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

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Post by latexr »

addandsubtract wrote: post #28
latexr wrote: 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.

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

I said the studio, not the game. For Death in the Water 2, they disclose AI usage for “in game menu images”. For Safari Cannon, they’re using an obvious AI image as the main image but are not disclosing it (despite doing so in other games, so it is possible it was an honest mistake).

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

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Post by simondebbarma »

This reminded me something you might find fascinating. We grew up playing a similar game in India. It's Antakshari[0] and it means "The game of the ending letter". There was even a popular game show for over 10 years in the 2000s on Indian TV.

I'm gonna give an English example, but in a tonal language like Hindi, Mandarin, Thai, it would make "more" sense. Players have to sign a song that starts with the same tone as the previous song ended on.The game starts with a couplet to initiate the game and since the last word of the couplet ends with an m, the first song starts with that. And yeah, only Indian/Bollywood songs are allowed but I'm gonna break that rule to make an example. Taking tones don't really make sense in English so I'll use the last word.

Player one might sing "Mamma mia, here I go again. My my, how can I resist you", and the next goes with "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, You make me happy when skies are gray." and then the next starts with gray. The person who can't find a song is out of the game, and you can't repeat songs.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antakshari

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

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Post by johnsillings »

driese wrote: post #20

Nice one! I built something similar [1]. It has you type in the name of the actual song and artist and the game compares it to a database of lyrics. The goal is to find as many songs as possible that contain a given word (or one of its derivatives) within one minute. Getting actual lyrics was the hardest part, so not all songs are in there. [1] https://deriese.net/songs.html?t=hn

sick!!

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

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Post by johnsillings »

socalgal2 wrote: post #21

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)

i've never played it, but a guy in a coffee shop (a patron) once gave me his Smule business card(!!) and i checked his songs on there; looks like they have a real cult following

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

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Post by johnsillings »

simondebbarma wrote: post #32

This reminded me something you might find fascinating. We grew up playing a similar game in India. It's Antakshari[0] and it means "The game of the ending letter". There was even a popular game show for over 10 years in the 2000s on Indian TV. I'm gonna give an English example, but in a tonal language like Hindi, Mandarin, Thai, it would make "more" sense. Players have to sign a song that starts with the same tone as…

cool! that sounds pretty tough, but fun!
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