Comments on: Chime Super Deluxe Hits PSN March 29th with Four-Player Multiplayer

By: Brynley Gibson

Brynley Gibson — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:41:54 +0000

Hello again,

Here are all the details fresh from the audio team. Chime uses Vorbis audio compression, in the Wwise audio engine (http://audiokinetic.com/).

In listening tests Vorbis is comparable to AAC (better at some bitrates), and better than mp3. Of course Chime is a downloadable game, so the data size a critical factor. The extra “strain” of using uncompressed, and/or 24bit music on RAM, disc space, and download times, we feel outweighs the benefits.

We think most players will find the sound quality good or very good, enough so that they won’t think about it when playing. The game was very carefully mixed and mastered, and hopefully will not tire the ears too much during long play sessions.

Of course the best way to find out will be to try the demo and make up your own mind!

cheers.

By: gus_xl

gus_xl — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 14:18:34 +0000

It looks like you just added music to Daedalian Opus, which is cool, I guess.

By: Brynley Gibson

Brynley Gibson — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 13:31:42 +0000

Hi plaztiksyke,

I’m going to get the exact details for you on this. I think you won’t be disapointed. Watch this space.

By: tdh004

tdh004 — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 05:12:32 +0000

Gives me the Lumines feel as well. I’ll try the demo out, but knowing me and puzzle games, I’ll end up buying it.

By: plaztiksyke

plaztiksyke — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 20:00:18 +0000

Didn’t really get a specific answer last time… are the music assets 24-bit and/or losslessly compressed? If not, are they at lease AAC @ maximum bitrate VBR?

Just got Slam Bolt Scrappers, which is ridiculously fun, and the quality of your music encodes are what will get me to pay for another game in this approximate genre again so quickly.

It does look really cool, but so did Fret Nice (which had great potential but sounded awful).

Thanks!

By: SPOOKULA209

SPOOKULA209 — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:09:52 +0000

this game looks really fun….these smaller downloadable title on PSN/XBLA interest me more than the bigger games a lot of times

By: Brynley Gibson

Brynley Gibson — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:35:58 +0000

We are really keen to do DLC and the game does support it. There are no plans I can reveal right now but I hope to be able to announce something soon.

Feel free to hammer our facebook page with artist suggestions.

By: stlthriot

stlthriot — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:27:58 +0000

The music in this game is perfect! As long as the trial gets me hooked I’ll be buying this one!

By: Hogwild333

Hogwild333 — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:25:31 +0000

Glad to hear there will be a trial. This game is definitely on my radar now.

By: KongWen

KongWen — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 16:24:59 +0000

Thanks for the reply Brynley. Will you guys be working on any new grids/songs maybe for DLC content down the road?