<glacius:metadata>

    <title>Transcribing the music of Rogue Fable III</title>

    <description>Transcriptions of music by Nooskewl Games for Rogue Fable III</description>

    <category>Music</category>

    <category>Music transcription</category>

    <category>Video games</category>

    <series order="4">2022 music project</series>

</glacius:metadata>

<p>

    I've been mildly obsessed with the retro-themed 

    <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike">roguelike</a> game

    <em><a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/956450/Rogue_Fable_III/">Rogue Fable 

    III</a></em> for a while now. And since I've spent what is probably hundreds of hours

    playing this game, I've also spent the exact same amount of time listening to its music.

    And since I like 

    <glacius:link page="music/projects/robyn-call-your-girlfriend-transcription">transcribing things</glacius:link>,

    I figured for the 4th installment of my <glacius:link series="2022 music project" /> series

    I ought to transcribe some of the music.

</p>

<p>

    <em>Rogue Fable III</em> was created by 

    <a href="https://twitter.com/PixelForgeGames">Pixel Forge Games</a>. In-game music

    by <a href="https://nooskewl.com/">Nooskewl Games</a>.

</p>

<glacius:figure glacius:src="rf3-gameplay.mp4" glacius:thumbnail="rf3-gameplay-poster-360p.jpeg" type="video">

    <caption>Gameplay from "The Iron Forge" from <em>Rogue Fable III</em></caption>

</glacius:figure>

<h2>Main Menu</h2>

<glacius:grid cols="2">

    <div>

        <glacius:figure glacius:src="rf3-original-MainMenu.mp3" type="audio">

            <caption>Main menu music from the actual game</caption>

        </glacius:figure>

    </div>

    <div>

        <glacius:figure glacius:src="04-rf3-main-menu.mp3" type="audio">

            <caption>My transcription via Lilypond, auto-converted from MIDI &#x2192; MP3</caption>

        </glacius:figure>

    </div>

</glacius:grid>

<p>

    The open hi-hat sounds terrible in the fluidsynth soundfont, but whatever, it's more

    about the transcription than the resulting audio.

</p>

<glacius:figure glacius:src="04-rf3-main-menu-sample.png" type="image">

    <caption>Transcription sample for <em>Main Menu</em></caption>

</glacius:figure>

<h3>Downloads</h3>

<ul>

    <li>Transcription: <glacius:link file="04-rf3-main-menu.pdf">pdf</glacius:link></li>

    <li>

        Audio: <glacius:link file="04-rf3-main-menu.mp3">mp3</glacius:link>,

        <glacius:link file="04-rf3-main-menu.ogg">ogg</glacius:link>

    </li>

    <li><glacius:link file="04-rf3-main-menu.ly">Lilypond source</glacius:link></li>

</ul>

<h2>Main Dungeon</h2>

<glacius:grid cols="2">

    <div>

        <glacius:figure glacius:src="rf3-original-MainDungeon.mp3" type="audio">

            <caption>Main dungeon music from the actual game</caption>

        </glacius:figure>

    </div>

    <div>

        <glacius:figure glacius:src="04-rf3-main-dungeon.mp3" type="audio">

            <caption>My transcription via Lilypond, auto-converted from MIDI &#x2192; MP3</caption>

        </glacius:figure>

    </div>

</glacius:grid>

<p>

    This MIDI conversion also doesn't sound great, because I was too lazy to figure

    out how to exclude the tom fills (starting in bar 5) from the MIDI output. They're

    not actually tom fills in the actual track, but it was the easiest way to notate it.

</p>

<glacius:figure glacius:src="04-rf3-main-dungeon-sample.png" type="image">

    <caption>Transcription sample for <em>Main Dungeon</em></caption>

</glacius:figure>

<h3>Downloads</h3>

<ul>

    <li>Transcription: <glacius:link file="04-rf3-main-dungeon.pdf">pdf</glacius:link></li>

    <li>

        Audio: <glacius:link file="04-rf3-main-dungeon.mp3">mp3</glacius:link>,

        <glacius:link file="04-rf3-main-dungeon.ogg">ogg</glacius:link>

    </li>

    <li><glacius:link file="04-rf3-main-dungeon.ly">Lilypond source</glacius:link></li>

</ul>

<h2>The Iron Forge</h2>

<glacius:grid cols="2">

    <div>

        <glacius:figure glacius:src="rf3-original-TheIronForge.mp3" type="audio">

            <caption>Iron Forge music from the actual game</caption>

        </glacius:figure>

    </div>

    <div>

        <glacius:figure glacius:src="04-rf3-iron-forge.mp3" type="audio">

            <caption>My transcription via Lilypond, auto-converted from MIDI &#x2192; MP3</caption>

        </glacius:figure>

    </div>

</glacius:grid>

<p>

    This MIDI conversion is pretty decent, I even tried to articulate it properly. It

    turned out pretty good, and isn't a terrible match for the actual in-game track.

</p>

<glacius:figure glacius:src="04-rf3-iron-forge-sample.png" type="image">

    <caption>Transcription sample for <em>The Iron Forge</em></caption>

</glacius:figure>

<h3>Downloads</h3>

<ul>

    <li>Transcription: <glacius:link file="04-rf3-iron-forge.pdf">pdf</glacius:link></li>

    <li>

        Audio: <glacius:link file="04-rf3-iron-forge.mp3">mp3</glacius:link>,

        <glacius:link file="04-rf3-iron-forge.ogg">ogg</glacius:link>

    </li>

    <li><glacius:link file="04-rf3-iron-forge.ly">Lilypond source</glacius:link></li>

</ul>