“A lot of those games are not optimized around the game design and the gameplay and the players as much,” Augustine-Yee said. Phil Spencer, head of Xbox, added to that notion this week when he said NFT games so far have seemed more about being exploitative than entertaining. When QXR told fans it was working on a blockchain game, it got a visceral reaction, Devine said, as such games are associated with scams. And if we actually do it in a democratic way, that’s fun for players, then we started thinking about it,” Devine said. “I thought if we could actually do something useful with NFTs, we could actually make them interesting. Augustine-Yee said the team didn’t like that idea because it motivates players to make money rather than have fun. Metropolis Origins does not support a play-to-earn feature, where players earn rewards, Devine said. In coming to that conclusion, Devine is a rarity so far among famous game designers. “I thought that was a terrible idea,” Devine said. Someone suggested that the team fund the effort with NFT sales.
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On the side, we started to make a Metropolis PC game that used WebXR as well.”Īt the same time, the blockchain games started taking off. We started to work on demos on WebXR, and looked for prototype funding. “We didn’t want to go with VC funding because we saw what that did to Magic Leap. We looked for all sorts of ways to fund ourselves,” Devine said. “We founded QXR a year ago and we started to make this universe. Qxr Studios sees play and storytelling as the heart of any creative endeavor. TRAILER SFX: Custom / Private Samples, AVA Instinct, Cinematic Trailers Designed, Epic Sound Effects Quantum, Scenes From The Multiverse Vol.The studio believes in playing for fun, not grinding through repetitive interactions to make money (otherwise known as “work”). Some of you aren't going to like this, but here's my thoughts on Edirol, Sonatina and the likes. Strings, Woodwinds & Orchestral Runs made easy. Mixing & Mastering: iZotope Ozone, ValhallaRoom, ValhallaShimmer, FL Studio Plugins Trailer SFX: Juggernaut, Cinematic Trailers Designed, Scenes From The Multivere Vol.1, Shredders, AVA Instinct Percussion: Damage, Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion Brass: Metropolis Ark 1, Century Brass, Jaeger Strings: Metropolis Ark 1, Cinematic Strings 2, Fluid Shorts, Jaeger 3.7 GHz Intel Core i7 8700k / 32GB DDR4 RAM / 2TB Samsung Evo860 M.2 SSDĢ.6GHz Intel Core i7-6700HQ / 16GB DDR4 RAM / 1TB Samsung Evo860 M.2 SSD Original Song: Thor The Dark World by Brian Tyler Here's three lessons learned from my mistakes with Panning, Mic Positions & Reverbs which will make your orchestral mixes much more clear. MIDI Keyboard: M-Audio Keystation 49 MkIIIĪ few weeks in Berlin, I met the team behind the legendary Metropolis Ark 1 and had a nice conversation with them.įull interview at Orchestral Tools's channel: Laptop PC: Asus ROG GLW752 (2.6GHz Intel Core i7-6700HQ / 16GB DDR4 RAM / 1TB Samsung Evo860 M.2 SSD) Desktop PC: 3.7 GHz Intel Core i7 8700k / 32GB DDR4 RAM / 2TB Samsung Evo860 M.2 SSD MIXING & MASTERING: iZotope Ozone 9 Advanced, iZotope Neutron, FabFilter Pro-Q3, FL Studio Plugins TRAILER SFX: Custom / Private Samples, AVA Instinct, Cinematic Trailers Designed, Epic Sound Effects Quantum, Scenes From The Multiverse Vol.1, Juggernaut, Jaeger, Evolution Atlantica, AizerX Classic Trailers Toolkit, AizerX Trailer SFX Tools GUITARS: Basic Live Guitars & Bass routed into Waves GTR / Guitar Rig, Metropolis Ark 1, Heavyocity Atlantica SOLO STRINGS: Tina Guo Solo Cello, Solos of the Sea, Cinematic Studio Strings Solo ORCHESTRAL SFX: Metropolis Ark 3, Palette Orchestral FX SYNTHS: Juggernaut, Serum, Harmor, Jaeger, Evolution Atlantica, HARPS & OTHERS: CineHarp, Kontakt Factory Library PIANO: The Giant, Woodchester Piano, Spitfire LABS Soft Piano ORCHESTRAL PERCS: CinePerc, Rhapsody Orchestral Percussion, Kontakt Factory Library BIG CINEMATIC PERCS: Los Angeles Modern Percussion, New Epic Toms Ensemble, New Epic Dhol Ensemble, CinePerc HYBRID PERCS & LOOPS: Damage, PercX, Decimator Drums, Cerberus WOODWINDS: CineWinds CORE, Nucleus, Metropolis Ark 1 & 3
CHOIR: Oceania, Metropolis Ark 1, Stormchoir 2 BRASS: Metropolis Ark 1 & 3, JXL Brass, Nucleus, Twelve Horn Ensemble, CineBrass CORE, Century Brass, Jaeger, Angry Brass STRINGS: Metropolis Ark 1 & 3, Nucleus, Cinematic Studio Strings, Fluid Shorts, Cinematic Strings 2, Jaeger (For each module, the libraries are sorted based on how much I like them).
Get Metropolis Ark at a Discounted price: Since I've been asked this quite a lot these days, here's my take on why Metropolis Ark 1 is the best orchestral library for what I do, and which library you should get between Ark 1, 2 and 3 if you write Loud Orchestral Music.