Bunny Run Music Update 03/29/2012

Peter here, just wanted to give you a general idea of what I’ve been working on the last week or so.

Lately, I have been focusing on music for the Forest section of Bunny Run, which has a general Americana, Country, Honky-Tonk and Bluegrass feel to it. Since the two worlds immediately preceding the forest are really closed off, and overtly negative, we wanted to go for a style of music which was livelier, and homey. The player literally spends all of the preceding levels either;

• In the dark OR
• Under artificial light

So we wanted to go for something with a generally bright timbre, to make the music lighten up with the scenery.

To achieve this, I’m utilizing a lot of stringed instruments, mostly;

• Acoustic Guitar
• Ukulele
• Mandolin
• Banjo

Though there will be appearances by more obscure instruments along the way.

The music will generally stick to the styles I listed above but, as John detailed in his first post, the level design of Bunny Run is now directly influenced by the music, so for the sake of gameplay, I have to occasionally change it up. The general thought process for every song I write for the game is two fold;

1. How does this fit into the overall musical aesthetic of the world?
2. How will this affect the gameplay?

In particular, keep the second point in mind when listening to the track accompanying this entry entitled “Bucket O’ Rabbit Stew”. The goal is to maintain or build upon the general musical style of the world, while still allowing for varying and dynamic gameplay.

That’s it for now, for the rest of the day, I have a date with my Ukulele.

-Peter