Is there anyway to add simple sounds to this game.

[ryan7251]

Ok so i just found out about this game and it seems really fun and good for a noob like me to get used to rougelikes but i have one issue with the game the lack of sound really brings me out of the game i would love it if anyone knew of a way to bring even simple sounds into the game. But i also understand if that is just not able to happen do to the game being to hard to mod.

[daggaz]

Anything is possible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVbPnDf3TIw

[stoneychips]

Maybe not all you're looking for but... I sometimes enjoy turning on a fantasy adventure soundtrack on Youtube while playing (or whatever Crawling style music you might like).

[Sar]

There used to be a sound mod but apparently it might not work on newest releases:

https://crawl.develz.org/tavern/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=10917&p=151369&hilit=sound+mod#p151369

[themadtoker]

I've always thought the same thing thing. Simple but effective sounds, like the ones Avernum uses would be perfect for this game. I think it would make it more immersive.

[Hurkyl]

The real trick, IMO, is to add sounds that alert you to relevant things in a nonintrusive way. e.g. Nethack was much more convenient to play when relevant ambient sounds like 'you hear someone counting money' play actual sounds, rather than having to constantly divert your attention to the message log to be aware of them.

Brainstorming for crawl, I think sound would be a very convenient way to signify weapon brands, distortion in particular, maybe electrocution too. Enemies using hex wands would be good too, since those don't show up in the graphical display.

[Jarlyk]

Sound can be a very effective way to convey important events, though it's surprisingly tricky to create sounds that are both unobtrusive (i.e. non-annoying) and yet provide useful feedback.

Another set of events that would be really handy to convey via sounds include acquiring various negative status effects, like 'Slow', the start of 'Petr', 'Conf', etc. The 'Slow' effect in particular is extremely dangerous and easy to miss if you're not paying enough attention. I could also see effects for things like priest Smiting, Torment and Hellfire.

[partial]

I usually pop on my favorite VG soundtracks and go from there

[njvack]

I usually make little noises, like "pew pew pew" when I'm casting spells or "swish swish" when I'm hitting things with swords or "oof oof" when I'm macing stuff or "fuck fuck fuck" when I run into Prince Ribbit early.

[swoonis]

Maybe not all you're looking for but... I sometimes enjoy turning on a fantasy adventure soundtrack on Youtube while playing (or whatever Crawling style music you might like).

The classic Gauntlet soundtrack fits crawl perfectly too.

[dynast]

I swear i can hear explosion sounds when i am casting firestorm.