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 In Kesmai's Multiplayer Battletech, control logic determined the selection of segments within a game state and the selection of sets of segments at game state changes. Thus, the control logic was able to construct melodies and bass lines out of one to two measure segments following a musical pattern. At game state changes, a transition segment was played, and a whole different set of segments was selected. However, this transition segment was played only after the current set of segments finished playing so as not to interrupt the flow of the music. I selected game states and also tracked game state changes based on the player's relative health vs. the health of the opponent. Overall, I composed 220 one to two measure segments that could all be arranged algorithmically by the control logic. What resulted was a soundtrack that was closely coupled with the game-playing experience.

By Guy Whitmore Gamasutra
May 29 2003

 In this article, I'm going to explain ways that game designers can work more closely with composers to achieve a more integrated soundtrack for games. The following sections will show you, the game designer, how to incorporate music into your game design from the onset of a project, and how to follow through from initial concept to final implementation, leading to a highly immersive game score.

By Leonard J. Paul
[Author's Bio]
Gamasutra
May 28, 2003

 Resources

• Miller Puckette's Pure Data site: http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/software.html
  
• Download Pure Data and many extensions: http://pure-data.sourceforge.net/download.php
  
• Installation instructions: http://www.crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/Pd_documentation/index.htm
  
• Pure Data documentation: http://crca.ucsd.edu/~msp/Pd_documentation/index.htm
  
• Official Pure Data website: http://pure-data.org
  
• Pure Data Newsgroup: http://www.iem.at/mailinglists/pd-list/

 

• adaptive music incorporates a system for generating significantly different performance versions of the piece

• the generation system is driven by pre-specified input parameters

• the actual performance-specific events are expected to have a significant degree of indeterminacy

• traditional musical coherency and organization is a priority

By Kurt Akeley and Andrew Clark Gamasutra
May 15 2001

 This article explores adaptive art in the context of language. This is because language is much easier to demonstrate and discuss in the written medium than music is! So, despite the title "Adaptive Music," this article doesn't talk about music at all - except by analogy.

 All of the lyrics.