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Ape Out is another notable example, with a procedurally generated jazz percussion soundtrack that changes based on the intensity of the gameplay, as well as the actions and movement of the player.

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Instead of relying on individual tracks of audio such as in horizontal re-sequencing and vertical re-orchestration, some games automatically generate their content on the fly, such as the case of Spore, which uses an embedded version of the music software Pure Data to generate music to certain cues such as the addition of parts to your creature throughout the game. Street Fighter II and Mario Kart DS are examples of games which change the music's tempo under certain circumstances.

Games, such as Halo 2, employ a mixture of these techniques in the creation of their soundtracks. Vertical re-orchestration is the technique of changing the mix of separate parts of an ongoing loop of music in relation to a player’s movement within the narrative of a game. These transitional elements make the changes musically fluent and therefore keep up the flow of Music. Transitions are triggered when switching between different segments. A more sophisticated and flexible technique are dedicated transitions. In this case the change to the next segment starts when the current musical phrase is ended. A more elaborated technique when using this method is phrase branching. When the scenario changes, the first cue is faded out while the second cue fades in. The most basic re-sequencing technique is to simply crossfade between two cues immediately. Horizontal re-sequencing is the method by which pre-composed segments of music can be re-shuffled according to a player’s choice of where they go in a storyline or environment. The music in video or computer games and certain films is meant to draw the audience through a storyline using two distinct techniques: horizontal re-sequencing and vertical re- orchestration. It is also a staple of the role-playing game genre, often being used to change the music when the player is in combat, such as in The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind or Kingdom Come: Deliverance Horizontal and vertical techniques

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Later games which made notable use of similar dynamic music systems include the Deus Ex and Freespace series of games. The iMUSE system is notable in that it segues seamlessly between different pieces of music rather than having an abrupt cut.

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Many of LucasArts' games used the iMUSE dynamic music system, from Monkey Island 2 onwards and including games like Dark Forces, Star Wars: TIE Fighter, Full Throttle and Grim Fandango. It has since been used in such games as Mushroom Men, Skies of Arcadia, Guitar Hero and The Last Remnant. In video games, adaptive music (also called dynamic or interactive music) is background music whose volume, rhythm or tune changes in response to specific events in the game.Īdaptive music was first used in the video game Frogger by Konami (1981), where the music would abruptly change once the player reached a safe point in the game.Īfter this, its next uses in major video games were Wing Commander, Monkey Island 2: LeChuck's Revenge and Ultima Underworld: The Stygian Abyss.

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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. But to get it all working with such seamlessness, stability, and flexibility required some magic in the coding department, so I understand.This article needs additional citations for verification. It’s great fun, deciding how long their limbs are, how unwieldy their look and locomotion. In that, you create your own custom creature. There are aspects to Spore that are a triumph, but require a little understanding to fully appreciate, like the creature creator. Soon, you become a creature ready for land-lubbing. But steadily the camera pulls those into focus as you grow and you join the ranks. You get bigger, while you avoid the even bigger fish, and in the background are the true monsters. I played it with my little sister, and we both loved the first stage where you swim around the primordial soup feeding on bits of nourishment. If it did, it might be that fabled game that is so good and so encompassing we might never stop playing it (some say Skyrim has already achieved this singularity).

Of course the game couldn’t quite stand up to it.

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