- Title
- Designing for Stochastic Game-Based Composition with Max and Unity
- Creator
- Studley, Thomas; Drummond, Jon; Scott, Nathan; Nesbitt, Keith
- Relation
- Reflecting worlds: the promise and limitations of mimesis in electronic music (ACMC2018). Proceedings of the Australasian Computer Music Conference (ACMC2018) (Perth, Australia 06-09 December, 2018) p. 87-94
- Relation
- https://computermusic.org.au/conferences/acmc-2018
- Publisher
- Australasian Computer Music Association
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2018
- Description
- This paper explores the design of digital, composition-based games that enable players to enact creative musical decisions via symbolic gameplay interactions with a stochastic music generation system. Digital game technologies continue to emerge as a versatile platform for researching generative music systems, with past applications ranging from the design of new instruments and interactive "sound toys" to assistive compositional tools. Underrepresented in this space is an exploration of the interplay between musical decision-making processes and more formal gameplay interactions - or rather, "composition games". The authors investigate this intersection as an avenue for exploring new forms of interactive composition in an accessible and engaging environment. Related media are first reviewed to inform a discussion of the conceptual differences between the proposed composition games and existing musical applications of game engines. The authors then detail the use of Max (Cycling '74) and Unity (Unity Technologies) in the ongoing development of a set of demonstrative creative works, the examination of which suggests key design elements for future composition games. The research indicates that further investigation at the nexus of generative music systems and formal game design holds the potential to unearth new insights regarding real-time interactive music composition.
- Subject
- composition games; design; max; unity; digital game technologies; stochastic music generation
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1443675
- Identifier
- uon:42069
- Identifier
- ISSN:2206-5296
- Language
- eng
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