Really creative gameplay! Also, everything feels very cohesive, and the sound design especially really caught my attention because of how satisfying the game sounds.
I had a hard time getting past Day 6 or so. Because the enemies never stop spawning, choosing between defeating them to not take damage or advancing the clock felt very hard to me, though I'm not sure if was missing something strategically.
Overall though, great game!
Hey there! I really liked your work on this game, so I wanted to ask you something if you don't mind.
I feel like the volume of my mixes often ends up sounding different in web builds than it does in my DAW. How do you usually handle mixing and implementation for jams? Do you mix the BGM and SFX to a specific loudness, or mostly by ear? And do you usually implement the audio yourself, or do you work with the team's programmer(s) and have them adjust the levels in the engine?
I'd really appreciate any advice you could offer, but of course no worries if you don't have the time!
Hey! :)
Great questions! I feel like there is quite a difference in doing this from jam to jam, so hard to say in general :D But I can tell you a few things I did for this game.
Regarding the workflow - I mostly implemented the sounds myself to have more control over it, but always in communication with our amazing programmer Vincent so everything runs smoothly :) Usually I work with audio middlewares, this time I tried out Godot‘s audio player and features though. Works great to a certain degree - for finetuning the audio mix I would have preferred a middleware to be a bit faster :D As a consequence (maybe?) I had a few categories in mind to mix the sounds into. Kind of a top down approach. The front layer are the important gameplay sounds that give the juice and satisfaction (clockhand sounds, enemies). Then the rhythmic layer, so music and other elements that go with the beat. Then the background layer, that help make the game feel alive and responsive (ambience, UI). Each layer has its limitations to volume and freqency range to make it all fit together. I mixed rather loud (but not a specific loudness) because we managed to put volume sliders into the game - so better to have it loud and go quieter then have it quiet and you can only go quieter. Regarding the difference between DAW and web build, I don‘t really know :D
Hope this helps!
Yes, this is very, very helpful!! I'll study the implementation options a bit more in-depth and discuss them with our programmer, because I think that could save both of us some time during jams. I'll also keep your workflow advice in mind for future projects.
Thank you so much for taking the time to write such a detailed reply! Have a great day! :)
