- Rayman Legends Overview
This is the fifth main title in the Rayman Series and a direct sequel from Rayman Origins
Developer – Ubisoft Montpellier
Released September 2013
Genre – Platformer
Plot Overview
Rayman, Globox and the Teensies have been sleeping for a century. During that time, the Bubble Dreamer’s nightmares grew in strength and numbers, and so has the Magician, who by this time has split into 5 “Dark Teensies”. The player can make their way through various level
Within this section I post ideas related to sound design, any research undertaken about the game, and the progress I will make when editing this visual section:
With these screen grabs of the visual content I have noted a rough draft of what sounds may be needed and included in that particular section
Stone grinding against steam
Mystic music
Streamers
70s funk music
Countdown beep
Running and Jumping
Thuds and panting
Pirates “Arrrrr”
wind
Wood hitting rock
Whoosing sounds
Cliche horror piano
Creaking
Cartoon like grunts and groans
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Rayman Origins – Sound, Vision and Design
With Rayman Legends being the sequel to Rayman Origins, I decided to look in to the design of the previous game to help me develop the design for my section.
With the sound design, there needs to be some sort of iconic sounds within the gameplay to encourage the player to carry on, a little like collecting rings in Sonic or coin’s in Mario, Rayman has floating lums. When the player collects a special ‘king’ lum you hear a little manic tune which then encourages the player to collect as many of these lums as possible. The musical platforms and switches in later levels adds to the impression, it complements the bizarre visuals. The Rayman series relies heavily on platform fundamentals, even though the platforms contain new enemies, ideas and surfaces, it is a similar basis seen in Mario, Sonic and Donkey Kong Country.