Mar
30
2009
Now Attached to “Encore!”
Author: Brandon Higley
The poster for Encore!
Over the past two days I’ve been driving to and from San Jose to meet with Roderick Lazardo, the Producer/Owner of Ethereal Muse, the makers of Encore!. Encore! (exclaimation necessary) is a music-based 2D side-scroller where the player controls San Francisco musicians as they battle their way from left to right. Basic gameplay will include standard melee attacks, “playing on the fly,” and the special “Encore Mode,” which will set the game apart from any other action platformer.
My job interview/initiation to the project took place on Saturday, and on Sunday I was invited to meet with Mike, the Lead Programmer. There, Roderick supplied us each with a rough draft of the game design document and explained the more complex elements of play. Because of my experience in the game industry as well as my proximity to Roderick, he invited me to be Lead Sound Designer of Encore!. It will be my job to organize the Sound Design team and determine the general feel of the game’s soundtrack. It will also be my responsibility to work closely with the Programming team in integrating music/samples into the engine.
