{"author_name":"TellusE","cat":"MiniLD","comments":[{"author_name":"joshimoo","time":"July 26, 2011 1:27 am","epoch":1311661620,"text":"Thanks for the great music tips. \":-)\"","spam":"N"}],"epoch":1311384660,"likes":2,"metadata":{"p_key":"65501","p_author":"TellusE","p_authorkey":"749","p_urlkey":"101297","p_title":"War Theaters","p_cat":"MiniLD","p_event":"LD21","p_time":"1311384660","p_likes":"2","p_comments":"1","p_status":"UPD5","us_key":"749","us_name":"TellusE","us_username":"telluse","event_start":"1313712000","event_key":"7","event_name":"LD21"},"text":"

I doubt I was the only one to break out in a small private karaoke concert when the MiniLD theme was announced. War<\/a> followed by Cannon Fodder<\/a> (in all fairness in this version<\/a>\u00a0by Press Play On tape<\/a>). Closely behind followed Fortunate Son<\/a>. Had this been a true LD these songs would be playing in non-stop repeat. Seeing as how I’ve got more than just the 48 hours, I fear for my sanity should I keep the music running.<\/p>\n

Regardless, the music gripped me instantly and tossed me back to what I consider the epitome of W*A*R<\/strong> – Vietnam. The satire of Cannon Fodder and the udder foolishness expressed by both Edwin Starr and Credence Clearwater Revival (henseforth CCR) easily sets the stage for war gone wrong. Beyond this, I’ve had a notion of fiddling with games that work heavily with music. Trying to merge the two has given me three options:<\/p>\n

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  1. Guitar Hero Vietnam (meh)<\/li>\n
  2. ReZ vietnam (still meh)<\/li>\n
  3. Compose-a-war (yeh!)<\/li>\n <\/ol>\n

    I’m going with the final one. In principle, I’m aiming for an RTS-puzzle hybrid that relies heavily on the rhythm <\/strong>of the music as queues to the player on how to react to enemy movements. This requires some intriguing features not innately accessible in the engine of choice, most notably a run-time dynamic music tracker. Fun fun!<\/p>\n

    Anyway, to summarize my tools du jour:<\/p>\n

    Language:<\/strong> AS3<\/p>\n

    Engine:<\/strong> Flashpunk <\/a>(custom version integrating\u00a0RichardMarks’ sound mixer and a few custom fixes)<\/p>\n

    Sound:<\/strong> sfxr<\/p>\n

    Music:<\/strong> Pure code (rhythms tested in Musagi and MODPlug Tracker, samples created with sfxr or my vocal cords)<\/p>\n

    Graphics:<\/strong> Paint.NET<\/p>\n

    Others:<\/strong> tellusLibsAS<\/a>, a modest helper library publicly available on Github.<\/p>\n

    Break a leg, everyone!<\/p>\n \n

    Tags: as3<\/a>, flash<\/a>, music<\/a>, sfxr<\/a><\/p>","time":"July 22nd, 2011 8:31 pm","title":"War Theaters"}