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Despelote’s soundscape transports you to Ecuador and childhood football magic
As part of CDM’s year-end coverage, I’m rounding up some of the best music and sound design in games. There’s nowhere better to start than Despelote, a beautifully designed and directed game that will move you by putting you in the shoes of a kid in 2001 Quito, Ecuador. It’s a master study in weaving sound and music in a way that both triggers sense memories and transports you inside a life experience.
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Support Filipino music and relief for Northern Cebu earthquake – let’s go
There are two things we should be doing more of: cramming independent music into our minds and embracing grassroots aid. Last week, Northern Cebu in the Philippines was hit by a devastating earthquake. Local outlet Pawn Records has some beautiful music to support and not nearly enough people supporting it. Let’s change that, CDM readers. I’m curious to see how many people we can get onboard.
How Latvia’s Flow used open source Blender in Oscar animation win
Flow was the surprise of the Oscars: a true underground hit from Latvia’s writer/director Gints Zilbalodis. It’s beautiful, expressive, and intimate in a way that big-studio features are not. And it’s a triumph of making the tech operate on a human level, fully exploiting the free and open source Blender and its real-time render engine EEVEE.
Bandcamp unveils interactive Listening Parties
Peter Kirn - August 8, 2023
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Music videos come to Game Boy Advance carts, in the ultra-chillwave world of Slow Magic
Peter Kirn - August 18, 2022
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Crank it up: A noble and elegant simulation of playing French Horn for Playdate
Peter Kirn - June 10, 2022
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itch.io indie gaming distribution for musicians: free open-source Scritch player and more
Peter Kirn - March 28, 2022
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