AI music on the topic of Simutrans

[jamespetts]

I have been having fun with AI music this year, and have generated a few songs on the topic of Simutrans or relevant to Simutrans. 

We have:

• Die Brücke ist nicht frei - minimal synthpop song in German about the history of Simutrans;
• Set the World in Motion - jubilant synthpop song celebrating the possibilities opened by playing a Simutrans game;
• Hail, Simutrans! - 1750s galant oratorio praising the game; and
• This is the Age of the Canal - 1760s galant choral piece about canals, parodying the "This is the age of the train" song from the 1980s television advertisement series (see here)

These are all released CC0.

[prissi]

Unfortunately, AI is almost as bad as current German non-AI songs ... or maybe it is just my age.

[makie]

I like it.
"Hail Simutrans" made me laugh—historical background sung in the style of that era. I'd love to see more of that.

Really, the only thing missing is a sung tutorial.

I haven't seen (or heard) this idea in any other game before.

[jamespetts]

I like it.
"Hail Simutrans" made me laugh—historical background sung in the style of that era. I'd love to see more of that.

Really, the only thing missing is a sung tutorial.

I haven't seen (or heard) this idea in any other game before.

That is an intriguing idea - albeit it would be a very long song!

[makie]

it would be a very long song!

Chapter 1 ....
Chapter 2 ....
selected by the tutorial script.   

This is the Age of the Canal - 1760s galant choral piece about canals

Selected by the current year in the game.
In the year 2000 the song make no sense anymore.

[jamespetts]

Chapter 1 ....
Chapter 2 ....
selected by the tutorial script.   
Selected by the current year in the game.
In the year 2000 the song make no sense anymore.

Yes, I had considered adding a feature (1) to play .mp3 or .ogg files in game; and (2) to give each piece an introduction and retirement date to get era appropriate background music. That is not the highest priority currently, however.

[prissi]

Era dependent music is a nice idea. Will of course massively inrease distribution size ...

[jamespetts]

Era dependent music is a nice idea. Will of course massively inrease distribution size ...

Yes, that is the disadvantage.

[makie]

Yes, that is the disadvantage.

The last game i had downloaded from steam has about 100Gbyte.