Plink, a multiplayer HTML5 music game • Hacker News Board

Re: Plink, a multiplayer HTML5 music game

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Post by sepent » Sun, Oct 09, 2011, 1:10 PM UTC

forkrulassail wrote: post #21

Unfortunately doesn't allow my Chromium-browser

Doesn't work in Chromium 13, but works in Chromium 14.

Re: Plink, a multiplayer HTML5 music game

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Post by melling » Sun, Oct 09, 2011, 1:16 PM UTC

tete wrote: post #27

forkrulassail wrote: post #21

Unfortunately doesn't allow my Chromium-browser

Same for my Firefox Aurora, even though I think it supports the Web Audio API (not sure, though if it's really up to date).

I run the Firefox Nightly and it doesn't support Web Audio either. Shouldn't that be happening soon?

Re: Plink, a multiplayer HTML5 music game

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Post by paraschopra » Sun, Oct 09, 2011, 1:18 PM UTC

This is seriously fun. LOVED it! Thanks for making it

Re: Plink, a multiplayer HTML5 music game

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Post by Goladus » Sun, Oct 09, 2011, 2:23 PM UTC

larelli wrote: post #45

dekz wrote: post #2

This is incredibly fun. When others joined and started making music together it immediately brought a smile to my face. The greatest part about is the music created isn't terrible.

To me it sounds as if the reason for the music not sounding like total crap is, that the author uses pentatonic scales, which are also used in improvisations. ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentatonic_scale )

I agree, I noticed that almost immediately. Also, the rhythms are quantized and the tempo is fixed.

It's still a very cool demo, though.

Re: Plink, a multiplayer HTML5 music game

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Post by tristanperry » Sun, Oct 09, 2011, 2:54 PM UTC

Pretty awesome! I just played for a couple of minutes (well, that was the original aim - it turned into 6-7 minutes all-too-quickly!)

Re: Plink, a multiplayer HTML5 music game

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Post by paul9290 » Sun, Oct 09, 2011, 5:59 PM UTC

I enjoyed creating a song with it (lyrics/melody), but I didnt understand the gaming mechanics.

Re: Plink, a multiplayer HTML5 music game

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Post by superkinz » Sun, Oct 09, 2011, 6:14 PM UTC

This needs to be an iPad app ASAP. When can we get it?

Re: Plink, a multiplayer HTML5 music game

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Post by apitaru » Sun, Oct 09, 2011, 6:30 PM UTC

Having been through the Director, Flash and now HTML5 fads, I dream of a day when this title would suffice on HN:

"Plink, a multiplayer music game"

This is just to say - I enjoyed Plink very much and would have just the same regardless of the technology.

Re: Plink, a multiplayer HTML5 music game

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Post by mitjak » Sun, Oct 09, 2011, 7:54 PM UTC

shocks wrote: post #32

Hey, I'm a pianist and I have a few ideas you might consider. 1. Let me pick the colour with the numbers 1-9. 2. Let me play notes with the keyboard. (I'm not sure the best way to assign the keys, but I'm sure you can come up with something). 3. Let me play chords. That would be awesome . Great work so far!

I can't stress #2 enough: it's extremely difficult to do any complex playing without keyboard mapping. Try doing a disco hihat, a tom roll, or a repeating bassline pattern.

Re: Plink, a multiplayer HTML5 music game

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Post by danparsonson » Sun, Oct 09, 2011, 8:42 PM UTC

utunga wrote: post #31

seriously the coolest thing ive seen in ages - had a really great time jamming out with a bunch of strangers just like that ... awesome effort

Came here to say exactly that; so much fun :-)