Hey all,
In this week's blogpost, I'll shine some light on the upcoming music app and give some more details about how music & sound will be implemented into the project.
I've made some good progress, having now a working app framework which is a bit more functional than the prototype I had until then. The remaining workload would be to sort the view by genres/playlists, and allow the player to make his own "favorites" playlist. The control widget you see in the following screenshot would be embedded to the in-game taskbar so players can control music from anywhere within the game.
Of course, it now needs to be fed some content: actual music for your ears! That's why I'm currently collaborating with an actual artist (no AI in this game!) to whip up some bangers you guys can jam while playing. It's still cooking, so I'm not going to say much more or commit on a shipping date but proper credit will be given in due time!
Now of course, this only covers the immersive, background part of soundtrack integration which will be implemented short-term (coming soon™), but I'm also envisioning some ways to integrate sound and music with more narrative ties, such as during dialogues or streams. I'm not going to unveil too much as this is still being designed, but it's most definitely in the backlog!
Here's an updated progress chart (I'm fitting all the work for the music app in Coding for now, though it was not quite planned for as soon as this sprint and this might be the object of a new category in the future since it's not really in the actual 0.20 scope):
And last, but not least, another WIP artwork teaser, this time for a brand new character (!), supporting for now but who might just stick around...
I know this is a lot to take in and this might be a very ambitious scope for this update but I'm locking in, so bear with me and stay tuned for more updates.
Thank you so much for the support, have a great one, and see you at the next blogpost!