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The Lonesome Guild - Heroes' Combat Skills SFX [Sound Design]

This is a showcase of all the sound effects I created for all TLG heroes' combat skills. (Timestamps below.)

For this project, I was responsible for all aspects of sound design, audio implementation, and in-game mixing and mastering. Every sound and source material in this game was created entirely from scratch through recording and synthesis, and further manipulated through processing, layering, and sweetening.

The main creative challenge here — besides trying to make them sound as vibrant as they look — was to depict the unique style and personality of each character using sound. To achieve that, I established a sonic palette for each hero, starting from simple keywords I noted down while reading the GDD.

More specifically:

• Mechanical, tonal, and cartoonish for Davinci

• Smoky, harsh, and cutting for Mr. Fox

• Synthetic, industrial, and gritty for Ran Tran Trum

• Playful, musical, and light for Mauhen

• Anime-inspired, cursed, and dark for Sarangalyn

• Soul-bound, athletic, and hefty for Chaska

• Luminous, ethereal, awe-like, and immensely powerful for Ghost

These reference points allowed me to stay grounded during the design process, and helped me stay true to the stylistic concept and direction, while also having fun with a ton of creative experimentation.

There’s something magical about the moment when you start hearing the first drafts of those sounds that had been buzzing in your head finally taking shape.

Here’s the final result—I hope you enjoy it!

Audio director and audio programmer: Simone Pellegrini

TIMESTAMPS:

DAVINCI

0:00 - Base Attacks

0:20 - Wrenchammer

0:33 - Flight of the Bunbee

0:49 - TornaDoer

1:13 - Aerial Screwshooter

2:19 - TornaDoer + Amelia's Necklace Prototype [Equipment]

2:49 - Royal Jelly Dip

3:10 - Base Attacks + Earthshaking Gauntlet [Equipment]

3:29 - Emblaze

4:23 - Emblaze + Igniter Ring [Equipment]

MR FOX

4:47 - Base Attacks

5:04 - Arrow-Wisp

5:20 - Saber-soot

5:32 - Smoking Gun

6:00 - Scorching Hunt

6:48 - Fumigation

7:18 - Base Attacks + Amulet of Emberflow [Equipment]

7:26 - Emblaze

RAN TRAN TRUM

7:55 - Base Attacks

8:13 - Merry-Go-Pound

8:37 - Trummelpunch

8:44 - Ran-Tantrum

8:52 - Dodge + Trummel-bomb [Equipment]

9:00 - Thugtalk

9:40 - Emblaze

10:20 - Invincibully

11:18 - Base Attacks + Arcolaryum's Guardian Bracers [Equipment]

MAUHEN

11:42 - Base Attacks

12:00 - Shooting Star!

12:10 - Bouncestellation

12:22 - Emblaze

12:51 - Or-Beat-U

13:11 - Wish You Were Here + Star-shaped Medallion [Equipment]

13:57 - Galaxy in a Marble

SARANGALYN

14:04 - Base Attacks + Scorching Flame Flask [Equipment]

14:33 - Witch's Kunai

14:48 - Tempest Dash

14:55 - Emblaze

15:37 - Granny's Rhyme

16:04 - Blood of the Goddess

16:12 - Curse of Theutis

CHASKA

16:52 - Base Attacks

17:19 - Crescent Dance

17:51 - Soul Rondò

18:20 - Unison Gospel

18:38 - Grasping Duet

19:05 - Spiritual Rubato

19:31 - Emblaze

20:11 - Nagungu's Whistle [Equipment]

GHOST

20:17 - Revive

20:42 - Ghost Power

Developed and co-produced by Tiny Bull Studios

Co-Produced by DON’T NOD Entertainment © 2025 – All rights reserved

Websites:

• Simone Micheli https://www.simonemicheli-audio.com/en

• DON'T NOD (‪@DONTNOD‬) https://dont-nod.com/en/games/the-lon...

• Tiny Bull Studios (‪@Tinybullstudios‬) - https://tinybullstudios.com/games/the...

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