Sticky Castle Story Music

Hey all, Josh here (one of the two Castle Story composers)!

We're aware of the audio engine issues and are sad to hear about the poor audio you guys are having to experience/mute. (Unfortunately, implementation isn't on our end)

It's still very important for us to get feedback on the music in the game, so I've uploaded the four tracks that are in the game to soundcloud below:

http://soundcloud.com/jwmusic/sets/castle-story-prototype-music

Mattias and I would love to hear your feedback. Find him on Soundcloud too! http://soundcloud.com/anosou

Cheers,

Do you think you could get the other devs, or yourselves if you two are capable enough, to add an option for only the music and no sound effects as well as no sound if I need to listen to something other than Castle Story without digging into control panel every time? From the time it was playing it sounded really nice. Good work!

The music seems pretty calm, I like it. But I feel like I could get a little tired of hearing the same synthesizer in the background for hours on end. lol.

Please for the love of whatever deity you wish could someone tell me how to mute the game without just turning off my computers sound. I want to listen to audiobooks whilst I play but I cannot play for long anyway because the crickets start to turn me into a small tense ball of hatred. I can see that its been reported and stuff and that is great but i've also seen people talking about muting the game, i assume at this point that they are just turning their computers sound off because I've had a nosy through the game files and there is no options or anything there?
any potential information here as it would be a great pity to have to hold off until I cant hear the damned crickets. Also I use an overclocked I5 and all the current modern trimmings and when in game its clearly working very very hard to run.

I hate to say something bad without countering it in some way and so in all other aspects i am greatly enjoying this prototype controls are a little shonky but no worries and to be expected at this time, tbh its more or less all i was expecting it to be and am very happy I got into this one before it went huge, but please introduce some pesticide

I just have a question about the music : the one that is on this video will be available ?

My opinion for the music on SoundCloud is : really good !

I really think that "Strange Universe" is in the spirit of the game => restful

The music is very good, you've done a nice job, it's a shame the sound is a bit flawed and you don't get to listen constant music, most of the time there's no music at all

The music was awesome and look forward to the sound bugs being worked out so it all sounds perfect. My only complaints on the sound are limited to the background effects which sometimes overpower the rest of the audio but this problem will go away once audio controls are added. The ability to turn down the volume of the background sound effects vs. game oriented effects vs. music and mute control for each would be appreciated though I'm sure that's on the dev side.

The trailer music is here: http://joshandmattias.bandcamp.com/

yea you did capture that strange feeling the game has, keep it up

The first track feels like building in the sunshine. Quirky and calm with a nice little groove to walk you through the mining and block carrying.

the second track feels like a majestic golden hour sunset exploration anthem

track three feels like a midnight magical crystal-glow driven walk through the floating hills as corruption eyes peer at you from the distance

track for ... well the name says it all i guess.

Generally this is a great starting soundtrack. I'd like to hear a bit stronger chiptunes influence though. The voxel blocks just beg for a bit of that retro sound (though the synths you've got are already very close for some parts)

also a more combat oriented action song would be cool

The soundtracks audible in the game are perfect. They are very calm and relaxing, starting very restful and ending in a boss soundtrack. The soundtracks are never annoying, they are truly perfect for the game.

Kid fires up his browser lookin' for some fresh tunes to see him through that video game made by them big, green dinosaurs. Then he remembers a fine old number folks in Caelondia used to play from back in the days before the Calamity that'll fit just right.



/incredibly poor Rucks impersonation.

As for the in-game music, I really love the second half of "Working", it's a treat to the senses to see Bricktrons mining and lumbering away while listening to such an up-beat tune and watching your castle slowly come together.

I alternate between in-game music and my own playlist while playing, and after watching the trailer I started playing 'Build it Up, Tear it Down' by Fatboy Slim because it reminds me so much of a Medieval/Fantasy version of the intro to the old RTS game 'Dogs of War'.

Loving the music for the game so far! Really fantastic.

Music really is awesome! Gives the needed feel. It's huge fun to hear it. I'd love to see something more trailer-like into the game. I mean the beginning of it for example. sounds really unforgettable.

You are now the reason why I have a SoundCloud.