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The new music features in Godot 4.3 explained

Godot 4.3 brings exciting new features that make it easier to incorporate adaptive music into your games. In this article, I'll go over the new additions, explaining their functionality and how you can use them in your projects. The adaptive music capabilities come from three new audio stream types: AudioStreamInteractive, AudioStreamPlaylist, and AudioStreamSynchronized. These can be combined to create complex musical behaviors, offering functionality typically reserved for audio middleware solutions like Wwise, FMOD, or CRI ADX2.

Published: 26. Aug. 2024

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The 11 most iconic video game theme songs ever

Throughout video game history there's no shortage of amazing video game scores and themes. However, there are theme songs that are so iconic that transcend gaming culture and can be easily recognized even by those who never played the games before. With this article my purpose isn't to present the best video game theme songs or the best video game soundtracks but to highlight the theme songs that can be considered the most iconic. That is, the ones that gamers and non-gamers alike can most easily recognize.

Published: 3. Jul. 2023

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Adaptive music software: A roundup of the best options for video games

When it comes to crafting the most immersive game experiences, music plays a role of vital importance. Successful games often employ adaptive music systems of varying levels of complexity. These systems help enhance the player's immersion by modifying compositions and audio parameters in real-time during gameplay. This enables the background music to emotionally or aesthetically highlight whatever's happening in the game world at any given time.

Published: 12. Jun. 2023

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Adaptive music in video games: What it is and how it works

The term adaptive music is used to refer to music that is designed to adapt/change based on predefined rules. It is often used in video games, virtual reality (VR) and other interactive experiences. In the context of video games, it means that the music changes/mutates based on the player's actions or game events.

Published: 29. May. 2023

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The history of video game music

The evolution of music in video games throughout history is truly captivating as it is closely linked to the evolution of technology and the novelty of the medium. It's origins can be traced back to the early days of arcade gaming in the 70s. At that time, video games for the most part only had sound effects. However, it didn’t take long for the first musical experiments to take place and for video game developers to realize the many benefits music could bring to their creations.

Published: 1. May. 2023

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Exploring the new audio features in Godot 4.0

Godot 4.0 was recently released with a massive number of new features and improvements. Even though there were not many significant changes or groundbreaking additions in the audio aspect, there are still some new things worth talking about.

Published: 20. Mar. 2023

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The importance of video game music

What does a video game feel like without music? It just doesn't feel right, like there's something missing. And why does it feel that way? I don't think it's possible to narrow down the answer to just one specific reason.

Published: 12. Dec. 2022