O.k. I’ve uploaded a bunch of videos of gameplay featuring Ongaku's music analyser capabilities (which is also called the Tune-A-Matic in game). Please check them out and try out the demo which has the music analyser built in. You can find more gameplay videos on our YouTube page at: http://www.youtube.com/user/SmashMouthGames?feature=mhum
If anyone has any interesting videos of them playing with the music analyser we would all really like to see it :).
I know students have something to protest about, but I thought it was all taken care of during that big week some time ago where the government decided on the student fees.
I’m sat here in the middle of town and I see blues-and-twos screaming past and helicopters flying low with mini- guns and missile launchers attached, and Typhoon attack planes carrying MK-82 payload bombs and naval missile cruisers armed to the teeth backed by a Vanguard class nuclear submarine ... oh wait that last bit may have been a bit exaggerated. After so many protests I try to make the situation more interesting in my head :P.
In any case it’s another day of arguing and possibly riots (hopefully not though). How much longer though will this go on for?
Found this website through gamesindustry.biz about a new initiative to fund indie projects by public donations (http://www.8bitfunding.com/).
Here's a trailer from one of the games on the site!
The idea is that you post your idea for your concept and then the people have the option view and choose to donate various amounts in an attempt to get it developed. The developers of the projects post their videos of why you should support them along with information about the game thus far and how much they are looking to raise. Amounts so far are ranging from $1000 to $20,000 (bit ambitious I think), and donating has other benefits provided by the developer such as free copies of the game, loads of art content or even being featured in the game.
I checked through the ideas and at the moment all are in early prototype stages with some mainly having artwork and concepts. There were some curious ideas and one or two…not-so-good ideas. Being a new thing there isn’t much on there yet, but it looks like a good idea and adds that incentive for the bedroom developer to go forth and finish a game, which potentially could go on sale to a big platform. For any other bedroom developers out there it’s definitely worth a look and wouldn’t hurt to post ideas on anyway just to see if people are interested enough to donate money.
What makes this whole thing particularly special, especially from a developer perspective is the feature of having, and I quote, “…unlock a Steam Play version of the game for PC or Mac for free by linking PlayStation Network and Steam accounts…”. This could mean epic possibilities for cross platform games on PC and console and, like me where I buy games across all platforms, could one day keep playing my favourite games sat in-front of my desk or my couch .
Question is, will Microsoft want to incorporate Steam into their system? Personally I don’t think they will since doing so could harm their already successful Xbox Live system. However saying that it will make for an interesting battle of game catalogues. Where Xbox already has an impressive online catalogue, collaborating Steam and Playstation titles together could overtake the Xbox’s lead…come April we might find out.
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