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DroidFreak36
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Wednesday, August 23 2017, 2:33 am EST
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Considering that I'm finally about to gain the ability to add settings, I'm thinking more seriously about adding a soundtrack to HATPCR.

The concept I have is to include several songs each from a handful of artists, chosen to keep a fairly coherent style. The artists I have in mind right now are Extan, MaHi, and Approaching Nirvana. Here's a bio on each:

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Extan is a 24 year old German producer who produces liquid and melodic drum & bass and dubstep. He's one of the first artists I discovered and still one of the most underground.

His style really sets the tone for this soundtrack concept - it's a melodic, sorta chill, sorta melancholy style that is at the same time fast-paced.

For some good examples of his DnB, see Don't Stop and Endless Horizon

For some good examples of his dubstep, see What I Left Behind and Infinity

There's plenty more where those came from as well. If I go through with this concept, I wouldn't be surprised if over half of the songs used are from Extan.

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MaHi is an artist from PA who falls more on the chill side. His music is very melodic, progressive, and ... you know, chill. It really speaks for itself if you hear it:

Arcus (Drum & bass)

The Flow (Dubstep)

Something Strange (House/trance)

HEY! (Electro)

Expect to see MaHi tracks on the more chill levels, or maybe levels that are especially long and progressive.

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Approaching Nirvana is a formerly two-man house group (now one) that started off making orchestral music and transitioned over time into heavy dance tracks.

A lot of their music doesn't really fit the theme of the proposed soundtrack, but some of them do:

South Side

Soar

Celtic Rumors

Tomorrow

A->N sorta fills in the more upbeat side of this soundtrack concept, and they have a huge backlog of music at this point. Even though not all of their songs fit the theme, they have a wide variety of songs, and quite a few that do fit the theme.




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Rocketguy2
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Wednesday, August 23 2017, 5:36 am EST
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Perhaps we could add in Sonder by Bossfight or some other songs similar to that, maybe for puzzle levels and similar, it might be a bit difficult to get it to loop

EDIT: Wow, Mescalink by Bossfight would work really well with fast speed levels


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I'd like it if there were an option to disable the music. It's not that I dislike the music you guys are suggesting, but no matter what game I'm playing, there's always a time when I want to listen to something other than the game's soundtrack.

Also, it might be cool if a brief tune plays when you do things like collecting a gem or opening the door.  


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DroidFreak36
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Thursday, August 24 2017, 1:16 am EST
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'Rocket Guy2' said:
Perhaps we could add in Sonder by Bossfight or some other songs similar to that, maybe for puzzle levels and similar, it might be a bit difficult to get it to loop

EDIT: Wow, Mescalink by Bossfight would work really well with fast speed levels


Sonder seems to fit the theme I'm going for pretty well. Mescalink doesn't really fit the theme though. I'll listen to some of his other tracks and consider adding him to the roster. It'd also be contingent on getting his permission. I've already contacted the original 3 artists I've mentioned to that end, and so far I've heard back from MaHi.

'Mymop' said:
I'd like it if there were an option to disable the music. It's not that I dislike the music you guys are suggesting, but no matter what game I'm playing, there's always a time when I want to listen to something other than the game's soundtrack.


That is 100% the plan. Hence why I mention that adding a soundtrack is continent on first getting settings, which I'm working on now. That cookie-making I've been talking about is required to have proper settings because I need cookies to be able to save settings. They'll also allow me to save level progress in the campaign the way the original HATPC does.

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Also, it might be cool if a brief tune plays when you do things like collecting a gem or opening the door.


I'll consider that, but I don't want to make it too obtrusive or it might interfere with whatever music is playing at the moment. I'll look into it.




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aych bee
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Thursday, August 24 2017, 2:37 am EST
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will it be possible to give us the option of customizing the music in our personal levels ... within the bounds of copyright of course.


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DroidFreak36
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Thursday, August 24 2017, 2:41 am EST
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'aych bee' said:
will it be possible to give us the option of customizing the music in our personal levels ... within the bounds of copyright of course.


I plan on implementing a way for users to specify which of the songs in the soundtrack they want to use in user levels, yes. Obtaining music not already in the soundtrack for user levels would be much more complex, so I think I'll forego that.




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