Countless Dungeon launches on Xbox and PC subsequent week, the long-awaited successor to 2014’s Dungeon of the Countless. This tactical, squad-based roguelike takes you on a journey by means of an deserted house station, the place your workforce is tasked with defending a Crystal_bot and escorting it to The Core.
That is no straightforward activity; even probably the most potent groups require a spot to recharge and respec. Enter The Saloon, the hub the place you may take a well-earned breather, change up your loadout, or get pleasure from a skill-enhancing drink on the bar. This space is drenched in futuristic western vibes, full with its personal reside band serving because the soundtrack to your respite.
The music that you simply’ll hear at The Saloon consists and carried out in-game by Lera Lynn, a Nashville-based singer-songwriter, whose work it’s possible you’ll acknowledge from HBO’s True Detective. Lynn has written music for movie and TV, however that is her first foray into online game music. We had been fortunate sufficient to take a seat down with Lynn to be taught extra about her expertise moving into video games, and why her specific mix of Americana lends itself completely to Countless Dungeon’s intergalactic watering gap.
Lynn tells us firstly that she loves a problem, and composing for a online game appeared like a very enjoyable, if not prolonged one. She shares that her work with Countless Dungeon is 5 years within the making, and the turnaround is far slower in comparison with her expertise with movie and TV. Whereas that is Lynn’s very first expertise with online game composition, she describes the partnership with developer Amplitude as “probably the most natural collaboration I can think about.”
“The studio reached about to me as a result of they appreciated my music,” Lynn explains. “They requested if I’d be keen on writing some songs for the sport, and we went from there.”
Lynn has composed music that was featured in season two of HBO present True Detective, and he or she additionally starred within the present as a recurring reside performer in a bar. There are some parallels between this and her position as a cartoon saloon singer in Countless Dungeon, and we had been curious in regards to the variations.
“The music performs a special position within the sport than it does in movie and TV, for instance,” Lynn tells us. “I really feel like in these, the music is supposed to make a scene extra emotionally compelling. I feel in [Endless Dungeon] it’s extra enjoyable, and it’s extra interactive, and that’s all new and really completely different to me.”
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Lynn was additionally given some route with what the songs ought to invoke. This ranged from upbeat tracks signifying a call-to-action, and a sentimental ballad about lacking house.
“Once I’m writing for myself, I might write about 1,000,000 issues,” she provides. “Having that route truly makes it simpler.”
Lynn doesn’t simply present the music for the Countless Dungeon saloon – the avatar that sings the tracks is modelled after her actual face. The character went by means of just a few interactions, together with an ethereal floating octopus and not using a mouth – although Lynn felt that singing is perhaps fairly problematic with that idea. In the long run, it felt proper to have the character appear to be Lynn with a spacey outfit twist, however not with out her signature on-stage beret.
“I requested initially whether or not I ought to be writing from my perspective, or I ought to placed on a special character, and so they needed me to do my factor,” she says. “With that, I used to be in a position to convey lots of myself to the sport. We’ve created an fascinating juxtaposition with my type mixed with the sounds from the sport, which is admittedly fascinating.”
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Nonetheless, you gained’t see Lynn’s character immediately. The reside band will seem extra prominently as you progress by means of Countless Dungeon.
“If you initially get to the saloon, there’s simply the guitar participant enjoying the guitar elements of a tune,” she explains. “And as you attain increased ranges, you may unlock different musicians which are enjoying the songs. When you’ve made it to the next stage then I’ll seem, and also you’ll hear the singing. Hopefully, that’s a payoff for the participant.”
Lynn doesn’t contemplate herself to be a gamer simply but, however she’s on her means, and hopes that her work with Amplitude will function a gateway into what she describes as a “entire new universe.” She’s additionally extremely thrilled so as to add a online game mission to her portfolio, and hopes that it will possibly function inspiration to these desirous to become involved within the house.
“It’s nice to be enlisted as a feminine producer and composer in video video games,” she says. “I feel that’s factor for the world. There’s additionally no restrict to the creativity right here, there’s no restrict to what folks can think about after which make, and I simply need to be concerned with extra of it.”
Countless Dungeon launches October 19, and is obtainable to buy on Xbox Sequence X|S and Xbox One.
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ENDLESS™ Dungeon
Amplitude STUDIOS
ENDLESS™ Dungeon is a novel mix of roguelite, tactical motion, and tower protection set within the award-winning ENDLESS™ Universe. Plunge into an deserted house station alone or with mates in co-op, recruit a workforce of shipwrecked heroes, and defend your crystal in opposition to unending waves of monsters… or die making an attempt, get reloaded, and take a look at once more.
WE GOT TURRETS AND WE GOT GUNS
You are stranded on an deserted house station chock-full of monsters and mysteries. To get out you may have to succeed in The Core, however you may’t do this with out your crystal bot. That scuttling critter is your key to surviving the procedurally generated rooms of this house break. Sadly, it is also a fragile soul, and each monster within the place desires a chunk of it. You are going to should assume fast, plan properly, place your turrets, after which… fireworks! Bugs, bots and blobs will cease at nothing to show you and that crystal into mud and particles. With a wide selection of weapons and turrets, the best gear would be the distinction between life and demise.
RIDE SOLO OR GIDDY UP WITH FRIENDS
You’ll be able to face the horrors of the Station using solo, or squad up and run the gauntlet in 3 participant co-op. As soon as you’ve got obtained your posse, plan your strikes. Decide their weapons from a large selection starting from flamethrowers to poison snipers. If you’re set, enter the Station to tackle a personality’s quest, take a stab at escaping, or simply go loco on the locals. You will probably die making an attempt, however hey, that is the way in which it goes on this house dungeon!
ASSEMBLE YOUR RECKLESS SQUAD
Put together to satisfy a solid of colourful heroes all gunning for a similar purpose: to get the hell out! Every brings their very own playing cards to the desk. There’s tanky Bunker who’ll take in injury, fiery Blaze who likes to blow stuff up, or possibly Shroom who’ll heal her squadmates along with her “uncommon” incense. Choose your heroes to construct the workforce that works for you. As you get to know them, you may be taught that all of them have their very own specific motivations and secrets and techniques…
MONSTERS, DANGERS, SECRETS AND TREASURES, OH MY!
Escaping means overcoming all the risks of the Station. Yup, all of them. Lethal robots, cruel monsters, loot, and large beasts await you at each nook. The deeper you delve into this scrap heap, the extra you may uncover its tragic historical past. Why does the Station reel in any ship that flies too shut? Why do you come again each time you kick the bucket? Irrespective of how acquainted you’re with the ENDLESS™ Universe, the Station has extra tales to inform.
THE MORE DYIN’, THE MORE GROWIN’
Hate to interrupt it to you, this may not be straightforward and also you may die… lots. However that is okay, as a result of each time you do, you get reloaded again into the Saloon. Consider it as your heart of operations (and drinks), the place you may improve your heroes and weapons, unlock new paths to The Core, chat with the locals, hearken to tunes, and drink boosting (and scrumptious) libations. Then, leap again into the Station and attempt to get out — once more.