jjohn's Profile
I'm an independent contract programmer who's a big fan of Seth's work, starting with L.O.R.D. More than you'll ever want to know about me can be found on my web site.
joseph_c_johnston@yahoo.com
http://taskboy.com
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Why would I want MP3s? Well I write and record my own music, so copyright isn't the issue.
MIDI files are inherently limited to producing only the sounds that your computer's on-board synth can make.
And those suck.
General MIDI has about four effects: reverb,
chorus, wheel bends and whatever the effect wheel does for a given patch. That's a very limited palette of sonic textures.
With MP3s, I can have very atmospheric ambient tracks, a la Fallout, that can deeply affect the gamer's experience.
To put it another way, I can't draw the paperbag to get out of (wet or not). I can code, write stories and play music. I hope to leverage the skills I do have to compensate for the ones I don't.
I also think that if DirectX supports MP3 playback, integrating it into Dink's source code
and then making that function available through DinkC won't be too difficult.
Mostly, I make the suggestion to see what's on the developers' minds.
--Joe
MIDI files are inherently limited to producing only the sounds that your computer's on-board synth can make.
And those suck.
General MIDI has about four effects: reverb,
chorus, wheel bends and whatever the effect wheel does for a given patch. That's a very limited palette of sonic textures.
With MP3s, I can have very atmospheric ambient tracks, a la Fallout, that can deeply affect the gamer's experience.
To put it another way, I can't draw the paperbag to get out of (wet or not). I can code, write stories and play music. I hope to leverage the skills I do have to compensate for the ones I don't.
I also think that if DirectX supports MP3 playback, integrating it into Dink's source code
and then making that function available through DinkC won't be too difficult.
Mostly, I make the suggestion to see what's on the developers' minds.
--Joe
jjohn has written 6 reviews
| Title | File | Type | Score | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| At the Risk of Shocking Dinkers Here | Land of Transforming Ducks | Normal |  1.0 | February 28th, 2006 |
| Very Interesting Idea | Fairy Goodness Online | Normal |  5.0 | February 28th, 2006 |
| This Dmod Made Me Laugh Out Loud Several Times | Search for Milli Vanilli (The) | Normal |  7.0 | February 28th, 2006 |
| I Really Enjoyed the Idea of Blob Taking the Dink Engine And Making an Arcade Game Out of it | Bloop the Fish 2 | Normal | 5.0 | February 28th, 2006 |
| A Good Little Tool For Cheating^Wtesting Dmods | Save Game Editor of Justice | Normal | 8.0 | February 27th, 2006 |
| This is a Very Original Dmod | Cycles of Evil | Normal | 7.5 | February 27th, 2006 |
