Sound effects for solar map and race? (trivial)

[Professor Paul1290]

This is a bit on the trivial and cheesy side, but are there any other planned sound effects for the solar map and various race interaction screens?

Perhaps ordering a race to attack or something like that would play a clip of weapons fire and maybe "Industrialize" would play clip of power tools.

It might be nice for solar map events like the kind that appear on the right side of the screen, to make them jump out a bit more. It could be another way to get such events to jump out in a very "hey stuff is happening you might want to investigate" kind of way.

[x4000]

Good point!  For later polish though.

[Teal_Blue]

sounds reasonable to me. 

[Professor Paul1290]

Now that I think about it, voice clips could work too for more "important" or "time-sensitive" events.

I can totally hear "The Skylaxians are under attack!" in Hydral voice. 

[Teal_Blue]

  that would be cool!

[x4000]

Now that I think about it, voice clips could work too for more "important" or "time-sensitive" events.

I can totally hear "The Skylaxians are under attack!" in Hydral voice. 

There's actually quite a bit of voice work in progress with a "computer" female voice.  For the more important clips, in particular.

[Professor Paul1290]

Now that I think about it, voice clips could work too for more "important" or "time-sensitive" events.

I can totally hear "The Skylaxians are under attack!" in Hydral voice. 

There's actually quite a bit of voice work in progress with a "computer" female voice.  For the more important clips, in particular.

I was just thinking of that too. 

[Teal_Blue]

   Com-put-er... analyzing.... beep...beep....beep!  Illogical!   Illogical!.... Does NOT compute! 

  well... maybe something else, like... "Hey handsome... you wanna push some buttons... or what... ?

Well... maybe not, haha... might be too much!!

[x4000]

The computer is pretty taunty, actually.  My favorite one is "Looks like somebody's been making friends! ...And I don't mean you."

[Teal_Blue]

The computer is pretty taunty, actually.  My favorite one is "Looks like somebody's been making friends! ...And I don't mean you."

haha, that's cute.

[Histidine]

"In light of the extinction of your species, I am obliged to point out that you will be forever alone. My condolences."

[Teal_Blue]

   poor hydral.

[Oralordos]

Is it intended to make me think of GLaDOS with that clip?

[Mick]

I don't really care for the voice additions. Some of them are overly long and trying too hard to be funny. I think a simple "The [race] are now spacefaring." would go a long way.

It seems you are going for some kinda GlaDOS vibe, but it isn't working.

[x4000]

* A lot of the voice tracks were playing too frequently to be enjoyable.  We've cut it back substantially so that you hear fewer of them, and more rarely.  It makes them a welcome addition for really important events, rather than something you hear over-frequently for common events.

I was thinking that some were overused anyhow.  Spacefaring, game start, war declarations, not-the-last-planet of a race lost, and your flagship being destroyed.  The others are all far more rarely used, which I think is important for humor in general.  I don't care what the joke is, if you tell it four times it stops being too funny.