What do you guys listen to when making your games?

[Manik Rooster]

When it comes to making your games, what kind of music do you listen to to get those creative juices flowing? Or are you more of a 'silence is golden' kind of person? It's very eclectic with me. I listen to anything to video game soundtracks to hip hop, depending on my mood. A strange staple for me has always been The Police.

 

[gstv87]

oh boy.....
*pulls out playlist*


shuffle for better enjoyment

(note: this is just a tiny fraction of the music I have. These serve as samples of the *styles* I listen to, rather than specific pieces. All of these hold some significance for me, for various reasons.)

 

[Animebryan]

The problem with music is that it gets repetitive after awhile. I prefer to listen to either comedy specials or podcasts on YT. Listening to people talk about stuff is more intellectually stimulating than music is. But VG/Anime music has it's fair share of inspirational moments as well.

 

[Soulrender]

Dark music programming - Fil Far.

 

[Ninjakillzu]

Depends.

When I need to get busywork out of the way, I put on eurobeat.

For stuff related to my cyberpunk project, I either use metal, industrial, or synthwave.

Medieval folk helps with fantasy projects.

Honestly it depends on my mood.

 

[Lord Vectra]

Battle Music tho the recent "battle music crave" is the FVII remake version of One-Winged Angel.

 

[CraneSoft]

Mainly a mix of relaxing music and my favorite game soundtracks, depending on mood and the thing I'm working on.

I do turn them off however when I'm working on stuff that requires a lot of concentration and brainstorming, such as dialogue and scenario writing as I feel music is extremely distracting in those situations.

 

[Eliaquim]

haha!
I listen to a lot of things. But mostly Rock and J-rock.
Music is essential for me to work...

 

[Finnuval]

Anything really. Depends a lot on my mood and what type of game Im working on. But always got music on as I work, couldnt do it woithout xD

 

[TheoAllen]

Various anime J-pop songs
Sometimes game OST

 

[Zekken]

Persona 5 soundtrack, Tenki no Ko soundtrack, Death Stranding soundtrack, Kingdom Heart soundtrack, and sometimes SumRndmDde videos

 

[daheji]

It depends on what I'm working on.

If I'm working on writing texts, I'm listening to some Space White Noise to concentrate.

If it's drawing, I'm listening to K-Pop or J-pop songs.

 

[Manik Rooster]

Good stuff here! I didn't expect this to blow up like it has! I like seeing and hearing your suggestions!

 

[cthulhusquid]

It really depends on the project. For Battle Castle and the Cube Trail, I typically listen to folk music, eurobeat, or anime songs, or Japanese metal, while with the Wastes, I do industrial or metal (usually extreme metal, like today I was just listening to 1914).