Joe R Kassai | Game Audio & Music @zKassaiAudio
Game composer and sound designer/ https://t.co/JLJNECJ107 soundcloud.com/zkassai Joined November 2018-
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RE this dumbass marketing thing. Yes, we don’t have a credited marketer. I know it’s weird. We paid A LOT of money to trial the industry’s best agencies for this shit and they came up with nothing good. We learned some genuinely meaningful, replicable things from it.
Playtesters breaking your game #gamedev
definitive proof that representing animals as potatoes with added bits is THE superior way to draw animals.
definitive proof that representing animals as potatoes with added bits is THE superior way to draw animals.
Gas-mask plate armor knight with a gun? Why not. That's a wishlist for me.
Gas-mask plate armor knight with a gun? Why not. That's a wishlist for me.
This is a GREAT mechanic to build upon for juiciness. Why? Well, imagine little cosmetic effects, like having some weapons make the character use the weapon itself as part of the melee barrage. This wouldn't be said anywhere, and the player would find it out by testing.
This is a GREAT mechanic to build upon for juiciness. Why? Well, imagine little cosmetic effects, like having some weapons make the character use the weapon itself as part of the melee barrage. This wouldn't be said anywhere, and the player would find it out by testing.
You guys gotta break the cycle of hating your art and instead start thinking about why other people's styles look better to you Is it the colors they use? The brushes? They way they render art? Do they use thick lines or thin lines? We should lift each other up more
Infiltrate the labs of the Wolf's lair 🐺in this #OperationHighJump 🪂#screenshotsaturday 📸! Discover the mysterious new weapons developed by the enemy that could alter the course of the war They must be ours or be blown up💥! #indiedev #indiegames #gamedev #pixelart #ww2
Some stylistic elements in this remind me of @WWGAMINGNZ 's Rose and Locket. Does this mean we're gonna have more games with a moving-graphic-novel feel? I'd dig that.
Some stylistic elements in this remind me of @WWGAMINGNZ 's Rose and Locket. Does this mean we're gonna have more games with a moving-graphic-novel feel? I'd dig that.
Great example of how reverberating sounds can help sell the idea of POWER in an attack. Imagine if the laser sound were short. It wouldn't work. Now, imagine if the reverb was stereo. Wanna go REAL far? Imagine it adaptive, even. Too much, maybe, but MAN it'd be good...
Great example of how reverberating sounds can help sell the idea of POWER in an attack. Imagine if the laser sound were short. It wouldn't work. Now, imagine if the reverb was stereo. Wanna go REAL far? Imagine it adaptive, even. Too much, maybe, but MAN it'd be good...
One of my fav things about really tiny character proportions is how it makes swords just look like huge-ass chef's knives. Just look at it! It's so good. Cute, even. It's like watching Lego toys fight it out.
One of my fav things about really tiny character proportions is how it makes swords just look like huge-ass chef's knives. Just look at it! It's so good. Cute, even. It's like watching Lego toys fight it out.
If you're ever talking to a musician and hear them talk about "dorian", this is what it sounds like. The muffled synth playing the background harmony here. Hear the sense of mystery? It's calm, but slightly unsettled. Not discordant, but not completely stable either.
If you're ever talking to a musician and hear them talk about "dorian", this is what it sounds like. The muffled synth playing the background harmony here. Hear the sense of mystery? It's calm, but slightly unsettled. Not discordant, but not completely stable either.
It's absolutely mind-blowing to me how "being an intellectual" in a given field can sometimes be so completely separate from understanding that same field in any way that matters. "intellectual" music discourse is bizarre sometimes.
It's absolutely mind-blowing to me how "being an intellectual" in a given field can sometimes be so completely separate from understanding that same field in any way that matters. "intellectual" music discourse is bizarre sometimes.
grammar does not matter it’s a set of learned rules that does NOT determine your worth or intelligence and if someone decides to be a condescending ass to make you feel bad about it online, then just give me a call i’ll “well, actually 🤓” them until they regret it :)
Hey hey! WE ARE BACK! ☺️ And we are working on TWO fantastic games that you will know more details of real soon! ✨ 🏢The Berlin Apartment & Constance 🖌️ Wishlist NOW both of them on our steam page! store.steampowered.com/developer/btf
I love everything about this aesthetic
Deck-building / real-time action is such an interesting fusion of genres; it's odd that the ONLY other game in this genre I can think of is Battle Network. This looks ENTIRELY different, though, even though it's the same rare fusion of the same two seemingly incompatible genres!
Deck-building / real-time action is such an interesting fusion of genres; it's odd that the ONLY other game in this genre I can think of is Battle Network. This looks ENTIRELY different, though, even though it's the same rare fusion of the same two seemingly incompatible genres!
There's just SOMETHING about a tall, lanky creature wearing an animal skull. Timeless design.
There's just SOMETHING about a tall, lanky creature wearing an animal skull. Timeless design.
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@zKassaiAudio @_theMatteBlack Pretty well actually! Subspace Emissary of course showed that there was potential, although the level design was not very good. But given that DD stages are made with the moveset of 1 to 4 characters only in mind, creating these stages is way funnier and allows more freedom!
How can I improve other people's luck without reducing my own?
Be kind, and encouraging. Donate to org's you believe in and verify. Dominate your field teach others and give people jobs?
How can I improve other people's luck without reducing my own?
I don’t believe in creative talent. Talent is often used to describe ability that came naturally - something innate that you were born with. Nobody is born with a pencil in their hands, but they might have a will to express themselves or create through the arts, drawing,…
@zKassaiAudio @RobinPoedev You could say you have to get really... PO'ed
If it isn’t immediately obvious, I am very passionate about games and that’s why I take the responsibility of being brutally honest very seriously. It takes a lot of honesty, and a lot of zeal to make this stuff work.
Very happy to be proven wrong but then Google Stadia announced itself with BG3, and despite being the largest advertising economy in the world (?) quietly shat itself into oblivion. You’d think they’d have AlL ThE DaTa.
This is why - as clampdowns on trackers increase, social media use falls under scrutiny, and players become increasingly suspicious of (and distant from!) traditional actors, I suggest that “‘marketing is dead” and the true MVP is communication and product focus. This cannot be…
And then the job becomes maintenance. Sustenance. A conversation in a societal sense is a resonant globule that expands over time. It needs fuel. That fuel is not advertisements but rather conversational interjections. Like being in the middle of a dinner table. You are the host.
Every projection you’re presented with is false. I call these magic 8 balls. The only security you will ever find is in the players. If you are literally overwhelmed by the conversation and the conversation is positively tracked, you may be onto something.
Once you assume the “product” (I do not use this term) is good you have to understand you’re a liability. If it’s not good, it’ll have problems. If it is good, you could make it flop, or optimistically, there’s degrees of success. There are no trad methods that earn security.
10) Don’t look back. Look forward. Focus on what works for you, and what isn’t working for you, and tune your message until it is. Things are going to get harder but there’s a lot of opportunity for earnest expressions for direct audiences that currently exist. Of that I am sure.
9) Most important: it has never been easier to *potentially* reach your audience directly. Less so outside of PC, but that’s the sphere where innovations happen. Express authentically and understand the tools you have to reach those players. Figure out that conversation.
8) Figure out how to execute your expression. Sometimes a live cow is the correct expression. Sometimes raw gameplay is the right expression. You’re looking for a meaningful connection and the best way to do that is to express the best you can for the moment, but execute well.
7) Impressions don’t mean anything to you. They’re a bogus economy that serve only to fund a quite literal false economy. It distances yourself from your target audience. Focus on tangible expressions, organic reactions, etc. your CM is your most valuable asset.
6) KPIs are a plague. Had a conversation about this with a MKT director recently. Don’t speak just to fill a quota. Make sure you’re saying something that resonates. If you have nothing to say, it’s ok to be quiet until you do.
5) don’t bamboozle. To establish true social resonance you need a 50/50 relationship with an audience. They respect you, you respect them (this is where trad marketing is at odds and where communications supersedes). Speak your truth and let them speak theirs.
4) The best way to connect with someone in a meaningful way is to speak their language in a way that makes them feel engaged. What do they want? Do you have it? Do you understand them? Exhibit it in a way that’s authentic for you.
3) Control spend. We’re entering a product-focused era. Your grandma is on Facebook but you’re actively engaged with your hobby (gaming). Assume people are seeking out their niche. Find them. Talk to them.
2) understand where they are. Digital distribution is good cus guess where people hang out. Online. Reaching has never been easier (read: it is not easy. But you do *not* want to go back to the days where a retailer was in charge of that). Discord, digital store avenues, etc.
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