Mayday Friday “Love is in the air, also shrapnel”
Hello everyone,
Happy valentines weekend! Make sure to take your significant other into the skies, it’s a perfect way to spend time, share experiences, and get them to call you “the captain.” If you’re not into the pink and frilly corporate holiday, hop in game and blow the happy couples out of the sky!
Before you either embrace or destroy Valentines day, join us at twitch.tv/gunsoficarus at 3 pm eastern for the Dev Fireside chat! We’ll be live with the founder and leader designer talking about all the things coming into Alliance mode including new guns, maps, and destructible terrain!
Follow the jump to see what we’re all working on, be reminded our new event, and see the player of the week! (more…)
Now Available – New Soundtrack Music + Upgrade to CE
Hi everyone, we have some exciting news!
New Live Opening Theme
It’s always been a dream of ours to have our main theme be performed live, and our dream finally came true! We brought in an accomplished string quartet to record the main theme captured it into two new tracks – string and alternative pizzicato versions.
If you have the Collector’s Edition, these two new tracks are available immediately. Additionally, as a bonus, all CE owners also now have access to the sheet music. The new theme will be added to the next update soon. If you own the base game, you can now upgrade to the Collector’s Edition, it’s even 66% off until the end of the Lunar New Year Sale! If you want to learn more about how we made this all happen, here’s a chronicle of the creative process:
http://gunsoficarus.com/blog/making-of-guns-of-icarus-main-theme-music/
Troubadour of Burren Event!
Since we’re releasing our new live version of the main theme, we’d love to hear your version as well! In your game folder you’ll find sheet music to the Guns of Icarus Main Theme, the same one we’re releasing today. Take any instrumental, vocal, or other musical ability you have to do your own cover. Every person that emails in their cover version to feedback@musegames.com (bad, great, or otherwise) will receive a free item of their choice and, in the next patch, the exclusive title Touring Troubadour. The event ends on March 18th!
The best cover will have a chance to be released into the game files for everyone to hear. Good luck sky captains!
Credits:
Theme by Zain Effendi
Arranged by Andres Soto,
Producer/Contractor/Editor: Mitchell Mccarthy
Performed by:
Eric Allen (Cello)
Adrianna Mateo (Violin)
Kallie Ciechomski (Viola)
Rebekah Durham (Violin)
Recorded at Douglass Recording
Mayday Friday “Lunar Novice Phenomenon”
Hello everyone!
This is a big weekend with a massive sale on Steam, new youtubers talking about Guns of Icarus, limited time exclusive title, and some cool items! Also on Monday keep an eye out for an something really special.
As always at 3 pm eastern we’ll be on twitch.tv/gunsoficarus talking to you live about everything Guns of Icarus and Alliance related , answering questions, and giving a behind the scenes look at the development process.
Follow the Jump to learn about the Lunar Novice Phenomenon, what our team has been working on, and our player of the week! (more…)
Mayday Friday “Remember our training? We didn’t have any training!”
Hello Everyone,
The big news of the week is the tutorial progress and a new soundtrack work. To see a snippet of that work involving flames check this out! If you’re interested in the wonderful music give a listen here! We’re also preparing for new players on their way in.
To hear all the latest news and talk to us live join us at twitch.tv/gunsoficarus. We’ll be answering every questions brought up and hanging with you guys starting at 3 pm eastern and going for the next hour.
To hear about our work for the week and see our player of the week follow the jump! (more…)
Making of Guns of Icarus Main Theme Music
A Journey from Conception to Live Instrumentation
Guns of Icarus Main Theme 2 Years in the Making
Crafting the main theme music is one vital part of shaping and communicating the vision, worldview, and tone of Guns of Icarus. When people open the game, especially for the first time, it’s the first thing that they are exposed to. It’s that window into the creative soul of the game, connecting people emotionally with the worldview and context we try to shape.
This journey started shortly after the initial release of the game, at the time we launched the Kickstarter for the expansion. In addition to the frenzy of running the campaign and the incredible support of our players, the one surprising thing that happened during the campaign was composers and artists reaching out to us, looking to collaborate. One of the composers who reached out was Zain Effendi. When we looked at his portfolio, we gulped. A composer who’s worked with Hans Zimmer wanting to work with us!? We didn’t think it would be possible. But as it turned out, Zain was interested in branching out into games and working with indie developers, so we became one of his indie projects. (more…)