Hero footsteps

Pick one by number. Nothing here is in the game yet. Hover or tap a name for the source.

Game speedPace used: hero speed 3 metres per second, one step every 0.35 s, so one step per 1.05 metres. 2x and 3x play the proposal, steps that follow the feet. Card 0 stays at 0.35 s, because that is what the game does today at every speed. Shape of one stepThe coloured shape is one step, loud where it is tall. The dashed line is where the next step starts at 1x. A step that ends before the line stays clean.

0TodaySource: Kenney, RPG Audio, one footstep. Licence: CC0: free, no credit needed. Length: 0.23 s on average, cut to at most 0.30 s. Loudness: -20.0 dB after levelling, 5.9 dB taken off so every card plays at about the same volume.

One clip, every step

1 clipCC0

1GrassSource: congusbongus, Footsteps on different surfaces, from a recording by swuing. Licence: CC-BY 3.0: free, but both names must appear in the credits. Length: 0.24 s on average, cut to at most 0.30 s. Loudness: -20.0 dB after levelling, 11.1 dB taken off so every card plays at about the same volume.my guessA guess from the numbers only: I cannot hear. These steps are the most even in length and loudness, and grass is what the map shows. Your ear decides.

Soft steps on grass

6 different stepsCC-BY

2Soft earthSource: Fantozzi, Footsteps (Grass/Sand and Stone). The author says the sand ones sound like grass too. Licence: CC0: free, no credit needed. Length: 0.30 s on average, cut to at most 0.30 s. Loudness: -21.7 dB after levelling, 4.0 dB taken off so every card plays at about the same volume.

Fantozzi sand steps

6 different stepsCC0

3Gravel pathSource: congusbongus, Footsteps on different surfaces, from a pack by Ali_6868. Licence: CC0 for these gravel steps: free, no credit needed. Length: 0.20 s on average, cut to at most 0.30 s. Loudness: -20.0 dB after levelling, 1.9 dB taken off so every card plays at about the same volume.

Crunchy dirt track

6 different stepsCC0

4Leather bootsSource: HaelDB, Footsteps Leather, Cloth, Armor. Made for the role playing game Flare, where you hear them all the time. Licence: CC0: free, no credit needed. Length: 0.23 s on average, cut to at most 0.30 s. Loudness: -20.0 dB after levelling, 17.8 dB added so every card plays at about the same volume.

Quiet boot, made not to tire

4 different stepsCC0

Comes with your pick

Steps follow the feetToday a clock plays a step every 0.35 s, even at game speed 3 when the hero covers three times the ground. Proposal: one step every 1.05 metres walked, so the sound always fits. This is a change in the player code, so it goes to the worker who owns it.

Never the same step twiceToday the player picks at random, so with 5 clips the same one comes back 1 time in 5. Proposal: skip the one that just played. The page already does this.

Silent on pauseFrom reading the code, the step clock keeps running while the game is paused, so a hero paused in mid walk may keep stepping. Not tried in the game yet.