Marek Posted January 15, 2007 According to this blog post. And this is a podcast with Eno and Wright, though I haven't listened to it yet. All I know about Eno these days is that he keeps talking about procedurally generated music. So it's nice he's, you know, actually making some. Another reason for the NYTimes to spend some words on Spore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Nachimir Posted January 15, 2007 That podcast is a good one that covers a lot of different topics (though not, IIRC, procedural music). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brkl Posted January 15, 2007 Ooh, Eno is the perfect choice for this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
nsps Posted January 16, 2007 Why listen when you could watch? http://stewf.blogs.com/stewflog/2007/01/will_wright_and.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Posted January 16, 2007 Procedurally generated music? I fear it, and will preemptively deal it one of these: Who's with me? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SiN Posted January 16, 2007 Who's with me? DUDE! This is BRIAN-FUCKING-ENO and WILL-FUCKING-WRIGHT!!! Nothing will go wrong ... NOTHING! To go into a bit more detail, Eno is quite a talented guy and has a good understanding of how music "works". With that knowledge, I'm guessing that the music in Spore will be quite ambient, which is a fitting style for procedural music. So I think it's doable, and (going back to my first "point") if there's anybody who could pull it off right, it's Wright and Eno. SiN Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Posted January 16, 2007 I know, I know. I'm just not big on ambient music. It's a buzzword that hits me in the wrong way, but it could mean a lot of things and turn out to be good or whatever. But, I mean, the Dentist's office has ambient music. I prefer music to not be background noise or something that they advertise on those "pure moods" CD ads. I like music that's hard to ignore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted January 16, 2007 It appears your fueled uprising failed. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hermes Posted January 17, 2007 procedural music right here. Procedural in the sense that given the initial conditions, the music will evolve due to these conditions: http://www.grotrian.de/spiel/d/spiel_win.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Roalin Posted January 17, 2007 so woukd the way it works be similar to the proceduraly (sp) rendered environments of oblivion? im not big into this stuff but since im going into programming, i want to learn ^^ Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hermes Posted January 17, 2007 so woukd the way it works be similar to the proceduraly (sp) rendered environments of oblivion? im not big into this stuff but since im going into programming, i want to learn ^^ No actually I have no idea - but as far as I remember oblivion is not really procedural - anyone? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Oath Posted January 17, 2007 so woukd the way it works be similar to the proceduraly (sp) rendered environments of oblivion? im not big into this stuff but since im going into programming, i want to learn ^^ Well, in Oblivion they did the procedural stuff once and then packaged that and sent it off for people to play. In Spore the procedural content is constantly being delivered to the players, generated in real-time, so it actually makes a difference because you can't run out of content. Technically they might have a lot in common, but in practice Oblivion wasn't procedural since all content was pre-packaged. If that was what you were asking, because I'm not sure. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted January 18, 2007 In fact, after the landscape in Oblivion was generated, level designers went in and changed the details to fit the game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
David Posted January 18, 2007 Which isn't bad! Sorry, I really shouldn't post in this thread anymore Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brkl Posted January 18, 2007 Marek, how come your Adama is all stripey? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Marek Posted January 18, 2007 The original image was presumably a photo taken directly from a non-LCD television. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
