Let's Rock

So, uh, sorry for the lack of blog lately. I know it’s the primary way  we try to communicate with you the progress on the game, but things  have been a little hectic, and honestly, saying “We’re still behind but  less behind than we were last week”, even if accurate, doesn’t feel  great. But, something major did happen last week that is great news for  all Harem Collector fans- a generous backer who wishes to remain anonymous  stepped forward and gave us an absurd amount of money expressly to get  the soundtrack finished.

To quote this incredible person: “I’ve been impressed with the  quality of the game, the artwork is fantastic, and I feel you’ve been  sincere in almost every interaction with you. I wouldn’t offer to throw  money at you if I wasn’t impressed. … My only real regret is that I  can’t offer more to help.”

Thank you, sir/madam. Everyone on the team is humbled by your  donation, and we will do our best to make the most of what you’ve entrusted us with.

For now, we’ve sticking with Clara as our composer, as I can’t easily give up on the person who brought us “Rescue Me“.  We’ve had an in-depth talk about what is expected of her and she is  going to give it her all this year. Already she’s working on some new  boss battle music, as well as a sex scene track that fits more emotional  or sensitive scenes better than “TLR” and “Love and Mercy”.

So what does the future of music for Harem Collector look like so far? Here’s the list of “wants” we have:

Town Music- Lumberhill (nice), Huntervale, Elf Village, Southport University, Southport Docks, Orctown, Sunnyshore theme

Event  Music- Triumphant trumpety music, Generic military music, Fancy castle  music, Sensitive sex theme, Boss Music, Final Boss music, Anime-style  opening

Dungeon Music- “Beast” dungeon theme, “Nature” dungeon  theme, “Spooky” dungeon theme, “Mountain” dungeon theme, “Criminal”  dungeon theme, “Arcane” dungeon theme, “Military” dungeon theme, “Swamp”  dungeon theme, “Hell” dungeon theme, “Hot” dungeon theme, “Weird”  dungeon theme, “Magitech” dungeon theme

You may notice a few things. First off, there’s no generic fight  music. What we’re going to attempt is to have a battle remix of each  dungeon variety’s theme song to be the combat music for that dungeon.  This will take a little big of extra coding infrastructure, but  shouldn’t be too onerous, as it can be arranged at the same time we go  to fix the battle backgrounds.

Second,  we’ve group dungeon tracks by theme. Rather than have unique  themes for each of the dungeons in the game, we’ve separated them out  by theme. For example, the third track of music I’ve asked Clara to  start working on is the “Criminal” dungeon theme, for use in the Bitch’s  Sixth Tit, Deliquent Hideout, Tartufo Manor, and a few other places.  We’ll also work something out so that the random dungeons are themed  according to the enemies you face. And of course, all music will be  selectable in-game as manor music, so if the Hero chilling out as a  criminal overlord appeals to you….

This is the plan we’re going with so far. As always, we may need to  revise our expectations along the way. But we have the talent and,  finally, we have the budget. It’s going to be an even more exciting year  for Harem Collector, that’s for sure.

Our donor has already given the go-ahead to throw any money we have  in excess at the art budget, so once the music is done we might also get  some additional scenes finished. In terms of relevant Patreon campaign  stuff, we’ll be making early music track access a benefit of the  $5/month tier. For our goals, we will be changing our $2,500/mo. goal,   just as soon as we get caught up on the SAVIOR release (I cringe even  saying that) and get a good lead on the RICHES update.

Anyway, hope that’s enough Harem Collector news for you all to look  forward to. I’m going to stop slacking off and hop-to. See you next  Wednesday for the public release!