Melee Combat

Sound Effects

Kevin Fishburne posted a series of tweets last night to release yet another brand new series of recordings. These are combat sound effects, and can be used to greatly enhance melee encounters.

The entire series is included in this post, but each has its own download. Kevin’s twitter posts will introduce each file set:

Lest be return'd to earth elude bearers of such formidable weapons (swing_long_heavy_x.wav): http://t.co/4WFSUSVPkn

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) May 22, 2013

A long inch of tempered steel is enough to separate limbs from their owner (swing_long_medium_x.wav): http://t.co/4WFSUSVPkn

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) May 22, 2013

Thin as a reed and sharper than a tongue, this one you'll remember (swing_long_light_x.wav): http://t.co/4WFSUSVPkn

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) May 22, 2013

The mace has a short range and a quiet approach, but don't let that distract you from its power (swing_short_x.wav): http://t.co/4WFSUSVPkn

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) May 22, 2013

It's sword versus sword in a symphony of parrying, all public domain (impact_sword_sword_x.wav): http://t.co/4WFSUSVPkn

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) May 22, 2013

This series also features a bonus recording to show what an excellent time was had making these recordings. (Strong language)

Public domain sword impacting armor sound effects (impact_sword_armor_x.wav): http://t.co/4WFSUSVPkn

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) May 22, 2013

He ends with a nod to how taxing combat can be:

When it hurts your forearm to light a cigarette you know you've recorded enough melee sound effects for one evening. Ouch.

— Eight Virtues (@eightvirtues) May 22, 2013

As he noted on the previous releases: These are recorded and edited by Santimonia and have been released to the public domain, and may be used for any purpose, including commercial, without restriction.

Sanctimonia is an open source massively multiplayer online role playing game in the spirit of Ultima.