Excited States of America Roc Blocs (video game music)
During a recent December the Blake brothers were inspired to create a video game together. The challenge was to start on Dec 1 and have a complete game by the end of the month, including all music and graphics.
Growing up loving a certain popular video game where blocks fall from the sky and need to be stacked properly, they decided to make a stylized clone. Imagining themselves as a pair of Soviet-era programmers stuck in a boring town in backwoods USSR, they used public domain artwork from 19th century artists. Ken set about programming the core game while Nick worked on the main UI and wrote & recorded an album of music inspired by Soviet-era rock.
The result was Roc Blocs, a stylized throwback to early video games and rock music.
You can play the demo here. Needs a bit of polish before a serious release, but a fun demo that brings the feels to anyone who enjoyed a certain block-dropping game while growing up.
Our members say this album is really rocking with great grooves.
