Visually reminiscent of 16-bit games from the ’90s and the likes of “The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past,” the game follows an unnamed, sword-wielding hero who embarks on a quest to defeat a monstrous evil force from destroying the world in classic fantasy fashion. “Hyper Light Drifter” is a 2016 2D action role-playing game developed by Heart Machine. ![]() When I saw what they were working on and that Beau Blyth (Samurai Gunn, 0space) was leading up gameplay design, I knew I wanted to be involved,” he said. ![]() Our mutual friend Roger Hicks connected us. “Alex brought me on right before we announced the Kickstarter. Five years later, Vreeland, best known as Disasterpeace, reflects on the title and how he got involved. This said game, in time, would become one of the most revered games of the decade due in part to the title’s superb score. Just a year later, Vreeland would create the soundtrack to a little Kickstarter video game by the name of “Hyper Light Drifter,” a Zelda-like dungeon crawler with a pretty pixel art aesthetic that followed suit with many indie games of the mid-2010s. Years later, Vreeland would be credited as the lead composer for the 2015 horror mega-hit “It Follows,” providing a now-iconic score reminiscent of John Carpenter’s ’80s synth that would elevate his name to new heights amongst the electronic music scene. “At eleven or twelve, I started messing around with my mom’s Macintosh - she is a graphic designer –– so that was around, and that was where I started with getting into being creative,” Richard Vreeland said. But he was fascinated with other mediums, like computers, visual design and finding a passion for drawing and making stuff. ![]() But despite also having a mother who both sang and played the piano and a sister who had been singing since childhood, Vreeland didn’t really feel compelled to dive deeper into music. It was there he would go to play the drums, fueled by a fascination with percussion. Years ago in the basement of a Staten Island household, Richard Vreeland watched as his stepfather, music director at his church, hosted band practice for his Beatles cover band, The Blue Meanies.
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