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====== Final Day! ====== | ====== Final Day! ====== | ||
- | This is the last blog post I will ask you to write... | + | PRACTICE PRESENTATIONS IN THE MORNING! |
- | Write about your memories from this course. What did you learn? What will you remember? What was useful? Was this a unique experience? | + | * Please submit the poster for your board game. |
+ | * Startups in China: http://www.scoopwhoop.com/inothernews/how-famous-start-ups-were-started/ | ||
+ | * independent games festival in Shanghai: http://www.gdcchina.com/events/igf.html | ||
- | Post pictures. | + | |
+ | Order | ||
+ | - Algorithms (The egg problem, etc) | ||
+ | - Twine Projects | ||
+ | - Game AI | ||
+ | - Processing Animations | ||
+ | - Ludology and Narratology Debate (Ludus, Paida, Narrative) | ||
+ | - Simulations | ||
+ | - Artificial Intelligence | ||
+ | - Arduino | ||
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+ | SEND THIS TO PARENTS AND FRIENDS FOR THE WEBCAST: http://live.efzer.org/stanford2015 | ||
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+ | These are the last blog post I will ask you to write... | ||
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+ | - **Blog**: Your final project, if you have not be able to. | ||
+ | - **Blog**: Write about your memories from this course. What did you learn? What will you remember? What was useful? Was this a unique experience? Post pictures. Wait for me to get you the link. Here it is: http://pan.baidu.com/s/1i3KUmC9 | ||
+ | - **PLEASE THANK EACH TA :D** | ||
+ | - **Blog**: Thank Benjamin Prunty :D | ||
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+ | What were you doing in Highschool, and what did you do in college? | ||
+ | [10:30:50] Benjamin: In high school I was struggling to get decent grades, and playing a lot of videogames like Final Fantasy and Quake. Near the end of high school I got some music-making software and started tinkering with it. I had no formal training, so I was just winging it the whole time. Most of the stuff I made wasn't very good. :D | ||
+ | [10:30:57] sherol: haha.. nice | ||
+ | [10:31:53] Benjamin: I went to college for audio engineering, which in this case was recording local bands in a studio. Meanwhile I spent many hours in my dorm room with a synthesizer and drum machine trying to figure out how to make electronic music. Again, I had no teacher to help with this specifically, though the audio engineering certainly helped. | ||
+ | [10:32:01] sherol: When you compose, do you use piano/instruments more or or digital | ||
+ | [10:32:26] sherol: compose on real instruments or digitally | ||
+ | [10:33:03] Benjamin: I'm almost entirely digital. Everything I do is in software. I can play piano and banjo bit and I'm currently teaching myself to play electric guitar. | ||
+ | [10:33:55] sherol: do you ever record yourself playing a real instrument to put in a game? | ||
+ | [10:35:06] Benjamin: I've started to record guitar parts occasionally and I've recorded acoustic drum parts for some things, but it's fairly minimal. | ||
+ | [10:35:24] Benjamin: I'm trying to incorporate more and more real instruments as I go. | ||
+ | [10:35:47] sherol: Our student, Jack organized a Shanghai student music festival. They did had it few days ago. | ||
+ | [10:36:07] Benjamin: Wow, awesome! | ||
+ | [10:36:21] Benjamin: I never did anything that cool when I was in school. | ||
+ | [10:36:25] sherol: mostly it was like rock and punk music.. Some metal. | ||
+ | [10:36:31] sherol: He plays bass | ||
+ | [10:36:38] sherol: another student, Bran was the vocalist | ||
+ | [10:36:55] sherol: I'm telling them all to play FTL, they would love it. | ||
+ | [10:37:12] Benjamin: :D | ||
+ | [10:37:20] sherol: Do you have to work on Sound effects and music? | ||
+ | [10:37:47] Benjamin: I did both sound effects and music on earlier projects like FTL and Gravity Ghost, but these days I'm just a music guy. | ||
+ | [10:38:07] Benjamin: I can send a picture of my studio if you think you guys can receive it okay. | ||
+ | [10:38:13] sherol: ok | ||
+ | [10:38:31] sherol: can you over skype? | ||
+ | [10:38:39] sherol: it seems to be working | ||
+ | [10:38:45] Benjamin: Cool. | ||
+ | [10:38:56] sherol: Mike asks, he wants to do electronic music. Where can he start? | ||
+ | [10:40:47] Benjamin: That's a good question. I don't know what software is available in your region, but the first thing you need is a computer and a digital audio workstation, which is software. Most of the nice ones have an entry level version that's relatively cheap. | ||
+ | [10:40:58] sherol: How do you teach yourself to play guitar?... how do you overcome the difficulties to get better at it? | ||
+ | [10:41:20] sherol: (sorry.. i realized you are still answering the last question) | ||
+ | [10:42:13] Benjamin: Check out Ableton, FL Studio, or Cubase. Maybe also get a small USB musical keyboard to go with it. This will be a good start. You'll also need a solid understanding of music theory and the time to train yourself to use the software. | ||
+ | [10:42:37] sherol: They use FL Studio | ||
+ | [10:42:43] sherol: they said | ||
+ | [10:42:43] Benjamin: Yeah, perfect. | ||
+ | [10:44:53] Benjamin: As for teaching myself guitar: I have a couple of books on guitar, plus I simply find sheet music of songs that I like and practice that. My music theory knowledge makes transitioning to a new instrument just a little bit quicker. There's also a great game called Rocksmith that I use all the time. I don't know if you guys have played Guitar Hero or Rock Band, but it's like that but with a real guitar, with lessons and everything. | ||
+ | [10:45:28] Benjamin: It's REALLY hard to stick with an instrument. I'm incredibly lazy. So self-discipline is probably the hardest part of learning guitar for me. :D | ||
+ | [10:46:29] sherol: Who's your favorite game composer? | ||
+ | [10:48:17] Benjamin: My favorite soundtrack ever is for EarthBound, so I guess that would make my favorite composer Keiichi Suzuki. Jesper Kyd (Assassin's Creed, MDK2) was a also a huge inspiration when I was starting out. | ||
+ | [10:48:50] sherol: Do you do orchestra music ever?.. or what style? | ||
+ | [10:51:02] Benjamin: I've made exactly two orchestra pieces, entirely in software. I could theoretically write music for orchestra, since I can read and write sheet music and have a rough understanding of how an orchestra works. But it's really not my forte. My influences are on the pop/rock/funk/electronic side. | ||
+ | [10:51:13] Benjamin: I hope to do more orchestra work someday though. | ||
+ | [10:51:26] sherol: Cool | ||
+ | [10:51:40] sherol: Where do you get ideas | ||
+ | [10:52:06] sherol: is it when you are walking or taking a shower? | ||
+ | [10:52:13] Benjamin: Sometimes, yes! | ||
+ | [10:52:20] Benjamin: Or driving. | ||
+ | [10:52:54] Benjamin: Or watching a movie or talking with someone. Really, ideas can happen any time. | ||
+ | [10:53:20] Benjamin: The ideas are not as useful as just experimenting with chord progressions and melodies though. | ||
+ | [10:53:22] sherol: do you start with notes or beats? | ||
+ | [10:53:57] Benjamin: Generally I start with either a chord progression or some kind of rhythm part. | ||
+ | [10:55:06] sherol: ok... We are gonna try to skype you and say goodbye! | ||
+ | [10:55:43] Benjamin: Okay! | ||
+ | [10:55:46] sherol: Thank you so much! | ||
+ | [10:56:00] sherol: We are all interested and greatful :) | ||
+ | [10:56:05] *** Call to Benjamin Prunty *** | ||
+ | [11:01:02] *** Call ended, duration 04:53 *** | ||
+ | [11:01:17] Benjamin: That was awesome! Thanks everyone. | ||
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