An examination of the dissonance that can occur when the Mechanical and Narvisaudal Identity of a game are at odds with each other Our Website: https://www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Minds: https://www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/redcoatvernac Our Audius: https://audius.co/vernaculargames Cliff Notes: 00:08 Introduction 00:24 What are Mechanics 00:33 Developer Intention 00:51 Dissonanace Overview 01:27 Non-Harmonious Alignment Overview 01:45 Mechanical Dissonance in Pokemon 04:44 How could we solve this? 05:31 Narvisaudal Dissonance 05:57 Cut-Scene Guns 07:38 Accepted Narvisaudal Dissonance 09:04 Non-Harmonious Alignment 10:11 Sonic R and Non-Harmonious Alignment 12:23 Cast Summary

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Dissonances & Non-Harmonious Alignment

The theme of the mindscape of an Astrologer with a crippling fear of falling. Their world manifests as a starbound research center built around a black hole. Here one could very well fall forever, and were it not for the Astrologer's fascination with celestial bodies she would have naught to fear...

Starfall Station

The First podcast of Season 2. Here we do a brief recap of the things we went over in Season 1 Our Website: https://www.vernaculargames.com/ Our Minds: https://www.minds.com/vernaculargames/ Our Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VernacularGames/ Our Twitter: https://twitter.com/VernacularGames?lang=en Our Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/redcoatvernac Our Audius: https://audius.co/vernaculargames Cliff Notes 00:06 Changes for this Season 00:27 Recap Start 00:44 The Composite Experience 01:11 Narvisaud 02:17 Mechanical Layers 03:07 Game Balance 05:09 Terminology 05:36 Game Object 05:41 Player Object 05:53 Non-Player Object 06:11 Objectives 06:26 Obstacles 06:35 Tense Obstacles 06:51 Relaxed Obstacles 07:08 Traps 07:23 Agency 07:39 Agents 08:01 Foes 08:23 Assets 08:42 Resource 08:50 Currency 09:11 Consumables 09:21 Tools 09:36 Collectibles 09:55 Collectible Parts 10:12 Wrap Up 10:58 Sign Off

Introduction & Terminology Recap

In this cast we take a moment to talk to our soundtech on staff for the game Legends of Mathmatica, Under the Shadow of Certainty. You can find Softy! at: Link Tree https://linktr.ee/softy_music Soundcloud https://soundcloud.com/softestboi Twitter https://twitter.com/Softy_Music Instagram https://www.instagram.com/softy_music/ Patreon https://www.patreon.com/softymusic Youtube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG_kB2Yp-aCxYj6q4DgtWKQ Discord https://discord.com/channels/715915873315192844/715915873969242165 Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/6lVyJs7tl1zEoZ56t1WzHD?si=usduDOp8QIaNxzbmeWwfmg

Mathmatica Cast 2 -- Softy! Interview

A remix of one of my favorite tunes from the gameboy game "Bomberman GB"

Rhythmic Ruins -- Bomberman GB Area 3 Remix

The final track of The Ballad of the Sun Crusher. Zako 900 has finally reached its destination and begins the arduous task of extinguishing the sun. It dives through the outer layers of heat and flame, through the molten mantle, past man made factories that were somehow placed within, to reach the core. There it enacts the chain reaction, that destabilizes that core, causing it all to implode into a powerful black hole. And though it tries to escape, Zako and, soon, much of its home solar system are sucked into the black maw that remains. The task is done and so too is the machine that embarked upon it. But at what cost?

Solar Grave

Track 4 in the five part Album Ballad of the Sun Crusher. Zako 900's journey continues as it makes one last stop at an unsettled Earth like planet that teems with life and verdure. We follow the wayward robot as it blasts through forests, oceans, caves and volcanoes before launching back into space for the final sojourn

Through Verdant Grandeur

Track 3 of the Ballad of the Sun Crusher. We continue to follow Zako 900 as he encounters an abandoned space colony and charges through it's inner workings to reach, dislodge and absorb energy from its core, destroying the colony in the process. A trial run for its imminent encounter with the Sun.

Rise To The Command

Track 2 of the Sun Crusher's Ballad, we follow along as Zako 900 travels through the emptiness of space into a densely populated asteroid field, zipping up, over, around, and through the many asteroids and meteors that comprise the field.

Frigid Fields Of Stone

Track 1 of a concept album that musically tells the story of a machine, who was called upon to destroy the sun of his own solar system. Here we follow along as Zako 900 activates and launches up through the atmosphere of its home planet.

Leaving Home

Yet another track from an unreleased title, this came from a game about construction worker tasked with re-acquiring the hammers of creation from various villains around the world. This particular tune plays in the desert as he scours its expanse for a castle made of glass.

Desert Heatwave

A track from an unreleased title featuring a sea priestess on a quest to the deepest depths of the ocean. This theme would play in areas of where high currents tossed the player about.

Waltz of Tides

Sister track to Holy Waters, this would play in submerged air pockets and caves that the sea priestess would encounter.

Holy Shores

Another track from the saga of the sea priestess, this track would play in and near submerged shrines and cities that she would encounter.

Holy Waters

A song from an unreleased title that followed a sea priestess in her journey to the depths of the ocean. This theme was meant for submerged shrines in which our protagonist would find herself returned to should she die in her travels.

Prayer on the Waves

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