Got this working to what I’ve decided is the new spec.
The requirements listed here are overbroad. What I’ve built so far, notes + scales, certainly enables chords, progressions, etc. I don’t want to go too far down the garden path here.
The following link contains an in-depth look of how I’ve expressed music theory to the computer. It’s a blend of design doc, code tutorial and the struggles of setting up Unreal to work on C++.
We created and exported the sound files of those musical notes from Ableton into Unreal.
We connected the sound files to play when the box was stepped on.
We created a Spawner that will make new notes appear in front of the player: Music Platform Spawner
This gives us the rudimentary workings of an actual game mechanic!
Let us consider what it takes to turn the above demo into a real game.
Visual theme
How do we represent the player?
How do we represent the music? A white cube with a letter is a start, but far from the finish.
How do we represent the world the player navigates?
Review the player controller
What are the player controls?
How does the player navigate the environment?
1st person/3rd person?
How do we make the music being played good?
Random individual notes are a start
Chords
Percussion
Bass and instrument frequency ranges (Soprano → Bass)
All these things are hard. All are important. But I’m going to do the one that seems most interesting to me: Build a music theory engine into the game that will allow us to make interesting musics.
JerkyTreats
