Cataclysm Dda Sound Effects
No more overlapping rain or enviromental sounds in the music anymore, no more strident sounds or dramatic volume increases anymore which breaks the immersion (I hate this). No more happy dreamland music (this is the end of the world, the cataclysm, happy music is completely out of place).
There are a lot of roguelike games on iOS, but that’s going with the more modern definition of the genre. In the years between the earliest days when roguelikes were pretty easy to get into and their recent explosion in popularity correlated with more approachable or hybridized designs, the roguelike was something a lot more complex. It was like a secret club for the most obsessed type of gamer, offering virtually limitless possibilities and options for those who were willing to do a lot more learning than the average game demanded. That particular brand of roguelike is far more rare on iOS, and it’s not hard to see why. A touch interface is a poor substitute for a full keyboard, and games of that sort of complexity are probably not what the majority of mobile gamers are looking for. At the very least, compromises have to be made on the granular nature of the player’s actions, because the alternatives are having a keyboard’s worth of buttons on the screen or using the software keyboard, and what kind of loon would do either of those?Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is a completely uncompromising port of the open source PC game of the same name, a 2013 release that forked off of an abandoned 2010 roguelike called Cataclysm.
It’s an open world, post-apocalyptic take on the roguelike concept, basically Angband meets Fallout. You create your character down the finest details and are then dropped into an empty shelter in the middle of a town without much more than the clothes on your back and a knife in your pocket.
There’s no greater goal in the game beyond simply surviving, a task which you’ll find incredibly difficult initially. You’ll have to leave the shelter to find fellow survivors, food, materials, and other things, but if you venture too far unprepared, you’ll almost certainly run into something that will kill you. You’ll need to find a few useful things first, but more likely, you’ll have to make what you need. For example, using your pocket knife versus a zombie doesn’t sound like fun, but smash some benches and you’ll have lots of wood and nails to make the slightly more effective board-with-a-nail.The level of detail in the game’s mechanics is incredible.
In fact, if you’ve not played a game like this before, it’s likely to be overwhelming. You can break almost everything down and use the components to make new things, but you have to build your skill to make more complex things. When carrying things, you have to consider how big the object is and if you have any pockets or bags big enough to put them in. You’ll also need to be careful about overloading weight on one part of your body, lest you become unbalanced. Do you want to know the time? You’ll have to find or make a watch yourself. Or just watch the sun, I suppose.
Pay close attention to the weather, too, because until you have a means of keeping your temperature regulated, heading outside into the extremes can be fatal. Oh, I see you thinking already that you can just light a fire in your shelter to stay warm.
Well, you can, but it’s just as likely you’ll burn the place down with yourself inside. And make sure you think about ventilation when you light that fire, or you’ll die of asphyxiation from the smoke. Naturally, you’ll want to fortify your home with defenses and traps against zombies, and it can’t hurt to try to find or build a means of getting around more quickly than you can by walking.The iOS version has not been simplified in any meaningful way. The full range of verbs are available and you’ll need to use the right one for each task. The list includes sleeping, crafting, picking up, looking around, using, butchering, chatting, eating, reading, committing suicide, wearing, and many more. After using some of the commands, you’ll even have to indicate a direction for the action.
The game has on-screen buttons for moving around, confirming, canceling, and tabbing, but almost every other action will require you to use the software keyboard or, courtesy of the latest update, an actual Bluetooth keyboard. There are few gestures loaded in to make this as little of a headache as possible, but I can’t lie, this is a very awkward way to play an iOS game, and I wouldn’t blame anyone who didn’t want to deal with it.If you’re the sort of player who is willing to deal with any kind of interface issues for the sake of a great game, however, you’ll find just that in Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead. There’s a massive learning curve here, such that I’d recommend parking yourself on a Wiki for a while and doing some reading before getting properly into the game, but once you’ve got a handle on it, nearly limitless adventures await. In fact, I’d go so far to say that this easily out- Fallouts most Fallout games when it comes to the mechanical possibilities and feeling of an actual game world. Like most roguelikes, death is permanent in Cataclysm, but you can roll another character for the same world if you want, so there’s a sense of permanence here that’s missing in a lot of other roguelikes. The crafting, construction, and defense elements are also a fairly rare sight in the genre, and they’re done very well here. And while the level of detail is going to be too much for many people, I have to appreciate a game where you choose to wear a trenchcoat and cargo pants because you can stuff more in your pockets than you can wearing jeans and a T-shirt.This port also includes a number of mods that you can take or leave as you like, which is another thing you’ll probably want to read up on.
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Those mods are included for free, and there are no ads or anything like that, so the only way Cataclysm tries to monetize is through selling an optional IAP that gives you some extra sound effects. It’s a mere $0.99, and while those effects are neither here nor there, it’s a nice way to support the developer for their work in porting this over to iOS and hopefully keeping it updated in step with the PC version. The game even includes a bunch of tilesets for those who don’t want to try to play the whole game in ASCII, also at no additional cost.There are two major roadblocks in the way of enjoying Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead. First, you need to come to grips with the user interface.
I think the developer has done as good of a job as they could have without having to completely tear up the carpet on the game, but not everyone is going to be okay with having to access that software keyboard so often. Second, the game itself is so complex and deep that it requires a substantial time investment to learn how to even survive a couple of days without dying, let alone pull off more difficult tasks.
If you’re willing to put in the time and patience, however, Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead is among the best roguelikes currently available on the App Store. It’s something you could find yourself playing for literal months if not longer, and it doesn’t cost a thing. All of that is probably worth a little (okay, a lot) of discomfort with the control set-up.
Credits and distribution permission. Other user's assets Some assets in this file belong to other authors. I was working hard these last months in my free time mastering the audio, compressing the tracks for keep a neutral and pleasant volume, preserving and improving the audio quality, adding transitions, testing the playlist order. Remixing all of it was a harsh business, but very satisfying at the end (btw, like all of the good things in this life,.wink.wink.,.nods.nods. 8D).
Here we go:WHAT KIND OF MUSIC THIS SOUNDPACK HAS:. Cinematic terror Atmosphere, dark ambiental, melancholic, classic CDDA Post-Apocalyptic feel, dark haunting, deep meditative, suspense, slow ambient, pulsating backgrounds, darksynth, immersive ambient, instrumental. The feeling of this soundpack can be compared at other games and films like: Fallout, Alien Isolation, S.T.A.L.K.E.R., Metro, Silent Hill, Neo Scavenger, Resident evil, The Book Of Eli.WHAT IS THE MAIN IDEA BEHIND THIS SOUNDPACK:. I want to create the best dramatic and immersive post-apocalyptic atmosphere for CDDA with this soundpack, with high quality music and sounds. I also want to create a useful Soundpack for CDDA content creators from YouTube and Twitch. CO.AG Soundpack has royalty free music with attributions (CC-BY) and can be used in YouTube videos or Twitch live streamings, giving proper credits at the original composer, in this case CO.AG. The actual tracks remixes was made by me to fit in the game.
(More info about this license inside the Soundpack folder + attributions). WHAT THIS SOUNDPACK DOES NOT HAVE:. No more annoying loud backgrounds with loud sound spikes.
(Every track now has the same balanced decibels, reworked frequencies, noise was removed and loud spikes eliminated). No more overlapping rain or enviromental sounds in the music anymore, no more strident sounds or dramatic volume increases anymore which breaks the immersion (I hate this).
No more happy dreamland music (this is the end of the world, the cataclysm, happy music is completely out of place).WHAT IS INCLUDED AND WHAT YOU GET EXACTLY:. 26 New songs, more than 1h:40m:00s of immersive music. (87MB of music) (every track was compressed to save space but preserving quality at 50%-50%). RRFSounds Included in the SoundPack (This is temporal) Why RRFSounds? Photoshop lightroom 3. It's very popular, one of the most used and in my personal opinion it has the best balance of sounds.HOW TO INSTALL AND DOWNLOAD:WARNING FOR UPDATES: (If you are going to update the soundpack from v1.0 to v1.1 delete the previous folder called 'CO.AG SoundPack' completely, Then copy the new folder). This is important, many changes have been made, several files was deleted and the name of all files has been changed.
Here is another download option: (Only the music) Alternative Addon: As an alternative option for those looking for total customization of their game. This addon can be merged with other soundpacks (for example: “2ch soundpack”) The installation instructions are inside the.zip folder. (very easy really, copy-paste like)How to Install (This is for the complete v1.1 version, Music + Sounds):. 1 - Download the CO.AG Soundpack.
2 - Unzip the archive with WinRar, 7-Zip or WinZip. Doing 'unzip here' you get the mod folder you need directly, called: 'CO.AG SoundPack'. 3 - Copy the folder: 'CO.AG SoundPack' inside your sound folder, located in /data/sound. (DO NOT confuse with 'CO.AG SoundPack (v1.027-feb-19)').
4 - Launch the game, go to options, in General go at the bottom of the page and choose the CO.AG SoundPack. (Image of reference and volume recommendations):INGAME SETUP:I highly recommend set your music volume at one of these levels for a better experience:. 40% - 45% - Low.
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50% - Gently. 55% - Perfect. 60% - Max.In my case, I have 90% sound and 55% music.
It works very well.Q & A:. Why the name 'CO.AG'?It is the name of the music composer and producer, as a legitimate recognition of his authorship, I think it is fair to give his name. This soundpack was born thanks to his music, the sound effects will came later. Why 26 tracks?Some tracks has short duration (2:30m, 3:00m) in this way the songs changes more frequently and the soundtrack becomes more dynamic and less repetitive. The playlist was extremely studied trying to find the perfect transition between tracks which maintains a pattern similar to:.calm-tension-terror-calm-tension-terror. Are you going to continue working in this SoundPack?Absolutely yes, the first chapter is gone, now the second starts.
This means that I will work on the sound effects from now on. First will be environmental sounds, I want to give priority to the atmosphere for the game. The sounds that you will add further in the soundpack will be 'Royalty Free'?Is a big YES, that's the idea too with this project. Will CO.AG Soundpack be added to the CDDA-Launcher?I really hope so!