Comments on: Phase, a music game for the iPod http://www.intelligent-artifice.com/2007/11/phase-a-music-game-for-the-ipod.html Games & interactive entertainment: design, production, industry and related topics Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:00:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Jurie http://www.intelligent-artifice.com/2007/11/phase-a-music-game-for-the-ipod.html/comment-page-1#comment-2265 Jurie Wed, 07 Nov 2007 21:54:55 +0000 http://www.intelligent-artifice.com/2007/11/phase-a-music-game-for-the-ipod.html#comment-2265 (I reformatted your comment. Weird though, it looked fine in the WP interface.) Good point about the audio compression, but might be tricky since iPods support multiple audio formats (e.g. FLAC). On the other hand the iPod OS might have that stuff built in. I always kind of assumed Vib Ribbon had designed levels for the built-in tracks, and made up sorta kinda OK levels for your own music. But I never played it enough to know for sure. (I reformatted your comment. Weird though, it looked fine in the WP interface.)

Good point about the audio compression, but might be tricky since iPods support multiple audio formats (e.g. FLAC). On the other hand the iPod OS might have that stuff built in.

I always kind of assumed Vib Ribbon had designed levels for the built-in tracks, and made up sorta kinda OK levels for your own music. But I never played it enough to know for sure.

]]> By: fluffy http://www.intelligent-artifice.com/2007/11/phase-a-music-game-for-the-ipod.html/comment-page-1#comment-2263 fluffy Wed, 07 Nov 2007 17:57:38 +0000 http://www.intelligent-artifice.com/2007/11/phase-a-music-game-for-the-ipod.html#comment-2263 Yeah, seems like a current-gen iPod should be more than capable... I think the current ones have much faster CPUs than were in the PSX, and it's conceivable that they could even take advantage of the nature of the audio compression to get the frequency analysis "for free" (though they probably wouldn't). <br /> I have to wonder if Vib Ribbon actually analyzed the tracks which came with it or if those levels were actually designed. I never got around to trying it out with those tracks, say, copied to another CD in a different order to see if the levels changed any. Yeah, seems like a current-gen iPod should be more than capable… I think the current ones have much faster CPUs than were in the PSX, and it’s conceivable that they could even take advantage of the nature of the audio compression to get the frequency analysis “for free” (though they probably wouldn’t).

I have to wonder if Vib Ribbon actually analyzed the tracks which came with it or if those levels were actually designed. I never got around to trying it out with those tracks, say, copied to another CD in a different order to see if the levels changed any.

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