Chase Bethea Signs on to Score Crystal Spider Games’ new game Portal Brawlers!

This is my newest client, Crystal Spider and hopeful long term collaboration with them.

What is Portal Brawlers? It is a side-scrolling Beat em Up Fantasy adventure game with elements of a brawler in the tradition of Golden Axe and Streets of Rag and embracing the tropes of classic fantasy storytelling. Choose from Thunk the Barbarian, Omar the Dwarf, or Umi the Corsair and battle your way through 9+ levels of Arcade-style Beat’Em’Up Gameplay!

The game combines classic brawler design with RPG-Lite Elements like Potions, Equipment, and Magic and with a variety of weapons to wield, the players must travel across the land to discover who is behind the mysterious portals that are spreading foul, crystalline corruption – and punch ’em!

My role and goal as video game composer and technical music designer is to score a game this game that not only has a memorable soundtrack that fits the entire art style of mechanics, story, art and level design and locks in with the atmosphere of beating ass. In addition to standing alone and influencing the young generation of game players like arcades did for those in the 80s and 90s.

I’m super grateful for Crystal Spider for choosing me to indie music for this game. The onboarding process was smooth and easy. Part of the reason was because of the short guide I outlined of how it would be to work with a composer.

The other is due to the credit of Benjamin who has the acumen of how good business is done. He knew he wanted me and he did not meander with any unnecessary back and forth. I’m very thankful for the opportunity and the copacetic process.

What’s next? You can Play the latest Portal Brawlers Demo on Itch.io and look out for possible game development blogs or streams from Crystal Spider that outline the behind the scenes.