Miriam screen presence

I need to go back and check on this. However the volume of her steps, anything in the game really, should be designed with the intent of the player hearing things through Miriam's ears or the cameras ears. Sounds can be more static in volume if heard from the camera but sound volume heard through her should decrease as they get more distant. Lastly balance should be considered. A blaring swing of a weapon wouldn't fit with barely audible foot steps of her running. Just my two cents and I hope it didn't derail anything.

There are usually 3-4 sounds on same surface when it comes to footsteps. If this would be applied on a few different ones I am pretty sure it would do just fine. The best part of having lower sound is that same footstep can be repeated, with higher volume it must be variated.

Also might keep in mind different shoes. As of yet we have seen two types in the game, low shoes and higher heel boot ones. The kung fu shoes should be quite silent and have a more plastic "tap" sound rather than a "clack" sound from boots.

Also, themes like castlestone or cavestone could both be used with same sound as a base, but with an echo or reverb (small) attached. I guess it would make you at least have 2 setting-sounds. Carpet sounds can also have same on both the "tap" and the "clack", with with different volumes.

Sound effects aren't really my main subject, but I have been digging around with sound for quite some years from games.

Environmental sounds are everything from ground with grass to mud, which would be same ground but if it snows or rains. I believe they could get away with alot of the same sounds since the Castle is (possibly?) mostly in stone.

I think also additional sound before jumping with the "clothes in the wind" could amplify the effect of her jump and reduce the thing some say is "floaty". And landing from greater distance had a cracking sound in SotN when we used the super jump ability. I wonder if it would be possible in Bloodstained as well to have a trigger when she falls or are punched into a wall with a set distance to activate that cracking sound.

Some games also combine sound with walks and powerful stomps with graphical elements, when taking off with a powerful thrust, the ground crumbles a bit, and its way more cracked when something heavy or fast lands. Dust particles are a thing in Bloodstained, its really nice to see when she lands on some areas. I think that is neat when it comes to normal jump from platform to platform.

Sounds do much, I agree. I don't exactly know how much it would change the feel however. But maybe a lot!