The music is well underway for Triangle Man, an intense punisher platformer developed by independent Woolongong based company Convict Interactive. Game play see’s Triangle Man having to dodge bad guys, negotiate tricky level design, collect coins and make it to the level exit. You die many times in this game, and it has been described as “frustratingly addictive” by many gamers who have been beta testing. Each world has a different theme, and the music reflects this, whether it is the fun, quirky and colourful music of the underwater reef world, or the driving beats of the intense volcano world. Read more
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The Process: Meryl Tankard
The latest episode of The Process, in which Josh Tyler talks with dance choreographer Meryl Tankard, is now available.
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Game Engine Podcast
“The Game Engine” is a podcast by game developers, for game developers. Each week, they look at some news in the game development sphere, with an eye to using these to discuss the processes of game development itself.
In the upcoming episode on the Audio Paradigm, Episode 39, Angus was asked about the processes of composing music for games, while Paul Nunes of Puny Human talked about aspects of sound design. Read more
Flatland
In just 96 hours, over a period of three weeks, Angus worked with SeeThrough Studios to develop the game Flatland: Fallen Angle. Inspired by the 1884 novella Flatland by Edwin Abbott Abbott, Fallen Angle is the noir-esque tale of an isosceles triangle on the run from the law and hungry for revenge! Over ten astonishingly two-dimensional levels, the player must negotiate the various neighbourhoods of Polygonometropolis, and use their three angles to slice, splinch and shatter anyone who gets in their way!
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GameJam 2012
Over a single weekend in late January, two members of the Studio Ripple team, Dan and Angus, took part in the GameJam 2012 held in Sydney. For 48 hours a group of over 100 game designers, developers and artists – both amateur and professional – came together for an intensive Jam Session, forming small creative teams to design and prototype innovative game ideas. Both Dan and Angus jumped straight in, creating the music and sound for two games, Nois Rucker and Out Of Reach. Both games ended up receiving Award Nominations and Dan walked away with an award for Best Use Of Concept.
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2011 Wrap Up
The last quarter of 2011 was packed with activity but before we get cracking into the New Year here’s a brief wrap up of what we’ve had going on. Read more
HAPPY FEET 2 and BAIT
It’s been a busy month for Studio Ripple having just finished orchestrating on the features HAPPY FEET TWO and BAIT alongside Jigsaw music. Although both aquatically themed, to two films couldn’t have been further apart on the genre spectrum, with HAPPY FEET TWO, (written and directed by George Miller) an animated adventure musical about dancing penguins, and BAIT (directed by Kimbell Rendall) a horror action shark thiller. Oscar nominated composer John Powell again scored the music for the HAPPY FEET franchise whilst BAIT was composed by the Singaporean composers Joe Ng and Alex Oh.
HAPPY FEET TWO is due for release in november. BAIT is due for release later in the year.
The Process Podcast has launched
The Process Podcast, a series of interviews with leading Australian based artists working in the performing arts is available now through iTunes. Interviewed by writer and dramaturg Joshua Tyler, and recorded at Studio Ripple in Sydney, The Process Podcast provides an intimate platform for conversation about artistic process; the practice of creating theatrical work, the daily creative habits of artists, the similarities between disciplines and lessons and advice that can be passed on to others. Read more
Theme for ABC’s Crownies recorded at Studio Ripple
Lanie Lane is getting lots of attention lately, and the ABC are the latest to catch on. Her song, “What Do I Do?” – recorded and mixed by Chris at the Ripple studio, is the theme for the new ABC drama “Crownies“. Behind the scenes footage from the recording of her new album, also aired in a recent episode of the ABC’s Art Nation. The album, recorded and mixed by Chris, is due for release mid-october through Ivy League.
Latest projects screened this month
Studio Ripple’s latest projects to hit the big and small screen this month are the controversial TVC for the Governments Carbon Tax and a Feature documentary screening as part of this month Sydney International Film Festival. Read more