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What do you listen to when you ZZT?

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:28 am
by Mooseka
The topic says it all. What kind of music do you usually listen to when you make games? For me it's generally industrial stuff, or classical. It gets me in the mood to program =(

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 10:05 am
by wildkarrdex
we can tell this is a lie because moose doesnt use zzt.

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 10:14 am
by Mooseka
WHEN I USED TO USE ZZT

in like 1997

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 11:44 am
by Dr. Dos
When you used to cut as well.

I've started listening to Wolfsheim now, but usually it's just whatever's on my playlist.

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 1:09 pm
by MadTom
I don't usually listen to music too much when ZZTing, really.

I find the music I do listen to is dependent on the kind of game I'm working on, and (to a small extent) vice-versa. For my work on the Respite trilogy I've been listening to some heavy metal and alternative rock. For my Weekend of ZZT entry Ara, for some reason, I had Leonard Cohen's Greatest Hits, a classical choral collection, and Enigma's MCMXC a.D. on loop. Burglar! was built on Led Zeppelin, and (virtually) Led Zeppelin alone. Surreal stuff, and lazy drawings or boards that I don't release, are usually accompanied by progressive rock.

So, uh, it varies a lot!

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 2:15 pm
by 136
I do not lisin to the music wen I work ZZT games. I almost never lisin to the music.

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 2:23 pm
by 53
I listen to the stolen music that I'm going to use

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 2:32 pm
by Commodore
I listen to some stuff, sometimes.

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 4:07 pm
by Mooseka
what the hell is wrong with you people =(

I have music on 24/7 whether I can hear it at the time or not

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 5:40 pm
by Zenith Nadir
It depends on the tone of the game. Listening to the right kind of music when programming can profoundly affect the outcome.

When making Frost 1, I listened to Moose's "Return to the Ocean" mp3s, as well as Smashing Pumpkins, Wolfsheim and Placebo which perhaps affected the graphics.

For psyche I listened to a lot of Tool and KMFDM. And some other stuff, I don't remember all that well (it was a long time ago) but I left a list in the credits.

For Frost 2 (well, when I work on it, ie. not lately) I've been listening to a whole lot of industrial and ambient trance (eg. Front Line Assembly, Prodigy, KMFDM) to get the "inner-city" feel.

Right now, I'm listening to Wumpscut. They are gothic industrial dance and very good.

This is FSFunky dancing to Wumpscut;

:fsfunky: :fsfunky: :fsfunky: :fsfunky:

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 9:16 pm
by 575
Icabod: I just listen to whatever's on the radio.

Diego: Music is for people with ears. Even though I have ears, but that's not the point.

Icabod: :out:

Posted: Thu Feb 19, 2004 10:05 pm
by 598
i listen to... nothing, usually. when i do, it's either pearl jam or various punk music.

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:03 am
by Ryan Ferneau
I listen to the music I write in ZZT. :XD:

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:42 am
by MadTom
I always thought it was really funny that in Quill, you could hear WiL's ZZT rendition of 'My Heart Will Go On' as you worked.

Posted: Sat Feb 21, 2004 7:43 am
by Ryan Ferneau
I HATE THAT SONG!