OMG! I haven't used the forums for so long- it took me about 5 minutes to find the freakin "NEW THREAD" button!
Ok- I've had a flash of inspiration- hopefully some of you can back me up with some implementation ideas.
Mod format. music files. we all know about em, and some of us even revive our old game tunes from time to time to get that little pang of joy from the Amiga golden days... The format seems all but dead- and now everything is mp3, ogg, mmf etc...
WHY on earth can't we have mod format support in Flash? (You know, macromedia- standard web animation etc) Imagine it- potentially you could have similar Amiga demo style coding- with animation events linked to certain sample triggers (a la bouncing copper-bars, and the headbanging Newtek lady in Rebels Megademo II) Surely this could spark a revival of REAL creative content delivery? I've suggested this before, to lukewarm response, but now with the proliferation of mobile devices- and the need to have tiny file sizes etc... why not MOD ringtones? MP3's are massive in comparison.
I know many mobile phones support Java... is there a Java mod player? I just loved those amiga demos & games etc with their ingenious implementation of music... certain sections can loop seamlessly until an event is triggered- then new music kicks in... all from the same mod file.
Many questions... massive potential. I'm just going to kick the boing ball out there and see if there's anyone left with a bit of imagination. Love to hear your thoughts.
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