The Illusion of Progress

I thought I had run out of things to talk about by this point, but of course by given how creative I am, there’s at least one more thing worth writing a blog post about.
Creativity doesn’t equal great so I’m not certain if this’ll be an interesting read, but let’s see how my blog writing can save it!
In Spirits of The Shogun when outside of fighting, the background scrolls with a parallax effect whenever the player pushes against the right boundary. […]

The Effect of Crossfading Soundtrack

This has been a cool addition to the game!
The soundtrack changes depending on which realm the player currently is in. If the player is in the human realm, asian instruments and taiko drums plays. If the player is in the spirit realm, the soundtrack goes all electronic and choirs are heard singing.
By the time I had to implement this dynamic effect, the gameplay themes of the game were nearly done, but still usable as they were. In fact, these uploaded tracks aren’t […]

The Complete Flow of Spirits of The Shogun

Hey guys!
A lot has been done this week. After a couple of weekly design meetings we concluded how the game flow of Spirits of The Shogun works like, and it was up to me to program the game to have the decided flow.
In Spirits of The Shogun, you begin progressing through the endless level by walking to the right. You can’t walk back from where you came from. It’s like the level progression in older Mario games.
When you have reached a […]

The Complete Flow of Spirits of The Shogun

Hey guys!
A lot has been done this week. After a couple of weekly design meetings we concluded how the game flow of Spirits of The Shogun works like, and it was up to me to program the game to have the decided flow.
In Spirits of The Shogun, you begin progressing through the endless level by walking to the right. You can’t walk back from where you came from. It’s like the level progression in older Mario games.
When you have reached a […]

Making of The Main Theme Soundtrack

I’ve always liked to compose soundtracks for games. Since I experienced the beautiful soundtrack of Yoshi’s Island, the idea of me being the next Koji Kondo or Yoko Shimomura has enticed me! I’d like to talk more about what happened from my first experience with a good OST to now, but I’ll skip it so I don’t bore my viewers.
A great opportunity to test what I can do approached me when a lead sound designer was requested for my team. I quickly […]

Implementing Realm Switching

The Human Realm, although there are no humans here yet.
What?
The core mechanic of Spirits of The Shogun is that the player can switch between realms to defeat one type of otherwise invincible enemies at a time.
There are two different realms and each realm have two distinct types of enemies. The Human Realm have human enemies and The Spirit Realm have demon enemies.
The player is present in only one of the realms but has the ability to switch to the other. The […]