Hard to believe, but Iji was likely my GOTY for 2008. I don’t know why it is, but I was really moved by this little freeware title. I think I have a thing for sympathetic female cyborg ass-kickers. I went so far as to conduct an interview with the surprisingly modest developer. The composer has since started up his own little company here, and it looks like he’s had some new jobs since. The track I’m sharing is actually a fan-remix of the end boss theme found on youtube. It’s unfortunate that the majority of the game’s score was in mono sound. Chris said there’s no fixing that, as that’s just how it was sequenced together, and he also lost the project files in a crash at some point. Final note: You can find my own playthroughs of the boss battles here.
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February 12th, 2010 on 6:14 am
Well I thought I’d lost the files but I managed to restore all of them. And since there was such a sad face on the whole mono and terribly compressed sound of the original Iji OST, since then Dan & I have learnt quite a lot of new things, and we’re re-doing the entire Iji OST this year in a HyperDuck Music Studios remix.
Not only this, but we’re releasing a little preview of things to come, in an Iji medley form for a game called Indie Brawl. When it happens I’ll drop you a line Mozgus, it’s almost done.
Drop me a line! Again, awesome website, officially watching now.
Chris Geehan
February 12th, 2010 on 7:58 am
Oh hell yes! I’m fucking thrilled to hear that man. Can’t wait.