Matthew Florianz
@matthewflorianz.bsky.social
👂🏼👂🏿👂🏽👂🏻👂🏾🐇 🇳🇱 🇦🇹 | Head #gameaudio design Frontier - Planet Coaster 2, Planet Zoo, Elite Dangerous, F1 Manager, Jurassic World Evolution, Warhammer Realms of Ruin, Little Big Planet 3 - Tearaway | Ambient Music https://matthewflorianz.com
One of the rocks on the kitchen counter couldn’t be trusted.
September 20, 2025 at 5:40 PM
One of the rocks on the kitchen counter couldn’t be trusted.
Creativity should have value, I also realise that not everyone has the same advantage when it comes to income.
If you’ve been listening for a while or want to complete a collection, all my releases are "name your price" today.
matthewflorianz.bandcamp.com/track/katsch...
#ambient #soundscapes
If you’ve been listening for a while or want to complete a collection, all my releases are "name your price" today.
matthewflorianz.bandcamp.com/track/katsch...
#ambient #soundscapes
August 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Creativity should have value, I also realise that not everyone has the same advantage when it comes to income.
If you’ve been listening for a while or want to complete a collection, all my releases are "name your price" today.
matthewflorianz.bandcamp.com/track/katsch...
#ambient #soundscapes
If you’ve been listening for a while or want to complete a collection, all my releases are "name your price" today.
matthewflorianz.bandcamp.com/track/katsch...
#ambient #soundscapes
Surprised this still exists (teletekst-data.nos.nl/webplus?p=10...).
This used to be broadcast in TV signals (see top of b&w image) and accessible via the TV remote.
The simplicity and straightforward language used are calming even if it felt slow back then.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletext
This used to be broadcast in TV signals (see top of b&w image) and accessible via the TV remote.
The simplicity and straightforward language used are calming even if it felt slow back then.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletext
May 24, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Surprised this still exists (teletekst-data.nos.nl/webplus?p=10...).
This used to be broadcast in TV signals (see top of b&w image) and accessible via the TV remote.
The simplicity and straightforward language used are calming even if it felt slow back then.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletext
This used to be broadcast in TV signals (see top of b&w image) and accessible via the TV remote.
The simplicity and straightforward language used are calming even if it felt slow back then.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teletext
The addition of the RD9, made possible in part through the generous support of listeners and contributors, enables new creative explorations such as on this remix:
matthewflorianz.bandcamp.com/track/westla...
matthewflorianz.bandcamp.com/track/westla...
March 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
The addition of the RD9, made possible in part through the generous support of listeners and contributors, enables new creative explorations such as on this remix:
matthewflorianz.bandcamp.com/track/westla...
matthewflorianz.bandcamp.com/track/westla...
For #gameaudio and #sounddesign the x/y pad in Hourglass was a brilliant sculpting tool.
More granular vst's exist today, yet Hourglass is still useful for experiments, looping textures and source creation like shown below.
In-depth look: youtu.be/QMUyM7h02_A
More examples: youtu.be/dKjuteP8A9U
More granular vst's exist today, yet Hourglass is still useful for experiments, looping textures and source creation like shown below.
In-depth look: youtu.be/QMUyM7h02_A
More examples: youtu.be/dKjuteP8A9U
March 12, 2025 at 1:49 PM
For #gameaudio and #sounddesign the x/y pad in Hourglass was a brilliant sculpting tool.
More granular vst's exist today, yet Hourglass is still useful for experiments, looping textures and source creation like shown below.
In-depth look: youtu.be/QMUyM7h02_A
More examples: youtu.be/dKjuteP8A9U
More granular vst's exist today, yet Hourglass is still useful for experiments, looping textures and source creation like shown below.
In-depth look: youtu.be/QMUyM7h02_A
More examples: youtu.be/dKjuteP8A9U
Shout-out to the 343 team and Halo Infinite.
In Halo:CE after a particularly tense exploration - a dead marine falls into the Master Chiefs arms. With great care and respect the soldier is placed onto the ground.
20 years later 343 referenced a favourite character building moment.
Bravo!!!
In Halo:CE after a particularly tense exploration - a dead marine falls into the Master Chiefs arms. With great care and respect the soldier is placed onto the ground.
20 years later 343 referenced a favourite character building moment.
Bravo!!!
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Shout-out to the 343 team and Halo Infinite.
In Halo:CE after a particularly tense exploration - a dead marine falls into the Master Chiefs arms. With great care and respect the soldier is placed onto the ground.
20 years later 343 referenced a favourite character building moment.
Bravo!!!
In Halo:CE after a particularly tense exploration - a dead marine falls into the Master Chiefs arms. With great care and respect the soldier is placed onto the ground.
20 years later 343 referenced a favourite character building moment.
Bravo!!!
The Flood benefit from additional level of detailing and goes full Carpenter's The Thing.
I don't think I've ever noticed Captain Keyes on the previous play-throughs.
I don't think I've ever noticed Captain Keyes on the previous play-throughs.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The Flood benefit from additional level of detailing and goes full Carpenter's The Thing.
I don't think I've ever noticed Captain Keyes on the previous play-throughs.
I don't think I've ever noticed Captain Keyes on the previous play-throughs.
The penultimate level. The enhanced detail in the outdoor environment and better lighting makes this area less claustrophobic and confusing.
I liked and played through the re-master here:
I liked and played through the re-master here:
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The penultimate level. The enhanced detail in the outdoor environment and better lighting makes this area less claustrophobic and confusing.
I liked and played through the re-master here:
I liked and played through the re-master here:
Switching back and forth, the remaster adds “visual interest" but in re-interpreting lights, textures and detailing it no longer feels threatening, isolated or scary.
The build up of the three previous levels doesn't pay off as well. It's in fact not leaning into the horror aspect anymore.
The build up of the three previous levels doesn't pay off as well. It's in fact not leaning into the horror aspect anymore.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Switching back and forth, the remaster adds “visual interest" but in re-interpreting lights, textures and detailing it no longer feels threatening, isolated or scary.
The build up of the three previous levels doesn't pay off as well. It's in fact not leaning into the horror aspect anymore.
The build up of the three previous levels doesn't pay off as well. It's in fact not leaning into the horror aspect anymore.
Even music in The Library is unrelenting and forgoes chords or progressions. Instead its unnerving.
The new age “Natives” and Irish “jigg-ings” from the previous levels make way for dissonance and rhythmic Roland JV patches.
The new age “Natives” and Irish “jigg-ings” from the previous levels make way for dissonance and rhythmic Roland JV patches.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Even music in The Library is unrelenting and forgoes chords or progressions. Instead its unnerving.
The new age “Natives” and Irish “jigg-ings” from the previous levels make way for dissonance and rhythmic Roland JV patches.
The new age “Natives” and Irish “jigg-ings” from the previous levels make way for dissonance and rhythmic Roland JV patches.
What is going on here then? Someone likes Doom a lot.
I don’t think the remaster understood this level.
It's also much harder to see that flying vehicle above.
I don’t think the remaster understood this level.
It's also much harder to see that flying vehicle above.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
What is going on here then? Someone likes Doom a lot.
I don’t think the remaster understood this level.
It's also much harder to see that flying vehicle above.
I don’t think the remaster understood this level.
It's also much harder to see that flying vehicle above.
There are (three) smaller underground corridors. Although they offer a bit of a breather from the endless flood of enemies they feel scary.
Unless switching to the remaster which doesn't quite get the tone of horror, opting instead for space-solarium rather than being creepy.
Unless switching to the remaster which doesn't quite get the tone of horror, opting instead for space-solarium rather than being creepy.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
There are (three) smaller underground corridors. Although they offer a bit of a breather from the endless flood of enemies they feel scary.
Unless switching to the remaster which doesn't quite get the tone of horror, opting instead for space-solarium rather than being creepy.
Unless switching to the remaster which doesn't quite get the tone of horror, opting instead for space-solarium rather than being creepy.
It also reminds of what that other Alien film did so well ... tapping into childhood fears. Framing matters and it's not often associated with First person games, but Halo does it well in this map.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It also reminds of what that other Alien film did so well ... tapping into childhood fears. Framing matters and it's not often associated with First person games, but Halo does it well in this map.
“sparky” (the blue orb, badly rendered on these potato quality screenshots) is always above. It's being clever and opening door and as a result we are always looking up ... which is what something “smaller” does.
It is a brilliant and inventive way to tap into the imaginative fear of childhood.
It is a brilliant and inventive way to tap into the imaginative fear of childhood.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
“sparky” (the blue orb, badly rendered on these potato quality screenshots) is always above. It's being clever and opening door and as a result we are always looking up ... which is what something “smaller” does.
It is a brilliant and inventive way to tap into the imaginative fear of childhood.
It is a brilliant and inventive way to tap into the imaginative fear of childhood.
The dissociation works so well because the architecture of Halo, the geometrically recognisable spaces, corridors and ceilings, have been imprinted.
This is much larger.
This is much larger.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The dissociation works so well because the architecture of Halo, the geometrically recognisable spaces, corridors and ceilings, have been imprinted.
This is much larger.
This is much larger.
In a clever level & art decision; The Library takes previously established brutalist geometry and blows everything up in scale.
Generally, the Masterchief towers above humans and most Covenant, but here, in corridors made for giants, he feels small and vulnerable.
Generally, the Masterchief towers above humans and most Covenant, but here, in corridors made for giants, he feels small and vulnerable.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
In a clever level & art decision; The Library takes previously established brutalist geometry and blows everything up in scale.
Generally, the Masterchief towers above humans and most Covenant, but here, in corridors made for giants, he feels small and vulnerable.
Generally, the Masterchief towers above humans and most Covenant, but here, in corridors made for giants, he feels small and vulnerable.
As part of the sequence: The Silent Cartographer, Assault on the Control Room, 343 Guilty Spark and finally The Library, it is one of my all time favourite levels sequence in FPS gaming.
I can replay them over and over again and yes, I actually like the gameplay of the Library.
I can replay them over and over again and yes, I actually like the gameplay of the Library.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
As part of the sequence: The Silent Cartographer, Assault on the Control Room, 343 Guilty Spark and finally The Library, it is one of my all time favourite levels sequence in FPS gaming.
I can replay them over and over again and yes, I actually like the gameplay of the Library.
I can replay them over and over again and yes, I actually like the gameplay of the Library.
Enter The Library ... though technically that screen-grab is from the exit ... so let’s rewind a bit.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Enter The Library ... though technically that screen-grab is from the exit ... so let’s rewind a bit.
The #gameaudio is tonal. Every weapon, environment and enemy has a pitch, tone or rhythm that is in tune with the world itself.
This is impressionistic sound design at its finest, not necessarily realistic, but highly recognisable and adding more storytelling to enemies and tactics.
This is impressionistic sound design at its finest, not necessarily realistic, but highly recognisable and adding more storytelling to enemies and tactics.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The #gameaudio is tonal. Every weapon, environment and enemy has a pitch, tone or rhythm that is in tune with the world itself.
This is impressionistic sound design at its finest, not necessarily realistic, but highly recognisable and adding more storytelling to enemies and tactics.
This is impressionistic sound design at its finest, not necessarily realistic, but highly recognisable and adding more storytelling to enemies and tactics.
What a twist!
Just before masterchief opens the door and finds the tape, a dead marine (leaning on the frame) falls onto him.
Carefully and gently, the body is quietly rested onto the floor. It is a quick animation that does more storytelling in a few frames than dialogue could. A brilliant touch.
Just before masterchief opens the door and finds the tape, a dead marine (leaning on the frame) falls onto him.
Carefully and gently, the body is quietly rested onto the floor. It is a quick animation that does more storytelling in a few frames than dialogue could. A brilliant touch.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
What a twist!
Just before masterchief opens the door and finds the tape, a dead marine (leaning on the frame) falls onto him.
Carefully and gently, the body is quietly rested onto the floor. It is a quick animation that does more storytelling in a few frames than dialogue could. A brilliant touch.
Just before masterchief opens the door and finds the tape, a dead marine (leaning on the frame) falls onto him.
Carefully and gently, the body is quietly rested onto the floor. It is a quick animation that does more storytelling in a few frames than dialogue could. A brilliant touch.
The original tells the story of ‘horror’ unexpectedly well and presents little scene’s of storytelling everywhere.
The persistent splatter is one of those cool ‘halo’ things which is entirely absent when switching to the remaster.
Maybe because I'm switching it's not rendering them?
The persistent splatter is one of those cool ‘halo’ things which is entirely absent when switching to the remaster.
Maybe because I'm switching it's not rendering them?
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The original tells the story of ‘horror’ unexpectedly well and presents little scene’s of storytelling everywhere.
The persistent splatter is one of those cool ‘halo’ things which is entirely absent when switching to the remaster.
Maybe because I'm switching it's not rendering them?
The persistent splatter is one of those cool ‘halo’ things which is entirely absent when switching to the remaster.
Maybe because I'm switching it's not rendering them?
The colour grade of "Aliens" runs throughout both versions of he game.
Images show an example of outdoor in which the remaster can show environments the original @xbox.com couldn’t.
The gameplay, ‘scripted smarts’ of the ai and gunplay feel fun in any version.
The original does look more spooky.
Images show an example of outdoor in which the remaster can show environments the original @xbox.com couldn’t.
The gameplay, ‘scripted smarts’ of the ai and gunplay feel fun in any version.
The original does look more spooky.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
The colour grade of "Aliens" runs throughout both versions of he game.
Images show an example of outdoor in which the remaster can show environments the original @xbox.com couldn’t.
The gameplay, ‘scripted smarts’ of the ai and gunplay feel fun in any version.
The original does look more spooky.
Images show an example of outdoor in which the remaster can show environments the original @xbox.com couldn’t.
The gameplay, ‘scripted smarts’ of the ai and gunplay feel fun in any version.
The original does look more spooky.
It is not entirely fair to compare an original to an interpretation. Moreover so as the circumstance of which, as the resources to make it are unknown.
Generally the remastered version casts striking images outdoors everywhere with structures in sight.
Generally the remastered version casts striking images outdoors everywhere with structures in sight.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It is not entirely fair to compare an original to an interpretation. Moreover so as the circumstance of which, as the resources to make it are unknown.
Generally the remastered version casts striking images outdoors everywhere with structures in sight.
Generally the remastered version casts striking images outdoors everywhere with structures in sight.
Perhaps the best level ever build in Halo and where things really kicks off.
I do like the exterior work of the remaster, even if some of the originals brutalist majesty comes from its solemn exteriors.
Generally the organic environments are beautifully done, readability is not a concern here.
I do like the exterior work of the remaster, even if some of the originals brutalist majesty comes from its solemn exteriors.
Generally the organic environments are beautifully done, readability is not a concern here.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Perhaps the best level ever build in Halo and where things really kicks off.
I do like the exterior work of the remaster, even if some of the originals brutalist majesty comes from its solemn exteriors.
Generally the organic environments are beautifully done, readability is not a concern here.
I do like the exterior work of the remaster, even if some of the originals brutalist majesty comes from its solemn exteriors.
Generally the organic environments are beautifully done, readability is not a concern here.
Sometimes new visuals do improve on the original. Reaching the gravity lift, new lighting focuses attention on it. It's a spawn point so that makes sense.
The contrast achieves a similar sense of Halo's original sense of dark and light.
The contrast achieves a similar sense of Halo's original sense of dark and light.
March 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Sometimes new visuals do improve on the original. Reaching the gravity lift, new lighting focuses attention on it. It's a spawn point so that makes sense.
The contrast achieves a similar sense of Halo's original sense of dark and light.
The contrast achieves a similar sense of Halo's original sense of dark and light.