Category: HaunTiki Base
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Snappy Tom
Taking a break from game design. Which was good for taking a break from music. Through some half finished recordings I begin some kind of ‘tiki’ aspect which is more style guide than inspiration – it attempts to confine the music to a certain range. The recordings aren’t bad… just uptight. I must encourage them…
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Development Hell
Not yet Satan. It’s not that I’m stuck, it’s more that I have sought to find all potential issues in a subset of the design – and issues I have found aplenty. When your workload is mostly solving issues the Mickey Magic is in slim supply. As a bit of cheer I’ve decided to examine…
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In the final stretch.
As nice as it would be to announce all sorts of positive outcomes – reality is a hard slog. The game about 80% done – and there’s a lot of hurdles still to jump. Music I’ve made music that could be described as ‘hauntiki’ – the Barbara Island albums in particular. But having moved on…
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Progress of Carousel
Snakes is near to a finished music album. I’m happy to call it an album, not a game, which is where I hoped to be by studiously avoiding making a music album. Following the rules of theme parks stopped me from obscenities like ‘sides’, ‘tracks’ and linear listening. But now I can point out moments…
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Carousel of Progress
If you’re working on something unusual, it’s unusual to get much help or feedback. So you must critique your own work. I’m a harsh critic, and being forced to sit in a hospital waiting room made me even more cranky (nothing too serious just waiting on a friend’s scans). Today I decided to kick the…
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The sounds of the haunt
Having set out a few goals and identified early influences and previous attempts it’s time for some actual work. What is the basis of hauntiki sound? It’s easy to name check and call out influences – but that’s a inventory, not creation. Leave that for the musicologists. First look is rather vague A basic first…
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That’s not a curio…
“something (such as a decorative object) considered novel, rare, or bizarre“ Look online for ‘curio’ and you’ll be drowned in ditsy little wooden cabinets with a smattering of cut glass flutes and white porcelain gravy boats. Are you fucking kidding me? The only interesting thing about this is the sound it would make if thrown…