Now there's a disturbing image, a Final Fantasy game with ACDC playing in
the background.
You have acquired the skill of Weaponry Theremin.
Your current level of mastery is 10 Apprentice.
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From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com>
To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org>
Sent: Friday, August 14, 2009 10:13 PM
Subject: Re: [Audyssey] The real Game Circle
Hi Bryan,
Well, my point was that certain games require a certain type of music, a
theme to set the mood, and is all part of the art of game design. Sticking
heavy metal, hip-hop, or anything else in a game were it doesn't belong
will kill the game. You can't write a purely fantacy game and have hard
rock like AC-DC or hip-hop music like Ice Cube playing in the background.
It just sounds out of place as well as very annoying to some people.
As for copyrights goes that is very true. Although, I legally license my
music for my games so that at least isn't a problem. Though, it cost me
quite a bit of cash to do it.
Bryan Peterson wrote:
Or you could do what Che did for Rail Racer and give players the option
of using their own music via WinAmp. I never did that myself because the
music got too distracting and I couldn't hear ART. Actually if Angel and
my plans work out we'll probably do that for a lot of our games,
particularly if we develop any sports type titles. And that's not
entirely out of the question despite my not being a sports fan. If I do
this I want to appeal to as many people as I possibly can. Giving players
the option and a means to use their own music might be one way to do
that. It also means you're less likely to get sued for selling
copyrighted material, which you very well could if you bundled
copyrighted music with your game.
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