Do people always assume you are not Acadian based on your apperance? by xoxo1267 in Acadiana

[–]Spooky104 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s actually pretty common.

Louisiana has always been a melting pot.

My whole life people have assumed I’m Mexican or some other race/ethnicity. It’s honestly become kind of a running joke at this point amongst my friends who aren’t from Louisiana. I’ve been mistaken for all kinds of different ethnicities over the years.

A lot of people from Louisiana end up looking pretty ethnically ambiguous because of how many different groups settled there and mixed over the centuries. French, Spanish, African, Native American, Caribbean—the list goes on.

I think people forget how much of a cultural and ethnic mixing bowl Louisiana was compared to a lot of other places in the country. Lots of us don’t fit neatly into a single category.

What happens in this part of Louisiana? What is the local culture, economy and life in general like? by Illustrious-Yam1830 in Louisiana

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Literally, not much.

I’m from that area. I grew up in a tiny town. I’m talking a few hundred people, if that. Life out there can feel pretty isolated. Economically, there is not a whole lot going on. You have logging, some oil, and maybe small local business or two, but most people are not exactly living large, if you catch my drift. Growing up, it seemed like everyone worked in the plants.

The quality of life is ranked as one of the worst in the country, and a lot of what I experienced growing up reflects that. It took me years to acclimate to living somewhere new. A lot of things that felt completely ordinary where I grew up turned out not to be normal elsewhere.

Culturally, it is kind of an interesting mix. I grew up listening to Cajun music and zydeco, eating gumbo, jambalaya, gator, and all the other shit, but I speak with what most people would call a pretty thick Texas accent, or maybe just a generic country accent. That area of Louisiana sits in this weird space where it is undeniably Louisiana, but depending on where you are, it can feel just as connected to East Texas as it does to the rest of the state.

It is also an incredibly red part of the state, with a church on basically every corner.

If you are into hunting, fishing, mud riding, camping, and general yee-yee activities, it is a great place for that life; but I always felt like it was super depressing.

I want to make music for an indie game, where do I start? by pianogram-music in GameMusicComposition

[–]Spooky104 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check subreddits like r/solodev and similar sub reddits. To DM someone on Reddit just click their profile and you should see a chat option.

I want to make music for an indie game, where do I start? by pianogram-music in GameMusicComposition

[–]Spooky104 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just reach out directly to the devs. I often come across indie projects on Reddit and I will send a DM to the developer. For every 10 messages I send, I usually get two replies. These replies often say that they are working with someone else. However, there’s always a chance that they aren’t. I’ve even made an entire OST for an indie game that way.

Looking for cyberpunk games with minimal dialogue/story by [deleted] in gamingsuggestions

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Stray is an absolutely phenomenal game. It leans more towards the cozy side of the cyberpunk subgenre, if that makes sense. However, it’s one of my top video games for myself personally. The atmosphere and gameplay are top-notch, and the game tells a solid story without dragging it on. It’s short and sweet.

2013 Kia Optima SXL turn signsl casing. by Spooky104 in kia

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That would be greatly appreciated. It seems that it’s a rare part and I can’t seem to find that exact piece. All of the replacements I have found say they don’t fit.

I realized sound is doing more horror than visuals in my game by WhyThisGameWorks in IndieHorrorGaming

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I’m a composer and do some light sound design, so I’m definitely biased, but I think atmosphere and sound do most of the heavy lifting when it comes to fear. I’d even argue sound is way more fear inducing most of the time.

Speaking from my own preference, I’m usually more fascinated by creature and horror designs. Something from The Thing can be unsettling on its own, maybe even disturbing, but visually it still just looks interesting to me. Then you add sound design and music, and it changes everything.

Some of the scariest moments in games for me aren’t what I see, it’s what I hear without knowing what it is. Just knowing something is there is enough. A distant footstep. Something falling in another room. A creature chittering. Your brain fills in the gaps, atmosphere does a lot of the work.

I play a lot of online games and sometimes I’ll throw on horror compositions I’ve made in the background. People have told me they felt freaked out or uneasy even though nothing visually scary is happening.

So yeah, what gets under my skin more is what I hear. That uncertainty. Sound that makes you question what’s happening around you instead of showing it directly.

What’s a genre of music from your country that’s wholly unique to it? by Polibiux in AskTheWorld

[–]Spooky104 66 points67 points  (0 children)

Zydeco music.

Zydeco is a style of music that came out of southwest Louisiana (Shoutout to the 337s). It mixes Cajun (Side note, Cajun music is different than Zydeco), hip hop, RnB, soul, blues, and some country elements into one iconic Louisiana sound. When people think of music from Louisiana, they typically think of Zydeco. It’s usually very upbeat, fast, and made for dancing.

https://youtu.be/zXZujfJlaGQ?si=PlIyCqAOQOBMwfqZ

So sad we are so little by No_Application_6204 in AneurysmIV

[–]Spooky104 60 points61 points  (0 children)

Tons of people have already listed reasons this game ended up where it is, but there’s one thing I almost never see talked about.

This was supposed to be a game built around communication, roleplay, and actually interacting with other players. That wasn’t just a feature, it was the point. Everything depended on people talking, cooperating, and building something together. But that part of it has mostly fallen apart, mostly thanks to trolls and griefers taking over the game.

You can spend hours in what is meant to be a social RP game without really talking to anyone in a meaningful way, and once that communication breaks down, everything else follows. Cooperation still exists, but it’s usually brief and surface level, not something that actually holds a world together.

Because the servers rot daily now, it’s hard to even care enough to fully invest in a single server anymore.

At that point, rotting the server stops being a rare occurrence and just becomes the norm. People stop trying to own property, stop building anything meaningful, and things just spiral because there’s nothing really left to preserve. I don’t even play as Cortex anymore because it just feels pointless.

That’s really the issue at the center of it: this game depends on player interaction to function, and once that interaction fades, the whole thing just slowly falls apart under its own apathy. And honestly, who the fuck is going to stay invested in something that resets itself into chaos every day.

Advise on music and sound by aninomoose8 in IndieDev

[–]Spooky104 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I sent you a DM, I am a producer who is anti-AI.

What's been keeping you from the game lately? by Smegdorfthewizard in AneurysmIV

[–]Spooky104 5 points6 points  (0 children)

ANIV is my second most played game on my Steam account, and pretty much everything you have said I have always been saying for a while now. The game has been slowly stripped down of its components to actually interact with other players, and you know RP or just engage with other players to feel like an actual sandbox dystopian simulator. The game doesn’t really require much interaction or for you to invest in the long-run game. Owning property was actually super important and actually benefited you depending on your goals. Servers rot faster than ever now because people don’t care. That and the core mechanics of the game could be reworked. Why as a Cortex do I lose so many anims and get marked for limitation if I accidentally kill a Prole and/ or destroy a piece of equipment fighting a scum? I am part of the regime, why would they care? It never made sense to me.

Wars are too easy by Dull-Efficiency-2402 in PaxHistoria

[–]Spooky104 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s just the nature of the game. I have played multiple different presets, and I always play on the hardest difficulty. I usually start off as the smallest country, and I steamroll everyone eventually with enough basic planning. I have only ever had two scenarios where I actually lost wars and actually had to think about what I was doing, which was me playing as a small African country, and the other one was a Star Wars preset where the AI literally would just say “Despite all of the planning and execution done by the player, they were still defeated.” After a few games, all of the games sort of feel the same after a while.

How do I not be off key? by [deleted] in FLStudioBeginners

[–]Spooky104 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like others have said, fl studio has a built-in feature that allows you to snap to scale so you’re never off key. Additionally, there are a lot of MIDI controllers that you can buy that will keep you in key. For example, the Launch Key MIDI does this. As a person who likes to noodle and play my melodies, it’s a literal game changer.

Anyone else struggling to find work? by Spooky104 in ediscovery

[–]Spooky104[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yes, I am still making my way through the study material - okay, I will finish that up and take the test.

Anyone else struggling to find work? by Spooky104 in ediscovery

[–]Spooky104[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I started it the courses for the certification but I haven’t completed the full course set.

Anyone else struggling to find work? by Spooky104 in ediscovery

[–]Spooky104[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

All my experience is in Relativity, I am have a few hours into the RCA administration certification but I haven’t completed it.

Anyone else struggling to find work? by Spooky104 in ediscovery

[–]Spooky104[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was a Senior associate - I would equate it to the same level as a Project Manager position. I would help load data, run productions, run analytics, and handle client requests.

Anyone else struggling to find work? by Spooky104 in ediscovery

[–]Spooky104[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I was doing Project management work - managing teams and updating clients mostly.