Games for Music wiki / G4M

Wiki and print-and-play library for music games/game pieces.

Tooting about #music that is game-like in performance and #tabletop #games with #sound #improvisation.

Suggestions always welcome!

🎵🎲 #wikidot #creativecommons #experimentalmusic #gamedesign #fedi22

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2024-09-05 10:46:12

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@npub1p2n…uf7a 1, 2, 3, 1, 1, 2

2024-06-28 15:36:17

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@npub163y…x24t [as an editor-person] watched only some post-debates discussion, and the moods seem to be quite interesting.

2024-06-28 09:54:41

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@npub1htu…x8ah sonomu was the first thought for the editor here, seems to fit the bill quite well

2024-06-27 19:03:37

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We arrived at fun numbers now!
Back to regular programming soon! (which includes "Suggestions always welcome!" ;) )
https://cdn.masto.host/tabletopvip/media_attachments/files/112/689/657/654/896/387/original/07b184e79745c514.png

2024-06-26 10:51:03

We need more accounts to follow!
(41 more to be exact)
Please recommend any gamers with interest in music, game-adjacent musical projects, etc. etc.
In the easily boostable form please. :) (No need to check if we're already connected).

2024-06-26 08:15:25

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Developments on the dissertations front!
The editor here was kindly given access to two texts, both in #French. Would anyone be interested in grabbing those? Maybe commenting on the contents a bit?

2024-06-24 19:14:00

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Delivered with great help from @npub15mq…p7pj

2024-06-24 19:12:37

New!
A #microRPG/ritual in the world of #Uluk #boardgame.
A heavily stylized version is on #ItchIo:
https://odolany.itch.io/uluk-rain-ritual
And a "plain" version on our #wiki:
http://musicgames.wikidot.com/game:uluk-rain-ritual

2024-06-23 08:04:54

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@npub1uq4…m9aq
Mascaron approves! :)
https://cdn.masto.host/tabletopvip/media_attachments/files/112/664/418/231/380/146/original/cd7d3b54628a2dec.png

2024-06-20 08:04:59

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@npub1uhd…fac8 In case any of the games is "musical", will you tag us please? 🥺 :)

2024-06-19 23:30:44

#AdamGenesis makes vids that connect #music and #chess
This is one of the newest:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKjiK2jcvC8

2024-06-18 17:20:26

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@npub1aus…csy4
Hashtags work well in the Fediverse, as many people follow them.
Here, it's like #warsaw #event #ambient -- does anyone follow those? Please confirm. :)

2024-06-18 11:08:55

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@npub10qz…wzv7
we've seen this folk before. ;)
but it's now much more contrasting -- is it a matter of presentation and photography or did it have some finishing job done after the previous pic?

2024-06-18 08:04:23

A rare moment when we have spotted more than three events on the horizon. Not for long, one is today. ;)
https://cdn.masto.host/tabletopvip/media_attachments/files/112/636/104/978/868/879/original/cc253898b7072f42.png

2024-06-17 19:32:57

An #Infographic of #JohnZorn's albums:
https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/4chanmusic/images/7/70/JOHNZORN.png/revision/latest
(can't find the certain source, one attribution is to Emmanuel Abraham)

2024-06-17 17:52:34

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@npub1h4d…vng6
Maybe, everyone should always say "photocrapped". Full clarity, no confusion, Abooby happy.

2024-06-17 11:35:13

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@npub10qz…wzv7
yay! what a feast! :)
#minimusicians FTW ;)

2024-06-16 23:24:52

This is cool! (in a nerdy way)
Short profiling for theses/dissertations on the topic of music/games intersection (12 so far).
http://musicgames.wikidot.com/wiki:dissertations
Most of those are available online, so it's a good place to find more to read.

2024-06-13 15:04:48

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@npub1vmv…2jmu
John Laden is a Lacrosse coach. Surely would approve this message.

2024-06-13 15:01:48

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@npub1xkc…ey5p
:)
thanks, yeah
the instruments as such will probably be only in specific factions

2024-06-13 14:46:52

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@npub1xkc…ey5p
Have you painted some minis with musical instruments? :)

2024-06-11 17:46:22

One of the best bibliographies in a scholarly work! ;)
More on that soon. A new article under construction...
https://cdn.masto.host/tabletopvip/media_attachments/files/112/598/740/708/082/847/original/79e78563c10df614.png

2024-06-10 18:45:57

Just throwing it out here... It looks nice! :)
(#JohnZorn's Cobra #gamePiece will be played in #Nagano prefecture, #Japan)
#experimentalMusic
https://cdn.masto.host/tabletopvip/media_attachments/files/112/593/290/700/248/664/original/1d184a87789fe946.png

2024-06-10 12:22:10

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@npub1ekn…2g2y
ah, in relation to 1, thx!

2024-06-10 11:55:47

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@npub1ekn…2g2y
What causes your doubt?
Is it not a standard alternative-history gig (presumably, and expectedly, without academic-level research into the topic)?

2024-06-10 08:49:05

Sadly, #wikidot is currently down.
Last time this happened for 10+ hours, it were because of Russian hackers.
Hopefully it will be fine, for the sake of all projects.
(We're mid-sized btw, the likes of #SCPfoundation/#SCP involve much more people).

2024-06-08 00:31:46

Btw, did you start with it @npub1j6h…2cz2 ? Or is it further down the reading queue? ;p

2024-06-08 00:29:34

A short characterisation of "Keys to Play" by #RogerMoseley is the newest article on the #wiki
http://musicgames.wikidot.com/review:moseley-keys-to-play
As the subtitle claims, the book overviews the music/game intersection "from Apollo to #Nintendo" (with a lot of #Mozart in the middle).
Consider adding your thoughts or suggestions.

2024-06-07 17:16:50

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@npub1pff…pfg9 Is this the first #graphicScore in #MusicWeeklies? Or did you have a prompt like that before?

2024-06-07 10:34:20

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The editor writing these words participated in the recording of the upcoming album (but not for the linked single).
In general, the reporting on this topic will not be objective (for better or worse). ;p But the album will have 2 playable items from the wiki, incorporated into larger improvisatory multi-genre structures, so it will just have to show up here... ;)

2024-06-07 10:26:38

Here's some #music! No game element (yet).
Hadap ke Barat is a #gamelanFusion #ambient from the band #SignaltoNoiseRatio played with #WarsawGamelanGroup.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLl3XUDX4qA
It's a single for an upcoming album, which will have so much game, we can't wait! :)
#gamelan #synth #analogSynth

2024-06-03 22:56:52

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@npub1xpz…g6lj
All free at once? 🥺 :)

2024-06-03 10:51:48

A fun challenge with polyrhythms from Indian music:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duBOlIt9uMI
with @npub1jlm…8tmu
and with the term "actual music" problematically undefined... ;p

2024-05-30 19:45:55

Here are a few pages which have been around when we started. Back then, worthy linking targets, now only as mentions, and partly on @internetarchive (thankfully!)
passthesound.com - useful propositions for workshop facilitators (vids still on #YT)
auki.uk - Gamified Improvisation Podcast (eps still on PodBean etc.)
everybodystoolbox.net - #wiki by performance artists, #creativecommons licence
room101games.com - meetings in Toronto, including Open Cobra
We hope to join them alap...
#linkRot

2024-05-27 19:37:31

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@npub18f6…ctv2
do you mean video games solely or are non-digital games also covered in the scope of interest? ttrpgs or board games? :)

2024-05-24 19:29:02

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@npub1xmc…0xs0
ah, yes, thanks. the size matters, we were careful about it when preparing the templates

2024-05-23 15:24:49

Would anyone like to make an alt-text for this poster? (to be attempted later)
#JohnZorn
https://cdn.masto.host/tabletopvip/media_attachments/files/112/490/621/728/615/038/original/e36ab17543531405.webp

2024-05-23 09:44:34

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@npub1h4d…vng6 same here

2024-05-23 09:13:38

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@npub1hlq…dcz7 "interactive" as in the audience influencing the heard music? or a more usual type of interactions?

2024-05-16 13:45:58

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@npub12wq…caty
same here, all technologically enchanced, by wearing glasses
(the toot self-destructs on the first reaction)

2024-05-15 10:39:23

Playing Music: Reconsidering
Game Pieces Through Tabletop
Roleplaying Game Design
a bachelor dissertation by Izabelle French, 2023
https://ro.ecu.edu.au/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=2600&context=theses_hons
#musicology #ttrpg

2024-05-14 08:07:58

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@npub16as…ct5g
tune down a lot for starters? at least for the purpose of crazy bends-vibrato?

2024-05-13 20:56:16

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There's a nice presentation on YouTube of the earliest example from 1901, without a racing setting, but the same premise:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhZQpFKLuEE

2024-05-13 20:54:26

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@npub1df2…nr30 Do you remember how many possible results were on this one?

2024-05-13 20:27:49

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Which horse wins? from 1945 had two results on two sides of the vinyl.
https://cdn.masto.host/tabletopvip/media_attachments/files/112/435/172/900/925/986/original/bb6d45ef01a7fe7f.png

2024-05-13 20:13:41

Chariot Race Game, 1959
A multi-groove album of audio play
https://cdn.masto.host/tabletopvip/media_attachments/files/112/435/100/780/886/578/original/cfb3a82da61ef962.png

2024-05-12 11:37:18

announcers on basketball matches ;)

2024-04-15 21:15:50

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@npub1uz0…guyf
> We took part in past edition of Levi's boost sharing, and now we do have more than 500 followers!
G4M

2024-04-15 14:34:51

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@npub1w2c…7vak
Ah, a luxury totally unavailable if what you make is a #wiki! ;)
But that has its charms too! :)

2024-04-14 19:29:54

Part of our Mastodoning is a regular search on "music game" to find boostable toots.
And a clear recent leader of sift-throughs is Fallout (a TV show based on a game that uses music in a notable way). :)

2024-04-13 09:19:07

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@npub1w9p…9afh
Do they do their music around your place?

2024-04-12 08:45:14

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@npub152x…mcek
The Wizard might be one of the brightest examples of that, with that harmonica? :)

2024-04-05 12:42:45

"Bees" by #HollyGramazio is a game with the shortest title in our library! :)
http://musicgames.wikidot.com/game:bees
It's one of two musical titles taken from #Ludocity (thanks to the awesomeness of CC licensing).
https://ludocity.org/ is a #wiki collection of #pervasiveGames, and a great inspiration! Have a look! :)

2024-04-02 22:11:32

"There are two musics (at least so I have always thought):
the music one listens to, the music one plays. These two
musics are two totally different arts, each with its own history,
its own sociology, its own aesthetics, its own erotic"
Roland Barthes, Musica Practica
#RolandBarthes #music #quote

2024-03-28 00:38:19

What was the last music game/game piece that you played? How was it?
(practically any playful activity with rules and sounds may count here, from the #wiki or not)
#experimentalMusic #tabletopGames #musicEducation

2024-03-26 21:58:53

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@npub1uhd…fac8 If you're into this market, have you maybe played Nebuta Beat?

2024-03-20 09:44:17

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@npub17ed…rm8w
Thanks again, here is a set of non-professional thoughts from an editor.
Taken far back! Used to listen to this kind of music in the age when last.fm radio was working nicely as a new sounds provider (maybe it's still good, but payed, idk). Spent a lot of time starting with "artist similar to" a few Japanese projects and "obscurity filter" set down.
The biggest surprises were short lengths of the pieces and the re-use of a "scratch squeak effect" in different tunes.

2024-03-14 14:18:11

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@npub17xl…kwxh
ah, disease, that's a bit less metal, thanks!

2024-03-14 12:03:00

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@[email protected]
Are there some specific associations with this name where you are? Something more cute than the god of war?

2024-03-13 15:39:30

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@npub12wq…caty
😬

2024-01-09 19:51:36

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@npub1uhd…fac8
A more general observation that in many games, a move or a series of moves may be mainly for self-expression.
A quotable formulation would be to find somewhere around MtG and "Johnny".