Dying wolf sound from LoK?

[Packet802]

Did you guys use the dying wolf sound clip from the old game Legends of Kesmai? Loved that game. Sounds just like it!

[Larkid]

My guess is that it's a Foley sound of wolf death that both games just happened to use.

If you don't know what Foley is, it's basically a massive library of stock sounds (creaky door opening #5, etc.) that are constantly used and re-used in video games, tv and film. Listen long enough and you'll start hearing the same creaky door (for instance, there's one sound that's used for virtually every jail cell door in any show or movie), and of course there's the famous "Wilhem Scream".

My guess, it's just a common stock sound with a low (or free) royalty payment that both games elected to use.

[Packet802]

Thanks I had not heard of Foley but that could be it. They certainly do sound the same.

[bethany]

No, we have not sampled sound clips from any other game. Everything you hear was developed by Dave Chan and Glenn Jamison specifically for this project.