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By: MaxvaX » Indie Developers Show Fanciful Music Games, Interfaces at GDC

MaxvaX » Indie Developers Show Fanciful Music Games, Interfaces at GDC — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:09:42 +0000

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By: ronnie

ronnie — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:49:27 +0000

Enjoyed playing Synesthete. Crayon, a tad bit less hectic, is a lot of fun as well.

By: Keebs

Keebs — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:23:49 +0000

Also note that Crayon Physics is available for the iPhone, which happens to make quite a nie interface for it.

By: jon

jon — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 11:53:18 +0000

Myles, music is realtime but composition often isn’t. Loopers and drum machines blur the line. I’d love to see more intention in music games, realtime or not.

(I play real instruments, but I’ve always had a certain amount of contempt - right or wrong - for ‘virtuoso’ musicians lacking a creative urge. Without intent, what’s the point?)

By: Myles de Bastion

Myles de Bastion — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 06:57:11 +0000

A turn-based strategy, would that be trading musical riffs or something? Music is a real-time form and so it suits more “real-time” game styles I’d say.

By: wak

wak — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 08:36:51 +0000

I think you forgot Cinnamon Beats:
http://secretexit.com/games/cinnamonbeats
http://www.igf.com/php-bin/entry2008.php?id=172
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzjHlDHy4u4

I have a hard time figuring out what the crux of the idea is but it seems like something between a drum machine and the Incredible Machine. Could be fun if the game mechanics click right.

I’ve been thinking a lot about offline “tweak-oriented” music games lately, as opposed to most of the current ones that rely on reflexes and realtime performance. It seems to be an area that’s largely been ignored so far. How about a turn-based strategy game that relies on music as the core part of the game idea, hmm?

By: bliss

bliss — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 00:23:30 +0000

OT - Nothing to say about the iPhone SDK announcement, Peter?

http://www.wired.com/techbiz/startups/news/2008/03/ifund

Thought you’d be all over that…

By: Richard Lawler

Richard Lawler — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 21:35:25 +0000

There is a version of something like that Crayon Physics for the Jailbroken iPhone.

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