We’re back on the floor of the Blip Festival for more chiptune madness, and also catch up with some of our favorite game developers. We cannot be held responsible for any face-melting that occurs during watching. We also cannot be held responsible for our own ridiculous hyperbole. It’s a condition and we cannot help it.
Blip Festival – Show Floor Reactions/JDD3J Interview
We go to the show floor to see who everyone’s favorite acts are and interview Je Deviens DJ en 3 Jours.
Je Deviens DJ en 3 Jours – EMAIL FOR MUSIC
Free Indie Countdown
#3 – Little Rocket – Flash, Arcade, Animals Play Games – LINK
#2 – Bonkers in the Sewers – Windows, Platformer, Lazrael – LINK
#1 – Paradox Embrace – Flash, Platformer, Steve Castro/Jay Ziebarth/Caulder Bradford – LINK
Interview: Anamanaguchi/RainbowDragonEyes/Failotron
Anamanaguchi is one of the biggest names in the chiptune scene and RainbowDragonEyes had one of the best sets at Blip2009 – getting them both in one room nearly opened a rift in spacetime due to awesome overload.
We also revisit with Failotron and learn some lessons of self-promotion.
Anamanaguchi – LINK
RainbowDragonEyes – LINK
Failotron – LINK
Feedback: Best Chiptune Game Soundtracks
Instruments. Psssh. Orchestral arrangements. Pffft. Disc-based audio. PFAH! All the real game soundtracks in the world are written in sequencing software and played through sound chips. At least, that’s our theory. We asked you to help us back it up, and here are your case studies.
Next week’s Feedback question: What’s your favorite Winter-themed game level? Weigh in with a video or audio comment on www.Bytejacker.com or leave a message on our hotline: (530) 675-GAME
Interview: Phil Fish, Kokoromi/Polytron
Phil Fish is one of the members of Polytron, the team that’s bringing us Fez later this year, and also Kokoromi, the collective that created GAMMA – a yearly showcase of indie games based around a single theme. This is GAMMA’s fourth year and the theme is “one-button games.” We talk to Phil about the creation of GAMMA and why events like it are important to the gaming community.
Kokoromi – LINK
GAMMA IV – LINK
Polytron – LINK
Interview: ADAMATOMIC
Adam Saltsman is the creator of iPhone favorite Canabalt, as well as previous Bytejacker pick Gravity Hook and the Flixel framework for creating games in Flash. We talk about the breakout success of Canabalt and the importance of atmosphere in games.
Semi-Secret Software – LINK
Canabalt – LINK
Gravity Hook on Bytejacker – LINK
Flixel – LINK
Free Indie Rapid Fire
All Games this week are from the TIGSource Assemblee Competition.
GUYMAN HERO – Windows, Platformer, feeblethemighty – LINK
BitWorld – Windows/OS X, Dungeon Crawler, Ivan Safrin – LINK
Tile Massacre SHMUP – Windows/OS X, Shmup/Action, Niall Moody – LINK
All Assemblee Finished Entries – LINK
This Week’s Music:
Nullsleep
“Salvation for a Broken Heart”
Unconditional Acceleration
LINK
The J. Arthur Keenes Band
“Supplicant”
Pamplemousse
LINK
Nullsleep
“Galaxy Tonite”
Unconditional Acceleration
LINK
Stalk-O-Tronic
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Favorite winter themed level in a video game. Well there are so many. A lot of super mario and mega man games have them. Though what level i really enjoy playing is freezeezy peak in Banjo Kazooie. Anyone who has played Super Mario 64 or Super Mario Sunshine remembers collecting either 120 stars. What was fun about Banjo Kazooie was the fact that there was a new skill to learn in every level. Except for levels 6-9. Freezeezy Peak you learn a cool beak bomb while flying. Now look back at Super Mario 64. I though it would of been awesome if Mario had a similar attack. Freezeezy Peak seemed the most winter themed in my opinion. Christmas tree, giant snowman, and evil snowmen who threw snowballs at you. Also you lost health when you touched the ice cold water.
I just downloaded this on my 360, played it, beat it, then went on to Banjo Tooie cause i never beat it when i was a kid. I come across level 7 which is Hailfire hills i think it was. Which was a fire/ice level. Which also had a fire and ice dragon boss. Too easy though, but still was fun to play.
Another ice/winter themed level i actually played last night was in Call of Duty warfare 2. The second level where you are climbing up the ice mountain. I thought it was hilarious, i couldn’t make that one jump and the other guy just slides down from out of nowhere and throws you back up.
As for chill penguins stage, i like it, not my personal favorite due to the fact that you automatically get the Dash upgrade halfway through the level. Which was replaced in the Maverick Hunter game for the PSP.
Personally my favorite Megaman Snow/winter level would have to be Frost Walruses level in Megaman X4. Look at the background when fighting the midboss. Chill penguin and Blizzard Buffolo are sitting in the back frozen in ice. It just makes me laugh. Thinking that Frost Walrus was going to be some big hard boss but ends up being a big pushover.
Awww man, why did i hit Tom’s reply button, now my comment is all the way up there when i wanted it to be all the way down there.
I did forget the mention, when playing Super Mario Galaxy, I thought it was one of the hardest Mario games till i played New super mario bros for the WII. The reason being, Every level only had 3 stars in it and i thought that was so boring at first till i find out that there are like 3 other stars that i didnt know about lol.
But when you think about it, no one mentioned the third world in the newest super mario wii game. Which had a penguin suit in it. That was awesome!!! I loved fighting Larry, i think it was Larry in world 3, who had the big ball. Like in Super Mario Bros 3. Super Mario for the Wii was the hardest game i’ve played my entire life.
I just realized my voice sounds funny because I’m wearing my retainer.
Last week I repeated “like”. This week it was “really”. Who knows what’s next.
But really though, epicly amazing episode with epicly amazing interviews. Definitely more to add to the collection of ever growing chiptunes albums. Also, a shout-out to the fact that I have now acquired the phrase “makes me wanna punch a baby”. All my friends now think I’m a psycopath.
Try saying that when many folk you know DO actually have kids, and see of they’re still your friends afterwards (waves at joe) :P
When I finally make my first vidyagame, it’s going to be Super Baby Puncher EX Turbo: Punchingest Fire.
Na, it’s cool, Laurence. People can talk about punching babies, but have you ever actually tried punching a baby? Even when you’re baby-puching mad? Can’t do it, man. Even if the baby is just asking for it. You get your arm cocked back, ready to go, and that survival instinct kicks in. That little voice in the back of your head goes “If you do it, it’s Mama is gonna kill you.”
Same thing for throwing them across the room.
@Anthony, I approve of your game idea. Of course I think everyone should make games.
So far, I think I’ve wanted to punch a baby for all the games you didn’t say I’d want to punch a baby for. I was ready to try the baby punching hard game first, but ironically it wasn’t able to download making me want to shake hands and kiss babies.
As far as the winter-themed levels go, I’m not sure if I should pick 1080 Snowboarding or SkiFree. D: I’m going purely for nostalgic value here. Whatever, I’ll just video comment it up later.
The link to Adam Saltsman’s gravity hook on actually leads to a later episode featuring the game “grappling hook”.
YOUR link to Adam Saltsman’s gravity hook on actually leads to a later episode featuring the game “grappling hook”.
(Fixed. Thanks.)
what is this mass effect the episode speaks of :D?
Very small indie title from a relatively unknown studio. ;)
Hey Ant, could you hook us up with a link to the ‘Condom’ chip-tune band’s web-site or music repository?
Thanks man!
Hey. Gustave – there actually isn’t one. CONDOM is two artists who performed together just this once, Covox and Random.
The Free Music Archive is putting up some live recordings of the Blip performances, though, and hopefully the set will wind up there:
http://freemusicarchive.org/search/?quicksearch=live+at+blip+festival
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Ok. So as a followup to my video, here are a couple of youtube vids that showcase the Sonic 3 – Michael Jackson link.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbVM-l2Oku4&NR=1&feature=fvwp
please see the updated notes, it explains some of the inconsistencies in the vid. Another user put a mix of Sonic 3 staff credits and “stranger in moscow” up here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSXV-ufWisk&feature=related
Man. I’m a geek….
Dude, I hate underwater levels, especially in any Super Mario game, like Super Mario 64. Even the old school Super Mario gameboy game with the underwater sub level. That one sucked. It just relentlessly pushed you forward. Man, I can think of other ones too, like this one James Bond gamecube game where you had to avoid bombs underwater in your car that can drive underwater. SO HARD!
I have to agree with you on that. Absolutely hate underwater levels. And in addition to being annoying to control, you have a stupid air limit that just makes you panic whenever you hit a wall.
tell me about it. I still have nightmares about the drowning song that plays in the sonic games.
AH, I hated underwater levels too! That song… when I was a kid I would have nightmares too…
Banjo Kazooie had that problem, underwater controls were so annoying, the water stage was just terrible…
Lol, I hadn’t watched your video, but your so right. That song is great and most ppl who remember the sonic music usually rate that one high up.
I left a videocomment on last week’s episode last night, so it probably won’t get looked at, so I’m gonna link to it here…
http://www.bytejacker.com/episodes/071/comment-page-1#comment-6270
just to repeat myself:
FAO all folks familiar with the megaman soundtrack… is the first song in that audiosurf montage (“coloniel – dr wily’s last robot” ) similar to – or actually in – any of the Megaman games?…
yes/no/any thoughts on the tunes people?
Try again, hopefully third time lucky for the same upload. >:(
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jon, anthony, delete the first 2 since those vids are exactly the same, viddler was being a pain and seemed to think a video I uploaded had been deleted.
I look forward to seeing your over produced special effect laden uploaded video responses in the future.
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O and BTW I forgot to mention that For guyman hero: Mapping an essential Game funtion (in this case jumping) to a shift key is not a wise thing to do, especially since i kept getting the “shift lock” caption popping up like crazy, this narked me right off!!
Anbd this was the concert i was at…
I already mentioned it on the Facebook site, but if anyone wants some chiptune action from my side of the atlantic, have a read/watch of this…
http://dorky-doric.posterous.com/a-great-night-of-chiptunes-in-dundee
I know you guys hyped it everywhere, but you were right: best show ever ^_^
I actually scared Phil Fish at the fest. He walked in I think on Fighter X where I was and I told him I was a fan of his work. He slowly got creeped out in a weird “japanese-tourist-smile-happy-go-go” way. I don’t blame him though >_<
Revision3′s dropping the ball; the video isn’t available right now :(
Hmmm…Viddler’s not really working for me at the moment. :\ After I stop recording, it just says “Saving” for the longest time and it never goes up from 0%. Maybe I’ll just check back later then.
Hey, guys –
If you run into problems with Viddler, please send along exactly what happened along with your platform and browser info to admin@bytejacker.com
I’m having a hard time recreating any errors that anyone’s experiencing.
Got it to work! I think Viddler was just down at the moment. But I had to go to the Viddler website to sign up, because something was wrong with the mini sign-up on here.
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And for the record, no, I haven’t played many scary games. That’s probably why a little, pixelated, jumping gray monster scares me shitless.
I had the same problem. Odd…
AGREED! Ah, that game gave me nightmares… the little thing just dashes across the screen, and gets you before you even notice… ah, hated it…
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I know Joe Larson probably has more right to ask simple clarification questions like this than me, a 21 year old whose never made a game but enjoys playing them. Don’t mean to be a jackass, and I don’t think I really come across in this video as one, but it’s a simple question.
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Ooh, had to use the bad mic. Sorry about the sound quality.
And the hair.
I think I played Golden Eye. I forgot about it, but now that you mention it it’s triggered a memory.
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Loved Goldeneye. My first 1st person shooter, and the multiplayer was just great.
Goldeneye was pretty much soldered permanently into the N64 of everyone I knew. I <3'd it.
Well, you know, last week I asked for “Chiptunes” and everyone immediately thought “8-bit.” Whatever’s clever. Pretend you’re Captain America, not Superman – go for the spirit of the law and not the letter.
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I queued up the video for clarification.
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WINTER LEVELS HUH?
Danny, that video is awesome. You should seriously make that game. It would be a hilarious Bytejacker exclusive.
xD Poor “camera guy” Jon. You definitely should make this game.
So basically it’s “Silly Anthony, Don’t Run Away While I’m Filming” but with ice. And me. Which is cool. http://www.bytejacker.com/episodes/045
Never gonna happen. Can’t get Anthony on the roof when it’s that cold.
Ah Ice levels, aka the levels that you play after the cleaners have been to it,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM8aUJKUx-0#t=0m14s
(I’m only referencing that particular blooper :P )
Fave winter game
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I think I got it down! I’ll see the other comments in a bit, after i fix my damn router
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Megaman 8, Frost man was pretty awesome too
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The first 5 seconds got cut. I was talking about the fact that Viddler doesn’t remember you and you have to log in every time.
Megaman X (1)’s winter level was also awesome.
AH! Chill Penguins stage was so awesome! The music rocked for that one too… And the fact that everything froze in the Flame Mammoth stage. Just awesome.
… and how megaman’s breath came out in puffs. I mean, I don’t know why a robot has breath that condenses, but for the system it was running on that was a really cool little detail.
Man, making me want to whip out my old MegamanX disk an play it. (I have it on CD rom for my computer, tho emulated on the SNes is exactly the same.)
You must mean the blob mid boss in spark mandrills stage. Which if you do beat chill penguin first it will knock down all the electricity in the first part of Spark’s stage.
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Gir was sad last week, recording a video didn’t work :( So he decided to answer last weeks question anyway because he looooooooooooooves chip tunes. Sid chip awesomeness for the world! (he also mucked around in Imovie… not so sure about that lol).
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And the best snow level? No gir here :)
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EHI!
The mail for Je Deviens DJ en 3 Jours album doesn’t work.. I am sooooooo unhappy… My children are crying…
Please Carboni do something!
Make me fell happy AGAIN! I fall in love with Je Deviens DJ en 3 Jours!!!
Fixed. Try it now.
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My video’s not working for some reason. Maybe it’s just for me but if you wanna see it, go to this link: http://www.viddler.com/jdog667jkt/videos/1/
Dunno if it’s a viddler problem, but I can’t hear you!! :(
Im camera shy so.. sorry Anthony.
But I just had to let everyone know how much I love Ice Cap Zone from Sonic 3. It’s amazing. I love the music, the backgrounds, the penguin enemies, and most of all the pointless snowboarding at the beginning.
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The first thing i thought about when i played it was that it had hearts like legend of zelda and what looked like a magic meter underneath the hearts like in ocarina of time. Paper mario, yes yes yes, imagine a paper legend of zelda. I think it would be a hit. Like toon link in wind waker.
NINTENDO MAKE IT!
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And I was 11 so I had that going for me.
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Now i`m ceeping you warm :)
I dont remember the question so screw you for making me make the joke..
If i only had a video recorder, then you shall all know what Russelloni has to say. By the way my name is a merge of my last name, and my girlfriends last name. Since neither of us want to change names when we are married.
Aha I’ve invented something new.
I am officially a jacker of bytes. : )
Favorite winter themed level would officially be The winter level from “star-fox assault” on the game cube
It wasn’t even a good game but in that one level, you plow through robot bugs trying to take out the power source of a shield. After you do that, you fight 30 security droids. After the droids, you ride on the wing of a jet with a gun that has unlimited ammunition. Once your finished with that, you take down a giant silo machine that takes forever to kill.
All in all, that is my favorite winter themed level.
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