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Re: Show HN: Mic Drop, a real-time multiplayer karaoke game

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Not to take away from this game, but I had a friend who said he got lots of joy from Smule. IIRC it connects you with a random stranger, you can opt into having it auto-tune your voice, and you sing duets.

It's been out for 14 years?

https://www.smule.com/

lots of sample videos on the site. I never had the nerve to play nor a place I'd feel comfortable singing out loud (apartments with thin walls)

Re: Show HN: Mic Drop, a real-time multiplayer karaoke game

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Not to take away from this game, but I had a friend who said he got lots of joy from Smule. IIRC it connects you with a random stranger, you can opt into having it auto-tune your voice, and you sing duets. It's been out for 14 years? https://www.smule.com/ lots of sample videos on the site. I never had the nerve to play nor a place I'd feel comfortable singing out loud (apartments with thin walls)

How do you remotely sing a duet with someone and have it be in sync? You don’t have a lot of leeway before latency becomes noticeable

Re: Show HN: Mic Drop, a real-time multiplayer karaoke game

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that sounds awesome! do you recall what it was? i'd love to check it out. (and thanks!)

Could be?: https://store.steampowered.com/app/665360/Comedy_Night/ edit, if you don't want to click steam the description says: About This Game: Singers, comedians, and entertainers the spotlight is yours. Tell Jokes, sing songs or just kick back, relax and share stories with strangers in the crowd. Comedy Night is about watching raw and live talent on a virtual stage. If you are a performer see if you have what it t…

That game studio is clearly using AI assets, not always disclosing them, and recycling them over multiple games. It’s a shovelware studio.

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post #22

Not to take away from this game, but I had a friend who said he got lots of joy from Smule. IIRC it connects you with a random stranger, you can opt into having it auto-tune your voice, and you sing duets. It's been out for 14 years? https://www.smule.com/ lots of sample videos on the site. I never had the nerve to play nor a place I'd feel comfortable singing out loud (apartments with thin walls)

How do you remotely sing a duet with someone and have it be in sync? You don’t have a lot of leeway before latency becomes noticeable

In Ninjam you are playing an integer multiple of measures behind everyone else: https://www.cockos.com/ninjam/

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could be?: https://store.steampowered.com/app/665360/Comedy_Night/ edit, if you don't want to click steam the description says: About This Game: Singers, comedians, and entertainers the spotlight is yours. Tell Jokes, sing songs or just kick back, relax and share stories with strangers in the crowd. Comedy Night is about watching raw and live talent on a virtual stage. If you are a performer see if you have what it t…

That game studio is clearly using AI assets, not always disclosing them, and recycling them over multiple games. It’s a shovelware studio.

> We use Ai to detect offensive material being uploaded to use as stage backgrounds and facemasks. Ai is also used to flag offensive room names and descriptions. Use of AI art is used in some marketing material for the steam page and announcements

They don't??? Did you buy the game?

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post #22

Not to take away from this game, but I had a friend who said he got lots of joy from Smule. IIRC it connects you with a random stranger, you can opt into having it auto-tune your voice, and you sing duets. It's been out for 14 years? https://www.smule.com/ lots of sample videos on the site. I never had the nerve to play nor a place I'd feel comfortable singing out loud (apartments with thin walls)

How do you remotely sing a duet with someone and have it be in sync? You don’t have a lot of leeway before latency becomes noticeable

Each person takes turns. One person sings alone, then the other sings alongside their recording.

Re: Show HN: Mic Drop, a real-time multiplayer karaoke game

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could be?: https://store.steampowered.com/app/665360/Comedy_Night/ edit, if you don't want to click steam the description says: About This Game: Singers, comedians, and entertainers the spotlight is yours. Tell Jokes, sing songs or just kick back, relax and share stories with strangers in the crowd. Comedy Night is about watching raw and live talent on a virtual stage. If you are a performer see if you have what it t…

That game studio is clearly using AI assets, not always disclosing them, and recycling them over multiple games. It’s a shovelware studio.

They might be reusing assets over their games, but the game came out in 2017, long before AI assets were a thing.

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post #25
post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That game studio is clearly using AI assets, not always disclosing them, and recycling them over multiple games. It’s a shovelware studio.

> We use Ai to detect offensive material being uploaded to use as stage backgrounds and facemasks. Ai is also used to flag offensive room names and descriptions. Use of AI art is used in some marketing material for the steam page and announcements They don't??? Did you buy the game?

I said the studio, not the game. Look for example at Safari Cannon, which uses an obviously AI banner image but no disclosure of it.

The game was made in 2021, but that’s not the image they used until 2024.

https://web.archive.org/web/20240712235818/https://store.ste...

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