Hello hello once again all!
I hope you've been doing splendidly this week as always~
Today, I wanted to talk to you a little bit about a small feature in Vahrin's Call, a feature that I hope you'll put to good use while exploring the world.
We've talked about sound design many times over the course of the game's development, but we've never really touched on audio settings and how much control you, the player, will have over audio in the game.
Every sound used in Vahrin's Call falls under one of these categories:
- Music
- Voice
- Effects
- Weather
- Ambience
- UI
In the settings menu you'll be able to adjust the volume for each of these categories independently from one another, creating a more bespoke experience while you explore the world.
*Work in progress UI*
If you're looking for the most immersive experience possible then you may decide to increase the ambient volume and lower the music volume.
Having a bit of a hard time understanding those villagers over the rainfall? No problem! Turn the voice volume up and bring the weather volume down.
Now, I realise this isn't a breathtaking, exciting new feature that will change the entire game, but it's still something I really wanted to talk about. It's nice to have full control over the volume of everything in the world and I've personally found myself customising these settings more than I thought I would.
So! I want to hear from you guys now.
Do you think you'll play around with these settings at all, or do you tend to hop into a game and not touch the settings unless you need to?
Of course, you'll have more settings to customise beyond just audio, but I think we'll cover those when our UI is feeling more polished.
I hope you all enjoyed today's read! I know it was a bit of a minor update, but it's something I've been wanting to cover for a while now.
Have a lovely weekend and we'll catch you again next Friday!
Cheers all :)