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 (https://archive.org/details/ai-synthpop/Die+Br%C3%BCcke+ist+nicht+frei.mp3) - minimal synthpop song in German about the history of Simutrans;
- Set the World in Motion (https://archive.org/details/ai-synthpop/Set+the+World+in+Motion.mp3) - jubilant synthpop song celebrating the possibilities opened by playing a Simutrans game;
- Hail, Simutrans! (https://archive.org/details/ai-galant/Hail%2C+Simutrans!+.mp3) - 1750s galant oratorio praising the game; and
- This is the Age of the Canal (https://archive.org/details/ai-galant/This+is+the+Age+of+the+Canal.mp3) - 1760s galant choral piece about canals, parodying the "This is the age of the train" song from the 1980s television advertisement series (see here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FPeGTgtj64))
These are all released CC0.
Unfortunately, AI is almost as bad as current German non-AI songs ... or maybe it is just my age.
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.
Quote from: makie on September 14, 2026, 07:23:10 AMI 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!
Quote from: jamespetts on September 14, 2026, 08:50:30 AMit would be a very long song!
Chapter 1 ....
Chapter 2 ....
selected by the tutorial script. :o ;D
QuoteThis 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.
Quote from: makie on September 14, 2026, 08:58:12 AMChapter 1 ....
Chapter 2 ....
selected by the tutorial script. :o ;D
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.
Era dependent music is a nice idea. Will of course massively inrease distribution size ...
Quote from: prissi on September 14, 2026, 12:31:22 PMEra dependent music is a nice idea. Will of course massively inrease distribution size ...
Yes, that is the disadvantage.
Quote from: jamespetts on September 14, 2026, 01:36:04 PMYes, that is the disadvantage.
The last game i had downloaded from steam has about 100Gbyte.