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Name not final. Sound effects not final.

See the completed theme here: https://youtu.be/Fk-H3PkW5jU

Now available on PSN: https://store.playstation.com/#!/en-us/games/themes/shadows-of-mars-dynamic-theme-by-truant-pixel/cid=UP0964-CUSA03630_00-THESHADOWSOFMARS


I have been working on a theme for Mars, incorporating all the lighting and lens effect elements we developed for Azure Earth. When we put up the Saturn WIP, there were some calls for an 'ambient audio' type of experience, rather than music. The previous theme did include some sounds from space, though with music overlaid.

For this theme, we'll experiment with forgoing music altogether - again utilizing sounds captured from space (radio signals generated by the stars and other celestial bodies.) Some artistic license is at work here, so bear with me.

Like all of our themes, this is fully 3-D, real-time. Mars features textures generated from high altitude photography, with an independent cloud layer. I've synced the audio to the sun-flare, to give the user a burst of low-frequency modulation when the light is at its brightest.

The effect is either dramatic or creepy or both. take your pick :)