Retro Sound Design for Apps

We have been working with a few app developer companies and recently had the pleasure of working with the development team at Moonbright Innovations. They approached Dreambase Studios with a request to create catchy, retro sounds and music for their game Mission To The Moon [MTTM], a highly addictive game that has a simple concept; get to the moon in one piece! Once you get there, you then make your way back...but with a twist of course! The game offers a retro feel, with progressive difficulty levels as expected, but there are plenty of other changes that keeps you entertained. The playability of the game will be off the scale and you'll encounter birds, planes, balloons, satellites and even aliens! Below is a sample of the stunning graphics for 'MTTM' - created by the superb Alix Briskham.

As we are passionate about sound, it was only right to use some old 'retro' equipment we had lying around (well, that Alex has collected over the years), including an old BBC Micro and a Casio PT-30. Our approach resonated with the developers at Moonbright Innovations as being a techie company, they also have a stack of retro gear, including a Mattel Aquarius would you believe. We also made contact with Swindon's very own Museum of Computing who were also up for us sampling some old, retro equipment. "We pretty much have one of everything from 80's computing" - Ashley Shepherd.

We were very pleased with Andy Ward's (co-founder of Moonbright Innovations) reaction after hearing the temp music that we came up with. "Hahaha, you can just imagine a ZX spectrum or similar playing this, it's brilliant [Andy Ward MBI]"

We are also working with Moonbright Innovations on other projects and they are currently creating an amazing film app that will offer not only interaction for films, but also keep the fans updated on news, content and progress of films with a rather neat -right-to-buy- at the end of it.

Moonbright Innovations have more neat ideas including the Horse Buyer app, Class Books app and their eBook range. We really enjoyed working with Moonbright, like-minded professionals with innovative ideas in their field of expertise. We have some great ideas too and we look forward to an innovative and exciting future together.