![]() ![]() A flash-dodge helps him get out of the way fast (and is used to traverse gaps or leap to other portions of the world). The Drifter's standard melee attack with the sword is always an option, unless enemy numbers are too strong. (It's also tough to see things like leveling up and upgrading weapons or acquiring new ones.) The low-res visual style belies the swift and often brutal action - both in how The Drifter cuts down his implacable adversaries, and vice versa. It was tough for me to personalize the experience with it based only on a single level toward the beginning of the game. Hyper Light Drifter is planned for PC (Linux, Mac OS and Windows) PlayStation 4, PS Vita, Ouya and Wii U, and a release by the end of the year, or early 2015. "There's plenty of good pixel art out there, but there are specific things that I like, which is color, and blending, and light. "So I decided to go with a much lower resolution, pixel-art basically, as long as I could make it my own," he said. Preston said originally the game was going to be " a full HD, very illustrated concept," but in early prototypes he realized that it would be too much work for one person. Hyper Light Drifter sought just $27,000 when Heart Machine took this concept to the crowd it raised nearly $650,000 from almost 25,000 backers, its appeals to old school gaming resonating deeply, as well as its soothing soundtrack and pixelated visual style. What really makes it for me are the environments and the sense of exploration." The creatures in the world also are a part of that. ![]() ![]() "Really it's about the designs of the world, and being able to roam in this world that I've had a desire to create for a long long time. "I had a lot of ideas for a world I wanted to create," Preston said, when I asked what creative itch this game was meant to scratch. They'll have to come to their understanding of it on their own. Hyper Light Drifter may be an allegory for Preston's personal story but it's not one he's going to impose on players, to force them to empathize with the rather serious challenges he has faced. The soft-spoken Preston mentioned none of that to me, though he doesn't hide it, and has discussed it in other interviews. It's directly analagous to the heart condition Preston has battled since birth (and, of course, the studio's namesake.) The Drifter is on a mission to a ruined, violent world, hoping to find some means of curing or at least quieting the mysterious disease that haunts him. "I think people are very curious about the story, but I always say the same thing, which is, 'You'll get to it when you play it.'"Įven if they're showing off the singleplayer campaign now (it will feature drop-in/drop-out co-operative gameplay), it's clear they want this to be as personal an experience for the player as it is for them, Preston in particular. Movie trailers blow it all the time, and some games are like 'We're doing this, and we're doing that,' and you get into the story before you even play the game." ![]() I don't want to talk about, because it's important. "I think people are very curious about the story, but I always say the same thing, which is, 'You'll get to it when you play it,' because for me, that's such an integral part of the experience," Preston said. In past exhibitions, he and Teddy Diefenbach, the co-founders of Heart Machine, had only been showing a co-operative arena mode. "I'm not talking too much about the story, just because it's something I'd like people to experience on their own," Preston told me after I played one stage of the game's main campaign. Alex Preston still is keeping mum on what the story is with Hyper Light Drifter, the stylized action role-playing game that became an indie game to watch for this year after it obliterated a modest five-figure Kickstarter goal back in October. ![]()
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Always a welcome guest Troy infuses a little folk into the music placing the band in slightly Celtic area. Here Troy Donockley adds mood and beauty playing low whistle. Segueing into Circles Of Stone the pace is an altogether more enchanting lilt where keyboard orchestration is among the best I’ve heard anywhere. I wasn’t about to be disappointed though. ![]() Apart from Steve Evans singing intro, Lisa Fury adds an ethnic chant which further sets the mood of the album. To add a little atmosphere there are some great Jean Michel Jarre sounds fluttering around the soundscape. Here Ian Simmons sets out his stall with confidence laying down a great blues laden attack though melodic in the extreme. There are ten tracks in all including a wicked intro simply entitled Monsoon. This way I didn’t have to trouble myself with meanings etc. I found myself not hanging on lyrics and reading too much into them, instead accepting the vocals as an instrument. A lot of the songs are based around environmental issues, the state of the planet and i wager mankind too. Sitting down to listen seriously to this album between my speakers I forgot that No Ordinary World isn’t so much an album of individual songs, it is a journey. OK, let’s get the obvious comparisons over with and out of the way shall we? Lovers of Magenta, Karnataka,Mostly Autumn, Rob Reed etc and all subsidiaries thereof may well fall in love with Chasing The Monsoon. Lisa Fury who is definitely a singer I will be keeping an eye on and no stranger to Karnataka fans having loaned her singing talent to the bands The Gathering Light album, and Ian Simmons playing some sumptuous guitar licks. Steve Evans plays some rather tasty keys and some great vocals. As well as Ian Jones playing bass, acoustic guitar and programming there are some talented folk on here who were totally unknown to me, though i am pleased to say that they aren’t now. The idea behind the project was to do something progressive incorporating strong rhythmic elements, world music and Celtic influence. Chasing The Monsoon are a clutch of rather splendid musicians gathered together to create something equally as splendid in so many ways. The band name also continues Jones interest in India which is where the Karnataka band name came from. At that juncture the project was still very much a work in progress though i have since had the privilege of hearing the master disc and the album is still hot to touch and awaiting release.Ĭhasing The Monsoon was started by Ian Jones and named after a book of the same name by Alexander Frater in which the author writes about his life changing experiences following the monsoon across India. It turns out that the gentleman’s brother in-law is none other than Ian Jones of Karnataka fame. “It’s a project that my brother in-law is working on” i was informed in a lilting Welsh tone. After stating the obvious “I must have this” I of course inquired as to what and who it was. On a recent trip to south Wales to stay with one of my shows listeners who has since become a friend, I was played a piece of music on a very elaborate high end Hi-Fi system that to be frank with you left me stunned. The project features Ian Jones and multi-million selling songwriter and producer Steve Evans joining forces with former Karnataka members Lisa Fury and Enrico Pinna, guitarist Ian Simmons and special guests including world-renowned Uilleann pipe player Troy Donockley (Nightwish) to create a powerful, dynamic and evocative sound fusing lush cinematic soundscapes with progressive, Celtic and world music influences, all bound in a state-of-the-art production.There is a story behind this review. More information: Chasing The Monsoon is a collaborative music project fusing powerful rhythmic elements and ambient, experimental soundscapes with progressive rock, Celtic and world music influences. Excellent debut album from Chasing The Monsoon - beautiful music and vocals with 24 page bookletįormat: CD / Cat No: CTMCD001 / Released: ![]() ![]() Browning also said the school district has been able to vaccinate thousands of school employees. The Pasco County School District continues to monitor the number of cases in schools and the community. MySchool Online students are required to log on to each of their classes and participate in them fully during the period they are scheduled, every day. However, the school district said it will continue to offer Pasco eSchool, along with traditional learning, for the next school year. Here you will find a range of information about each school. "In addition, the number of positive COVID-19 cases involving our students or staff have decreased dramatically since the high marks of January." Schools Online is a directory of all public schools in Western Australia. "Current indications are that such programs will not be authorized by the state for the 2021-2022 school year," Browning said in the video statement. Police said they received a call about the shooting at the Vladislav Ribnikar primary school around. The Pasco County Schools Superintendent Kurt Browning announced Tuesday in an online video statement that the school district will not offer MySchool online learning for the 2021-2022 school year.īrowning said the decision was made based on recent positive trends that there will no longer be a need for MySchool online learning next year and that the vast majority of students will be back in the classroom.īrowning also noted that the Florida Department of Education only authorized Florida school systems to offer MySchool online-type options for the 2020-2021 school year. A statement identified him as a student at the school in central Belgrade who was born in 2009. This led to a misunderstanding, and later a beating, officials say.PASCO COUNTY, Fla. While it was missing, inappropriate messages were sent from her account to teachers and other students. Sariah Hayward says her school laptop was stolen by a classmate. She's not doing anything at all while my daughter is being attacked," said Nabriya Hayward. "You can actually see a teacher in the video just standing there. Her mother, Nabriya, is left wondering where the adults were. The assault left Hayward with a concussion. "They were just yelling and stomping, and I was like, 'This isn't going to stop,'" said Hayward. Investigators are looking into a simple assault by six children, which include four girls and two boys, all either 13 or 14 years old. ![]() Going forward, we expect the vast majority of students to attend school in person. Hayward says she was assaulted by her classmates at the Morton McMichael School in the Mantua neighborhood of the city on Tuesday.Ĭellphone video posted online of the incident is at the center of the police's investigation. The Kettle Moraine School District announced the hiring of internal candidates as their new boys and girls basketball coaches Tuesday. At the start of the pandemic, our school district offered three learning options for students: traditional in-person learning, mySchool Online, and Pasco eSchool. "My head hit the wall, they were pulling my legs, kicking, stomping," recalled seventh grader Sariah Hayward. PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) - Philadelphia police are investigating after a video of six students beating up a seventh grader was posted online. MySchoolBucks - Online Payments Download the app or visit the My School Bucks homepage and click on Sign Up Today. Police investigate after 7th grader beaten up in Philadelphia school attack caught on video ![]() ![]() Here's a screenshot of the MultiMode window. Become proficient with that, before trying to decode some actual QSOs. One again, I strongly recommend listening the W1AW transmissions while you are learning how to use MultiMode in CW mode. The W1AW operating schedule is here, if you want to tune in live: Input jack (remember to watch the audio levels, to not damage anything!). If you don't have SoundFlower, you can use an audio patch cable to route the Mac's headphone jack to your sound I find SoundFlower is a very handy tool for doing this. If you want to use one of the recordings, you will need to get the audio into your You can either tune in a live transmission, or go to their archive of recordings, and play one of these The best source of CW audio is from a W1AW CW broadcast. While you can tune in an actual CW QSO on your radio to learn how to use MultiMode in CW mode, you may find it is difficult to adjust settings as the stations change frequency, speed, etc, when you areįirst getting used to using the software. We'll use CW mode as our first example, since that is a common mode to decode. You can select the mode you wish to use from the Mode menu. When MultiMode starts up, it defaults to CW / Morse Code mode. You just need to plug it in, run MultiMode, then select the radio as the sound input and output source from the popup menus in MultiMode. If your radio does this, then that is by far the easiest way to route sound back andįorth. Some newer radios have a USB port on them, and when plugged into your computer, they appear as a sound device. Headphone jack on your radio to get the sound, and it no longer play's through the radio's speaker. That is a handy way to check that things are working, and can sometimes be useful if for example you use the The PLAYTHRU button can be used to play the input sound through your Mac's speakers. Get that correct before proceeding further. If you don't see that, you shouldĭouble check your connections, the input level, and the sound input source popup menu. We want to see a green bar there, bouncing up and down, letting us know sound from the radio is getting to the Mac. To the left of that is the volume indicator. ![]() The iMic doesn't allow that, so it is disabled and grayed out. The vertical slider on the right side sets the input gain level, with many sound devices you can adjust this to vary the input level. We'll worry about changing that later, when dealing with sound output to your radio. I have it set to use the iMac for sound input,Īnd Built-In Output for the output, which mean's the Mac's speaker. The two popup menus in the lower left corner of that image are used to set the sound input source, as well as the sound output source. In the upper left corner of the window, you'll see various controls that deal with sound input: Unfortunately, Some Macs, including many recent models, don't have a sound input jack! Not to worry, you can use a USB sound device, like the Griffin iMic, or similar. ![]() ![]() You don't want to damage your Mac's sound input. In all cases, double check the output level from your radio first, to make sure the levels are not too high. You can also use the headphone jack from your In many cases, this can be done as easily as connecting a 1/8" audio cable from your radio's line level output to the sound input jack on your Mac. In order to receive (decode) the various digital modes, you need to feed sound from your radio into your Mac. If you haven't already, you should download a copy. It runs on macOS versions from 10.6.8 right through Sierra 10.12. MultiMode Cocoa is an app for macOS (Mac OS X) that lets you receive and send various amateur radio modes, such as CW (morse code), PSK31, SSTV, RTTY, FAX, and more. The Basics - What You Need - Connecting Your Mac To Your Radio ![]() |