp (Powerhead Games)
  • Beat Sneak Bandit (Simogo)
  • Faraway (Steph Thirion)
  • Ridiculous Fishing (Vlambeer)
  • Waking Mars (Tiger Style)
  • Honorable mentions: Fingle (Game Oven Studios); Hundreds (SemiSecret and aeiowu); iBlast Moki 2 (Godzilab); Temple Run (Imangi Studios); Tentacles (Press Play ApS)

Nuovo Award

      [Designed 'to honor abstract, shortform, and unconventional game development'.]

 

  • At a Distance (Terry Cavanagh)
  • Dear Esther (thechineseroom)
  • Fingle (Game Oven Studios)
  • GIRP (Bennett Foddy)
  • Proteus (Ed Key and David Kanaga)
  • Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik)
  • Storyteller (Daniel Benmergui)
  • Way (CoCo & Co.)
  • Honorable mentions: Deep Sea (WRAUGHK); Four Letter Word (Terry Cavanagh); GlitchHiker (Aardbever); Hundreds (SemiSecret and aeiowu); POP (Rob Lach)

Seumas McNally Grand Prize

 

  • Dear Esther (thechineseroom)
  • Fez (Polytron)
  • Frozen Synapse (Mode 7 Games)
  • Johann Sebastian Joust (Die Gute Fabrik)
  • Spelunky (Mossmouth)