Can you tell me a bit about his personality? And the tone of the game he was meant for? I don't want to make like an epic metal theme if it turns out he is a chill dude if you understand haha
So I don't know if this was a dream or if I was having some sort of vision or if it was legit, but one time I logged in and the front page was essentiially like
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Not sure if this style will be implemented but although it doesn't completely solve your problem, it allows for less competition to get your work seen. Even if it's pushed out of the smaller category, it's still in the newly submitted area and I think it would be nice if OGA would guarantee something posted sits on the page for at least a day without getting pushed out by new artwork.
@MedicineStorm thank you for the descriptions, I think I see what you are going for, I will likely focus my efforts on this type of background music. A lot of my music is very tight and structured, so I would like doing something different like Oblivion's soundtrack where it's a bit more loose and there's more dynamics.
I think we need to think of several 'official' category tags for each type of asset and make these official category tags appear on the art submission page in a way that encourages the submitter to pick from these tags first before writing in their own. This way people are nudged in the direction of making a more organized and easily searched database but they aren't forced to do so if they feel their asset doesn't fit these predefined tags.
It may be tough to decide which tags these should be for each type of asset, and we can't have so many that the submitter is too lazy to read them all. So there are some challenges.
Just an idea. Regardless, I feel like a better search system would really help the majority of people who use this site whether they are an artist or a game designer.
I can see how making an entire OST would be helpful for someone making a game. Although I probably wouldn't make an outright OST (mostly because I don't like the idea of there being the possibility of multiple, independent games having the exact same soundtrack), I could try to focus on making more songs that are similar to others I have and I could probably divide my stuff into collections for 80s Nostalgia, Traditional Asian, Space, JRPG, Chill, and Chiptune/Retro etc.
@MedicineStorm can you think of any good examples? Either from OGA or elsewhere?
@Chasersgaming I can see how the search is difficult. It would help if OGA had a system similar to Soundcloud where there are specific genres you can choose to describe music you are posting, but you have the option to make it a custom genre AND/OR add additional tags to describe it. This might make it so people can at least narrow down their search to "Fantasy" or "Sci-Fi" or "Underwater", etc. I'm not seeing a huge amount of momentum on the OGA rework yet so it seems to be wishful thinking at this point.
Good choices in there. Although I haven't always been a fan of the Sonic games, they've always had some of the best music. Sonic Adventures for the Dreamcast is in my top 5 soundtracks easily.
I have a suggestion...in the "Copyright/Attribution notice" area, it would be nice for that to be a reference to one thing, rather than each submission having its own. So for example, if I made 100 songs where I asked, "Please give credit to Joth" in the attribution field, then I change my name to XxSodaBiscuit999xX, I would have to go into EVERY submission and change that I want credit to be given to my new name. Having one reference would make it easier, or a "default" attribution field that can be overridden by a custom one if needed, so you still have some versatility.
Can you tell me a bit about his personality? And the tone of the game he was meant for? I don't want to make like an epic metal theme if it turns out he is a chill dude if you understand haha
Already started!
So I don't know if this was a dream or if I was having some sort of vision or if it was legit, but one time I logged in and the front page was essentiially like
2D Art
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3D Art
# # # # # # # #
Concept Art
# # # # # # # #
Music
# # # # # # # #
Sound
# # # # # # # #
Newly Submitted
# # # # # # # #
# # # # # # # #
# # # # # # # #
# # # # # # # #
Not sure if this style will be implemented but although it doesn't completely solve your problem, it allows for less competition to get your work seen. Even if it's pushed out of the smaller category, it's still in the newly submitted area and I think it would be nice if OGA would guarantee something posted sits on the page for at least a day without getting pushed out by new artwork.
@MedicineStorm thank you for the descriptions, I think I see what you are going for, I will likely focus my efforts on this type of background music. A lot of my music is very tight and structured, so I would like doing something different like Oblivion's soundtrack where it's a bit more loose and there's more dynamics.
I think we need to think of several 'official' category tags for each type of asset and make these official category tags appear on the art submission page in a way that encourages the submitter to pick from these tags first before writing in their own. This way people are nudged in the direction of making a more organized and easily searched database but they aren't forced to do so if they feel their asset doesn't fit these predefined tags.
It may be tough to decide which tags these should be for each type of asset, and we can't have so many that the submitter is too lazy to read them all. So there are some challenges.
Just an idea. Regardless, I feel like a better search system would really help the majority of people who use this site whether they are an artist or a game designer.
Lol, thanks Saliv!
I can see how making an entire OST would be helpful for someone making a game. Although I probably wouldn't make an outright OST (mostly because I don't like the idea of there being the possibility of multiple, independent games having the exact same soundtrack), I could try to focus on making more songs that are similar to others I have and I could probably divide my stuff into collections for 80s Nostalgia, Traditional Asian, Space, JRPG, Chill, and Chiptune/Retro etc.
Will definitely organize in the future.
@MedicineStorm can you think of any good examples? Either from OGA or elsewhere?
@Chasersgaming I can see how the search is difficult. It would help if OGA had a system similar to Soundcloud where there are specific genres you can choose to describe music you are posting, but you have the option to make it a custom genre AND/OR add additional tags to describe it. This might make it so people can at least narrow down their search to "Fantasy" or "Sci-Fi" or "Underwater", etc. I'm not seeing a huge amount of momentum on the OGA rework yet so it seems to be wishful thinking at this point.
I'd say top 5 in no order
Jet Set Radio, Sonic Adventures, Final Fantasy 8, Legend of Dragoon, Perfect Dark 64
Good choices in there. Although I haven't always been a fan of the Sonic games, they've always had some of the best music. Sonic Adventures for the Dreamcast is in my top 5 soundtracks easily.
Oops, I guess I didn't see that one! I second the motion.
I have a suggestion...in the "Copyright/Attribution notice" area, it would be nice for that to be a reference to one thing, rather than each submission having its own. So for example, if I made 100 songs where I asked, "Please give credit to Joth" in the attribution field, then I change my name to XxSodaBiscuit999xX, I would have to go into EVERY submission and change that I want credit to be given to my new name. Having one reference would make it easier, or a "default" attribution field that can be overridden by a custom one if needed, so you still have some versatility.
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