At oniric we are looking for a musician who wants to collaborate with us making games. We have some collaborators, but right now they are very busy and we would need the help of someone else. If you know how to compose FM music, even better.
So I take this space to make a public call to anyone who is interested.
We are working on several projects for MSX2, 128kb RAM and FM music.
The one with the closest release date is a remake of Spring Warrior, one of our first titles. It's a game with similar mechanics to City Connection, but with a Celtic setting, random level generation and a wider and more varied enemy line-up. This Game only need 2 music conpositions and a fanfarre. It's planned for the end of January/February. Screen modes 5 and 4.
Another game that we have very advanced is another DRIBOL adventure. A platformer with puzzle touches, as you also have to collect keys and pull levers. It will also have some final bosses, to give it variety. We have a music composer helping us, but we would need some extra help. This Game is scheduled for the middle of 2023. Screen mode 5.
In addition to these two imminent titles we have more projects in the pipeline, but they are not at an advanced stage of development and we will have to wait to show you something or make an official announcement.
One of them will have RPG/Adventure touches with top-down view and the other one will have a Castlevania-like mechanic.
We are nota closed only for MSX system. We work with NES, GB and Intellivision too.
Hobby or serious?
At oniric we approach all projects as serious and commercial, although in the case of MSX, sales are not high enough to maintain a real professional team. We rarely reach the 100-copy barrier.
In that aspect we are more hopeful in more popular and niche game systems, such as NES.
