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fWotD Episode 2382: Tunic (video game).Welcome to featured Wiki of the Day where we read the summary of the featured Wikipedia article every day.The featured article for Sunday, 12 November 2023 is Tunic (video game).Tunic is a 2022 action-adventure game developed by Isometricorp Games and published by Finji. It is set in a ruined fantasy world, where the player controls an anthropomorphic fox on a journey to free a fox spirit trapped in a crystal. The player discovers the gameplay and setting by exploring and finding in-game pages of a manual that offers clues, drawings, and notes. The backstory is obscured; most text is given in a constructed writing system that the player is not expected to decipher. Tunic's isometric perspective hides numerous pathways and secrets.Designer Andrew Shouldice developed Tunic, his first major game, over seven years. He began work on it as a solo project in 2015, wanting to combine challenging gameplay with gentle visual and audio design. He was inspired by his childhood experiences playing Nintendo Entertainment System games like The Legend of Zelda (1986) and trying to understand game manuals for which he lacked context. Shouldice was joined during development by composers Terence Lee and Janice Kwan, audio designer Kevin Regamey, developer Eric Billingsley, and producer Felix Kramer. Publisher Finji joined the project in 2017 and announced Tunic at E3 2017.Tunic was released for macOS, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S in March 2022, followed by ports for Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5 in September. It received positive reviews, especially for its aesthetics, design, and gameplay, but drew some criticism for uneven difficulty and potential for players to feel stuck. Tunic won the Outstanding Achievement for an Independent Game award at the 26th Annual D. I. C. E. Awards, and the Artistic Achievement and Debut Game awards at the 19th British Academy Games Awards.This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 00:58 UTC on Sunday, 12 November 2023.For the full current version of the article, see Tunic (video game) on Wikipedia.This podcast uses content from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License.Visit our archives at wikioftheday.com and subscribe to stay updated on new episodes.Follow us on Mastodon at @wikioftheday@masto.ai.Also check out Curmudgeon's Corner, a current events podcast.Until next time, I'm Aria Neural.
Welcome to our first interview episode! Kevin Regamey is the Creative Director for Power Up Audio, the audio team behind such amazing games as Celeste, Darkest Dungeon, Cadence of Hyrule, TowerFall, and many more. Kevin and the team also work behind the scenes at SGDQ taking care of the audio. He's also a speedrunner and a very cool dude! We discuss his career in Video Game Sound Design from his early work to co-founding Power Up Audio. We go in depth on the topic of Celeste and the genesis of the beautiful soundscape of the game! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/need-for-speedrunning/message
We're back! Yes, already. We're just as surprised as you are. This one's a club banger. This week: [S] Cascade, the 13-minute Act 5 finale that brought down two major hosting platforms in one night. Sometimes frog cancer is a dog-god carapace-man, and sometimes you're wrong about the space explosion, and sometimes they're sort of all one thing. Jade does some extremely important juggling. Bec, in spite of himself, is a very good dog. Page 4109, just the one. Next time: We're starting Act 6. The kids earn some merit badges and the sun shines on Earth. Pages 4110 to 4345. P.S. You should check out the wiki article on this animation to read about all the amazing contributors who made Cascade possible! Hamometer reading: 50.28%. One small step for an imaginary thermometer, one thunderous narrative hurdle for Ham. You can find us on twitter and tumblr You can find alex on twitter and tumblr You can find Lydia socially distancing and playing with her cats. Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie. Intro music is “Showtime (Original Mix)”, by Malcolm Brown. Outro music is “Showtime (Piano Refrain)”, also by Malcolm Brown, arranged & performed by Kevin Regamey. Both are on the album Homestuck vol. 1-4
In these trying times, please allow us to humbly offer… Ham. This time, Karkat makes a horrible frog mistake, the Handmaid makes a break for it, and the kids go dark. Pages 3874 to 4108. Next time: [S] Cascade! Cascade is the 13-minute blockbuster Flash update that ended Act 5 and brought down two media hosts in one night. It deserves its own episode, so we're giving it one! Hamometer reading: 50.26%. We're halfway there! You can find us on twitter and tumblr You can find alex on twitter and tumblr You can find Lydia socially distancing and letting her dog out. Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie. Intro music is “Showtime (Original Mix)”, by Malcolm Brown. Outro music is “Showtime (Piano Refrain)”, also by Malcolm Brown, arranged & performed by Kevin Regamey. Both are on the album Homestuck vol. 1-4
Well!!!!!!!! Here’s Hamsteak!Alex and Lydia return triumphant for another Homestuck anniversary with an episode that was recorded in August. We’re still planning on finishing this thing within our human lifetimes, folks.John goes in the hole, Rose goes grimdark, Terezi goes to the roof and the reader goes to the doctor’s house. That’s right, it’s pages 3658 to 3873 of Homestuck.The absolute bangers mentioned are Black Rose, Green Sun and BL1ND JUST1C3 – 1NV3ST1G4T1ON !!When will the next episode be?! Hopefully in less than one calendar year! Thank you again for your patience and hello to anyone who’s hopped on in the meantime!Hamometer reading: 47.68%.You can find us on twitter and tumblr You can find alex on twitter and tumblr You can find Lydia socially distancing and letting her dog out.Homestuck, as always, is created by Andrew Hussie.Intro music is “Showtime (Original Mix)”, by Malcolm Brown. Outro music is “Showtime (Piano Refrain)”, also by Malcolm Brown, arranged & performed by Kevin Regamey. Both are on the album Homestuck vol. 1-4
Kevin Regamey – co-founder and creative director at Power Up Audio – swings in to talk all things audio design. Kevin discusses audio solutions they’ve provided to games in the […]
Kevin Regamey — co-founder and creative director at Power Up Audio — swings in to talk all things audio design. Kevin discusses audio solutions they’ve provided to games in the past and present, including Towerfall Ascension, Crypt of the NecroDancer, Tooth and Tail, Celeste, Descenders, Super Meat Boy Forever, and Tunic. We also converse about other great examples of modern audio design, such as Spider-Man’s exertion-based dialog performance, dynamic interruption systems, dialog hierarchies, and 2D sound occlusion. And we make sure to make mention of Kevin’s small contribution to Homestuck, how audio can provide accessibility options to a player, the usage of formants in Celeste, and Reel Talk — Kevin’s audio design feedback show. Games include Red Dead Redemption II and A Way Out. Got a question for the show? Join us on Discord or email us at contact@ward-games.com!
Hi! Sorry. We’re coming back soon. Thanks for your patience! Outro music is “Showtime (Piano Refrain)”, by Malcolm Brown, arranged & performed by Kevin Regamey. It is from the album “Homestuck vol. 1-4”, available to listen and download on Bandcamp.
Hi! Sorry. We’re coming back soon. Thanks for your patience! Outro music is “Showtime (Piano Refrain)”, by Malcolm Brown, arranged & performed by Kevin Regamey. It is from the album “Homestuck vol. 1-4”, available to listen and download on Bandcamp.
We tricked a real-live guest into the studio this week: Kevin Regamey, one of the founders of Power Up Audio and the current record holder for the Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons speedrun. So we prettied up for company and diverted from our usual bullshit, in order to talk up the speedrunning community, some of the methodologies behind glitch hunting, and what drives someone to want to go *as fast as possible* through a heartwarming game about family. Other topics include: using beds to kill dragons, hypest GDQ moments, and making mods for old PC games. Also hey if you want to get into the thriving scene of speedrunning Brothers - A Tale of Two Sons go tweet at Kevin, his twitter handle's below! Hosts: Chris Norris-Jones, Matt Emery, David Beebe, Kelly Wright Special Guest: Kevin Regamey (@regameyk), Creative Director at Power Up Audio, speedrunner extraordinaire, has a better beard than the rest of us combined Beer of the Week: Spinnakers Juice Monkey Tropical IPA Music by Sebastian Bender