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On the topic of music, I was wondering if there were any other video game soundtracks that had an influence on the KS soundtrack. Were there any that had such a big impact that you used some similar elements in your own work, or even inspired you to start working in your respective field?

SpecimenSix wrote:On the topic of music, I was wondering if there were any other video game soundtracks that had an influence on the KS soundtrack. Were there any that had such a big impact that you used some similar elements in your own work, or even inspired you to start working in your respective field?

I'm a huge, huge fan of video game music, it's what got me into music in the first place. I played Final Fantasy X when it came out and I wanted to learn the opening song, To Zanarkand. After I picked up a keyboard and started teaching myself to play I'd also write down arrangements of game music on paper, and later on I downloaded Finale and started to make arrangements which I would submit to a website called Square Sound. I must've submitted over a hundred of these in the span of a couple years, but most of them were pretty crap. But to this day I still regularly make arrangements of video game music, they're a lot better now.

Despite that, I can't say the KS soundtrack specifically was inspired by any video game music. When I started working on KS I was just learning about visual novels so I was exposing myself to the medium and absorbing all the terrible VN soundtrack archetypes, so there were a number of pieces that were designed solely based on the assumption that "any visual novel has to have this kind of piece" (ie, "Comfort" was meant to be a generic music box track). Specifically, I liked the VNs by KEY and their anime adaptations, so I drew a lot of influences from those. The most direct nod at KEY was "Hokabi". I wanted that track to sound sort of like "Yuki no Shoujo" from Kanon; the drum riff is identical to the one from "Yuki no Shoujo", and the instrumentation is largely the same.

kindspy wrote:Also, any intentions of redoing Ah-Eh-I-Oh-You? Once I'm done recording, your more than welcome to use it. (I'd be using a midi rhythm section).

I'm always up for some live recordings, send me a PM sometime and we'll see what we can do. Thanks for the offer.

Are any of the devs/team members/ etc. working on anything, or is this the end as far as projects for everyone? Suppose this has been asked a million times but... doesn't hurt to ask, eh?

mav807 wrote:Are any of the devs/team members/ etc. working on anything, or is this the end as far as projects for everyone? Suppose this has been asked a million times but... doesn't hurt to ask, eh?

Some are, yes. For example, we are working on and releasing a small KS-related thing in August. For bigger announcements you'll have to probably wait.

mav807 wrote:Are any of the devs/team members/ etc. working on anything

Sure are.

Aura wrote:

mav807 wrote:Are any of the devs/team members/ etc. working on anything, or is this the end as far as projects for everyone? Suppose this has been asked a million times but... doesn't hurt to ask, eh?

Some are, yes. For example, we are working on and releasing a small KS-related thing in August. For bigger announcements you'll have to probably wait.

Cool. Looking forward to it.

Does the IT translation of KS count? Anyway, gotta finish that first unless IT finishes ME.

mav807 wrote:Are any of the devs/team members/ etc. working on anything, or is this the end as far as projects for everyone? Suppose this has been asked a million times but... doesn't hurt to ask, eh?

In fits and starts. Mostly fits.

Silentcook wrote:Does the IT translation of KS count? Anyway, gotta finish that first unless IT finishes ME.

I would also like to do an IT translation.

Hisao "So what do they do in the student council?"
Misha "They Float! They all float! WAHAHAHA"

Back in January you said that you might be looking for more people to help out with some of these upcoming projects. Does that still stand?

Josh_Mac wrote:Back in January you said that you might be looking for more people to help out with some of these upcoming projects. Does that still stand?

Well yeah, if it ever turns out so that we need people.

In the CG closeup of Hanako's two dolls, there seems to be a photo on the shelf picturing a female holding either a doll or a child. Is that a picture of Hanako's mother she keeps there or is it something random the artist added?

If you could manage to narrow it down, what would be the STUPIDEST question you've received here?

Reyhan wrote:If you could manage to narrow it down, what would be the STUPIDEST question you've received here?

...too easy. I jest, I jest. Please don't kill me.

Since I'm not sure that it's already been asked, what music/musicians do/did you guys listen to? I figure that if finding out about the books you read led me to Haruki Murakami, I might as well ask about this.

Guest Poster wrote:In the CG closeup of Hanako's two dolls, there seems to be a photo on the shelf picturing a female holding either a doll or a child. Is that a picture of Hanako's mother she keeps there or is it something random the artist added?

You can decide!