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Re: Show HN: Royalty-Free Video Game Music Library

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Post by gavanwoolery » Mon, Jun 25, 2012, 7:33 PM UTC

I am a hobbyist game developer, and this seems like a good resource (I have bookmarked it). Do you compose all the music or take in tracks from others as well?

Re: Show HN: Royalty-Free Video Game Music Library

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Post by aw3c2 » Mon, Jun 25, 2012, 7:33 PM UTC

LuckyLionSt wrote: post #4

dltylol wrote: post #2

I hope you're a good composer becase you're definitely not good at making websites :( Good luck!

Yeah, the website could definitely use some improvement. Revenue is trickling in currently, hoping I can contract someone to spruce it up. I've been told HTML5 audio players would make a big difference in loading speed.

I highly recommend making a version that does not rely on Javascript for simply listing the tracks.

Re: Show HN: Royalty-Free Video Game Music Library

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Post by aw3c2 » Mon, Jun 25, 2012, 7:36 PM UTC

Consider making some tracks free to use and share (with your name and contact info and "I make music for money for you" being mandatory to be kept). You can use a creative commons license for that. I haven't listened yet but doing this might mean ending up in free/open-source games and thus maybe being bundled into linux distributions. Great free advertising.

Re: Show HN: Royalty-Free Video Game Music Library

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Post by kingatomic » Mon, Jun 25, 2012, 7:36 PM UTC

This is a great idea! One of the bigger stumbling blocks for me, as a hopeful one-man-studio, is that I am crap at making music. This could be the answer to that. Best of luck to you!

Re: Show HN: Royalty-Free Video Game Music Library

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Post by LuckyLionSt » Mon, Jun 25, 2012, 7:36 PM UTC

gavanwoolery wrote: post #11

I am a hobbyist game developer, and this seems like a good resource (I have bookmarked it). Do you compose all the music or take in tracks from others as well?

I compose all of the music at the moment, but as the business grows I would like to potentially bring in other composers and sound effect artists to offer a wider selection of styles.

Re: Show HN: Royalty-Free Video Game Music Library

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Post by crgt » Mon, Jun 25, 2012, 7:36 PM UTC

Having trouble previewing songs on my iPhone, but this looks like a great resource. Will check out again when in front of a "real" computer. ; )

Re: Show HN: Royalty-Free Video Game Music Library

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Post by tubbo » Mon, Jun 25, 2012, 7:36 PM UTC

what an awesome idea!

Re: Show HN: Royalty-Free Video Game Music Library

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Post by felipellrocha » Mon, Jun 25, 2012, 7:36 PM UTC

Bookmarked it. I understand that you're a musician, and that's why you decided to start with music, but do you guys have any future plans of also providing other resources, such as sprite sheets, and that sort of stuff? This site has a great potential of being a one place stop for indie developers to help them get started.

Re: Show HN: Royalty-Free Video Game Music Library

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Post by jakesgordon » Mon, Jun 25, 2012, 7:37 PM UTC

I have purchased a few tracks from Lucky Lion studios in the past for some personal projects (http://codeincomplete.com/) and been very happy.

I highly recommend them.

Good luck(y lion)!

Re: Show HN: Royalty-Free Video Game Music Library

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Post by josho » Mon, Jun 25, 2012, 7:37 PM UTC

Please charge more. My current (indy) project just selected the stock music for our project. I'm happy to pay $30 / piece. The site that we licensed our music from had pricing options as well. E.g. $30 for the full track, down to as low as $7 for a short loop or a stinger.

Also if you can make it easier to find what I'm looking for then I'll look first at your site rather than others. E.g. is the piece fast/slow tempo, instruments used, genre or style, etc.

Good luck.