A request/plea to the game developers

[Niv-Mizzet the Firemind]

Hello dear game developers,
first of all thanks for creating awesome games.

Could you please do me a favour though? For the love of Cthulhu, please set the default volume of whatever engine you use to something sane, like 50% or 30% instead of the 100% it usually is.
I realise that I can lower the sound from the settings after the game's first start, but that first heart attack doesn't go back, neither can I unbleed my ears from the sheer volume of sound.
I tried a game earlier and I'm still recovering from the heart attack the splash screen induced.
I also realise I may be the only one with this problem, but I had to get it out of my chest.

Thanks for reading.

 

[Pretentious Goblin]

Was it RPGM? in my experience, RPGM = ear rape, especially if it's a Japanese game. Literally have to lower it to 20% to be tolerable.

 

[Niv-Mizzet the Firemind]

Was it RPGM? in my experience, RPGM = ear rape, especially if it's a Japanese game. Literally have to lower it to 20% to be tolerable.

It was RenPy. But tbh all games I've tried with menu music or splash screens have this particular issue.

 

[moskis22]

Was it RPGM? in my experience, RPGM = ear rape, especially if it's a Japanese game. Literally have to lower it to 20% to be tolerable.

And some of them don't even have an ingame option to regulate volume

 

[mickydoo]

You do know you can adjust the volume on your computer.

 

[Niv-Mizzet the Firemind]

You do know you can adjust the volume on your computer.

Yeah, my issue is that since the games by default ship with 100% volume, if there is a startup video/splash screen/menu music the first time the game runs they produce an ear splitting screech.

 

[AmazonessKing]

I'll consider it. I can adjust the default sound to 75% in the code, and this is very interesting considering I just implemented sound.

Yeah, my issue is that since the games by default ship with 100% volume, if there is a startup video/splash screen/menu music the first time the game runs they produce an ear splitting screech.

He actually means that you can adjust the volume of your PC here:

You can also use the mixer.