You can check out some game info and the entire Rorasuketo soundtrack by Michael Chadwick here . It's absolutely divine. When I said I wanted to pay homage to the Super Nintendo games of my youth, he went to town and grabbed some soundfonts from games like Final Fantasy IV, Earthbound, and Battletoads . I am so happy with the results. The battle tracks are head-bangers, and the emotional lows are perfectly bittersweet. I wouldn't change a thing. I've known Mike since the boom days of of LiveJournal — which is a long time, for the kids following along at home. He's an immensely skilled guitarist and songwriter, and has a really impressive catalog of work . Originally, I was going to write the music myself, but Mike has far more experience. And in creative projects like this, doing everything yourself has the potential to turn out an inbred, constipated piece of art. Collaboration adds depth to the work that you might not have realized before. It lightens the workload....
Finals week is right around the corner, and while this humble scholar has an optimistic lookout for April (go on! ask me about glycolysis!), the first few weeks of May could be complicated. A common pitfall for new college students is not recognizing that most summer classes run at an accelerated rate. Having been around the block a few times, I signed up for a 3-credit summer course expecting the accelerated six weeks, only to discover it is double- accelerated. That's one college credit per week . It's a plant identification course, so I assume it's timed this way for maximum efficiency in the field. I predict I will exit May either loving plants or despising them. Winter vacation is when I historically do most of my work for Rora , with spring break in second, and summer is a bit of a wild card. My official goal is to finish the game by the end of this year, but my unofficial goal is to finish it by the end of the summer. With beta testing and all that, we'll s...