
Hello everyone!
We're still confined, but we're making good progress. We hope you're doing well too!
This month, we talk about our progress on Across the Grooves and the game's musical references!
What have we been up to?
Last month, we did a
private beta and got some
very cool feedback. Some testers loved it, some testers hated it, but
no one was left indifferent!
Big thanks to the
testers for their involvement and for their precious feedback that allows us to make
better games.
After the tests, we made a lot of
changes: improvements of the texts, the coherence of the scenario, the music
The games
setting, rather
obscure musical references and
tone of "magic realism" may cause some divided opinions, but we hope with all our hearts that youll be seduced by the universe, which promises to be
quite different from what most gamers are used to.
And lastly, were still moving forward. We're in the
polishing phase, so it's starting to feel like the
end of production!
We're still working from home, but we're well organized and we're working hard. So we're staying the course to keep to a release in the
first half of 2020!
I promise, we'll tell you more soon... A little more patience! ;-)
Also,
Unwinnable talked about us in an article about
Seers Isle in the
Monthly Unwinnable category. Many thanks to them!
Check it out by clicking here:
Rowan from Seers Isle by Deirdre Coyle
The music in Across the Grooves
As you may know,
music will have a
major role in the game.
We've created
a lot of songs, and we can already tell you that the OST is going to sound like a
pop album!
We are very proud of the result and once again, wed like to thank
Julien and
Camille for the music and sound design,
Christelle for lending us her beautiful voice, and
Charles-Henry Martin who wrote and recorded the soundtrack of Along the Edge, and who is now the pianist for Across the Grooves!
We created a
Spotify playlist with a mix of
musical references sent to the musicians for inspiration, as well as other songs and artists referenced
in game.
Listen to the playlist on Spotify!
Weve added a
lexicon feature in the game for those who would like to learn more about the
musical references of Across the Grooves.
This lexicon is not intended to replace wikipedia, but rather to be an
invitation to discovery for the curious. Moreover, all the entries have recommendations of records or songs to discover... Your curiosity is the only limit!

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Best,
Cyndie,
on behalf on the team.
[ 2020-05-01 12:33:33 CET ] [ Original post ]