RPG Vault has posted a new development diary by Carsten Strehse, Lead Designer of The Fall. Carsten goes over music, sound effects, and voiced dialogue in this edition.
On The Fall's music:
<blockquote>Many of the compositions you'll get to hear while exploring the gameworld are ambient, supporting the mood a location communicates. If music that's supposed to be running in the background constantly is too dominant, players will consider it repetitive quite soon and ultimately annoying. The music you hear with the menu or on the map screen are more dominant and dynamic - supporting the impression of a group being on a journey.</blockquote>On The Fall's Voice Acting:
<blockquote>And while 84 is notably less than some hundreds, it still means quite an effort for us. We're in the last stages of the preparation of the voice recordings as I'm writing this, and I estimate that it will take about three more weeks - including working on the weekends - to get the complete script of more than 180,000 words voiced.</blockquote>Sounds like Silver Style is hard at work, hope the localization to English doesn't make all this effort for naught.
Link: The Fall - Last Days of Gaia Diary #7
Spotted by Mr. Teatime on Duck and Cover
On The Fall's music:
<blockquote>Many of the compositions you'll get to hear while exploring the gameworld are ambient, supporting the mood a location communicates. If music that's supposed to be running in the background constantly is too dominant, players will consider it repetitive quite soon and ultimately annoying. The music you hear with the menu or on the map screen are more dominant and dynamic - supporting the impression of a group being on a journey.</blockquote>On The Fall's Voice Acting:
<blockquote>And while 84 is notably less than some hundreds, it still means quite an effort for us. We're in the last stages of the preparation of the voice recordings as I'm writing this, and I estimate that it will take about three more weeks - including working on the weekends - to get the complete script of more than 180,000 words voiced.</blockquote>Sounds like Silver Style is hard at work, hope the localization to English doesn't make all this effort for naught.
Link: The Fall - Last Days of Gaia Diary #7
Spotted by Mr. Teatime on Duck and Cover