indie series 04: the making of syncseven
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The Making of SyncSeven
Mohammad Shaker
Founder, Designer and Developer, Strong Emotions
Wikilogia Talk, April 2015
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Changing driving position. Safer or a Catastrophe?!
Why we stop talking when the driver overtakes a big truck on a narrow road.
Why door handles designs are horrible.
Why door handles designs are horrible.
Visualization. Visualization.
Visualization. Visualization. Passive Passive
But. Can music be used as content?
Visualization. Visualization in Games
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.StrongEmotionsApps.SyncSevenFREE
Rhythm-based Games
Guitar Hero. 10-30$/69$ 25 million copies, $1 billion in sales 2005
Rhythm-based Games
Size DOES Matter. 0.99$ August, 2014
Rhythm-based Games
Alphabeats. 1.99$ July, 2014
Rhythm-based Games
Audiosurf. 9.99$ 2008
Rhythm-based Games
Geometry Dash. 1.99-3.99$ 5/5 stars on App Store 2013,14
Rhythm-based Games
Problems
Price
SizeDoesMatter Alphabeats
GeometryDash Audiosurf
Guitar Hero
Problems
Price
SizeDoesMatter Alphabeats
GeometryDash Audiosurf
Guitar Hero
# Platforms
Price
SizeDoesMatter Alphabeats
GeometryDash Audiosurf
Guitar Hero
# Platforms
Quality
Problems
Price
SizeDoesMatter Alphabeats
GeometryDash Audiosurf
Guitar Hero
# Platforms
Quality
Best Price/Value
Price
SizeDoesMatter Alphabeats
GeometryDash Audiosurf
Guitar Hero
# Platforms
Quality
Best Price/Value
Price
# Platforms
Quality
Problems
Customizable/ Repeatable
Price
# Platforms
Quality
Problems
Customizable/ Repeatable
Price
# Platforms
Quality
Problems
Customizable/ Repeatable
Price
# Platforms
Quality
What we want
Customizable/ Repeatable
Procedural Content Generation
Music-based Content Generation
Music-based CG
Music
Music-based CG
Music Generated Level
Music-based CG
Model Music Generated Level
Music-based CG
Music Generated Level
Model
Music-based CG
Music
Extractor (Notes, Rhythm, Beats)
Model
Music-based CG
Music
Extractor (Notes, Rhythm, Beats)
Model
Mapper
Music-based CG
Music
Extractor (Notes, Rhythm, Beats)
Model
Mapper
Xml File
Music-based CG
Music Generated Level
Extractor (Notes, Rhythm, Beats)
Model
Mapper
Music-based CG
Music Generated Level
Extractor (Notes, Rhythm, Beats) Music List<MusicEvent>
Model
Mapper List<MusicEvent> List<GameEvent>
Music-based CG
Music Generated Level
Extractor (Notes, Rhythm, Beats) Music List<MusicEvent>
Model
Mapper List<MusicEvent> List<GameEvent>
Background Coloring
Background Coloring
Background Coloring
Why use these?! • Player Snake • Beat change direction • x20 other events corresponding to beats (shake, coloring,
rotations, etc.)
Price
# Platforms
Quality
What we want
Customizable/ Repeatable
Price
# Platforms
Quality
What we want.
Customizable/ Repeatable
Abstraction
Price
# Platforms
Quality
What we want.
Customizable/ Repeatable
Abstraction
Music-based CG
Music Generated Level
Extractor (Notes, Rhythm, Beats) Music List<MusicEvent>
Model
Mapper List<MusicEvent> List<GameEvent>
Music-based CG
Music Generated Level
Extractor (Notes, Rhythm, Beats) Music List<MusicEvent>
Model
Mapper List<MusicEvent> List<GameEvent>
Untitled Top Secret New Games (UTSNG)
Procedural Content Generation Music-based Content Generation
Game Generation
Procedural Content Generation Music-based Content Generation
Framework for Content Generation across different games
Framework
SyncSeven UTSNG
Framework
SyncSeven UTSNG
Framework
Extractor
Mapper Specific, inherited Specific, inherited Mapper
Framework
SyncSeven UTSNG
Framework
Extractor
Mapper Specific, inherited Specific, inherited Mapper
change direction Mechanics XX combo Bonus XX 20x events User danger XX direction/ bg Beats XX
Framework
SyncSeven UTSNG
Framework
Extractor
Mapper Specific, inherited Specific, inherited Mapper
change direction Mechanics collect/ avoid combo Bonus time streak camera shake/ coloring User danger camera shake/ coloring keyboard/ mouse/ gyroscope Input keyboard/ mouse/ gyroscope direction/ bg Beats collect/ avoid/ scale/ bg
different interactions for different gameplay.
Framework
Price
# Platforms
Quality
What we want.
Customizable/ Repeatable
Abstraction
Price
# Platforms
Quality
What we want.
Customizable/ Repeatable
Abstraction
Price
# Platforms
Quality
What we want.
Customizable/ Repeatable
Abstraction
Implementation Implementation
Implementation
Extractor (Notes, Rhythm, Beats) Music List<MusicEvent>
Model
Mapper List<MusicEvent> List<GameEvent>
Implementation
Extractor (Notes, Rhythm, Beats) Music List<MusicEvent>
Model
Mapper List<MusicEvent> List<GameEvent>
Matlab
Implementation
Extractor (Notes, Rhythm, Beats) Music List<MusicEvent>
Model
Mapper List<MusicEvent> List<GameEvent>
Matlab
C#, Unity3d
Ads
UnityAds
Leaderboard
Google Play Services
Social Features
private void ShareOnTwitter (string textToDisplay) { Application.OpenURL(TWITTER_ADDRESS + "?text=" + WWW.EscapeURL(textToDisplay) + "&lang=" + WWW.EscapeURL(TWEET_LANGUAGE)); }
Social Features
private void ShareOnFacebook () { string msg = GameConfig.Score.GetShareMessage (); string linkParameter = "www.mohammadshaker.com/syncseven.html", nameParameter = "SyncSeven Game", captionParameter = ”", descriptionParameter = msg, pictureParameter = ”", redirectParameter = "http://www.facebook.com/"; Application.OpenURL (FACEBOOK_URL + "?app_id=" + FACEBOOK_APP_ID + "&link=" + WWW.EscapeURL(linkParameter) + "&name=" + WWW.EscapeURL(nameParameter) + "&caption=" + WWW.EscapeURL(captionParameter) + "&description=" + WWW.EscapeURL(descriptionParameter) + "&picture=" + WWW.EscapeURL(pictureParameter) + "&redirect_uri=" + WWW.EscapeURL(redirectParameter)); }
Cloud Services
www.parse.com Cloud Service for any platform.
Critics Critics
Critics • Difficulty • Ads • Coloring • Open VS Close
NEXT www.mohammadshaker.com/next.html
iNversion www.mohammadshaker.com/inversion.html
Did You Catch Something ?
Last Words Last Words
Do it for love.
Do it with the right people.
You only have one life.
Don’t forget to have fun.
Make your own rules.
Say NO when it matters. Say NO to things you don’t want.
The only thing holding us back is how far we are willing to go.
Black Ops III Teaser, April 2015!
Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.!
Steve Jobs, Commencement Address at Stanford University (2005)!
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Thank you.