GuitarHero/RockBand fans... side project anyone?

Jacob Carlborg doob at me.com
Thu Dec 12 07:47:47 PST 2013


On 2013-12-12 11:43, Manu wrote:
> So, I'm a massive fan of music games. I'll shamefully admit that I was
> tragically addicted to Dance Dance Revolution about 10 years ago.
> Recently, it's Guitar Hero and Rock Band.
>
> I quite like the band ensemble games, they're good party games, and
> great rhythm practise that's actually applicable to real instrument
> skills too.

I wouldn't agree with that, at least not for Guitar Hero. I had issues 
with the timing. When I played I tried to time the music, but that 
didn't work. Instead I had to time the screen to get any points.

> The problem is though, that Neversoft and Harmonix completely fucked up
> the GH and RB franchises. Licensing problems, fragmented tracklists.
> It's annoying that all the songs you want to play are spread across
> literally 10 or so different games, and you need to constantly change
> disc's if you want to play the songs you like.
>
> I've been meaning to kick off a guitar hero clone since GH2 came out. I
> started one years ago as a fork of my Guitar Hero song editor for PS2,
> and I added support for drums before GH4 or RB were conceived, but then
> when they announced those games they stole my thunder and it went into
> hibernation.
>
> I'm very keen to resurrect the project (well, start a new one, with
> clean code, in D).
> Are there any music game nerds hanging around here who would be
> interested in joining a side project like this? It's a lot more
> motivating, and much more fun to work in a small team.

Cool idea.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg


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