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[necromian]

So I made a little experimental game in gm7. You play as a little man. As he runs to the right, platforms are spawned. The platforms spawned correspond to a randomly generated song (in the pentatonic scale of course). For example, if the melody increases in pitch, depending on how much the pitch increases, a platform will be spawned that is higher than the previous one. The length of the platforms depends on the sustained length of the notes. I made some lo-fi retro filters so that it's more interesting to look at.

Move with arrow keys, jump with up. Press spacebar to toggle surface effects, press enter to double game speed (music sounds cooler that way). If you just want to hear the music, fall in a hole and hold right.

Download it here - http://www.mediafire.com/?ba1ti6ryj4n1ygd

[mokesmoe]

Spacebar should remove the horizontal lines too, as they look really bad without the effects.

The music sounds really good! It sounds like I'm listening to an actual song. In fact, I fell off and held right while switching windows so right would be stuck on and the music would play while I do other stuff. (Using double speed)

[tesselode]

I must agree that the music sounds like actual music. It's a nice idea, the only problem is it's hard to tell that the height and length of the platforms actually goes with the music. I'm not sure how you would make it so that it isn't, though.

[necromian]

I must agree that the music sounds like actual music. It's a nice idea, the only problem is it's hard to tell that the height and length of the platforms actually goes with the music. I'm not sure how you would make it so that it isn't, though.

You're right, most people won't notice the correlation between platforms and notes. Oh well.

[Doktor_Q]

So, how did you do the music generation, anyway? I would be very interested in the formulas.

[necromian]

So, how did you do the music generation, anyway? I would be very interested in the formulas.

It's actually not very complicated.

The drum is a simple 1/5 beat.

A rhythm for the melody is generated. When the beat is at a certain point, the rhythm will tell the melody to change a tone or two up or down in the pentatonic scale.

The bassline alternates playing between 1,9 beats, 1,5,9 beats, and 1,3,5,9 beats. The notes that it plays alternates between the inverse of the main melody an octave lower, or a random note in the pentatonic scale an octave lower than the melody.