diff --git a/Level 0/PRACTICE_WHALESONG.ink b/Level 0/PRACTICE_WHALESONG.ink index 219f821..5639b37 100644 --- a/Level 0/PRACTICE_WHALESONG.ink +++ b/Level 0/PRACTICE_WHALESONG.ink @@ -9,61 +9,47 @@ VEZ: Okay, we're booked for the Float the Vote Festival at Erosion. -FERN: Erosion? Is that the cave club? I'd love to rock a cave! (laughs) +FERN: Erosion? Is that the cave club? I'd love to ROCK a cave! (laughs) MICAH: I hate to endorse any pun, but yeah. The acoustics are perfect. FERN: And it's on the water so the whales can come to the show! -SKYLER: Pretty sure that's the "Float" part of the Festival. +SKYLER: That'd be the "Float" part of the Festival. -VEZ: Anyway, voting rights for whales is a step toward global equality. +VEZ: Voting rights for whales would be a significant step toward global equality. -MICAH: And whales will make better choices than humans do. They should get to vote. +MICAH: And whales make better choices than humans do. They should get to vote. -SKYLER: They will. No one is trying to stop it. So... our song will be a sure hit! +SKYLER: They will. No one is trying to stop it. So our song will be a sure hit! - + VEZ: Nothing's a sure thing, Skyler. - +Vez bristles... + + + (SLIDE)... but says nothing and lets Skyler's comment slide. + + ... and decides to put Skyler in her place. + + VEZ: Nothing's a sure thing, Skyler. + SKYLER: You're the band's black cloud now? VEZ: I'm not being negative. Just a friendly reminder that you can't phone this in. - VEZ: Every song matters, even if the issue has support. + VEZ: Every song matters, even if the cause has broad support. SKYLER: I NEVER phone it in! I'm 100% ON STAGE all the time! - FERN: (whispers to Micah) Does Skyler not know what "phone in" means? - - MICAH: (whispers back) Nope. - - VEZ: Oh please, Skyler, you still think your presence is enough? You haven't changed a bit. //This but write it better. - - FERN: Please don't fight! //?? - - + FERN: We'll be stars! - - MICAH: Oh, Fern, there's no "we" with Skyler. - - SKYLER: ...tells Micah she's changed... - - VEZ: ...wants to see proof... is genuinely hoping Skyler has changed, hence agreeing to have Skyler in the band. - - SKYLER CHOICE? Respond with grace? Or bitterly? + VEZ: I didn't mean your stage presence, I meant writing the song. - - -AKAI: While you all were chitchatting, I created two complete percussion tracks. - -FERN: Wow, Akai! That's amazing! //but smarter - -AKAI: Now come up with your parts. You'll need more time, of course. - - + [Let's make music!] //Make this a choice block b/w how dif characters can say this. OR Action lines of how the player sees the band settling in? - -> CREATE_SONG + +#PlaySFX: Akai_attention +AKAI: SONGWRITING! LET'S DO IT! +AKAI: (sighs) What I mean is... +AKAI: I've already created two complete percussion tracks. You humans will need more time for your parts, of course. + -> CREATE_SONG = CREATE_SONG #UI: practice/band_playing #PlayMusic: -//not sure how we'll play the music in this scene. Individually play default stems? Or randomized? +//not sure how we'll start playing the music stems in this scene. Individually play default stems? Or a group default noodle? i.e. The song stems wouldn't play until players have clicked on a character and selected a stem. It'll just be the default noodle until then. //Click on a character or click the FINISH button. @@ -112,7 +98,7 @@ AKAI: Now come up with your parts. You'll need more time, of course. + [PLAY STEM B] #Mood= ~ guitar_whalesong = "Whaleish" #PlayMusic: guitar_whalesong_whaleish - SKYLER: {&A whaley riff says I care about the message more than myself.|I want Vez to see I've changed.|This riff isn't as exciting as the solo.} + SKYLER: {&A whaley riff says I care about the message more than myself.|This riff isn't as exciting as the solo.|Whaley riff over solo will prove to Vez I've changed.} -> STEMS_GUITAR + [PREVIOUS CHARACTER] -> STEMS_DRUMS @@ -127,12 +113,12 @@ AKAI: Now come up with your parts. You'll need more time, of course. + [PLAY STEM A] ~ vocals_whalesong = "Human" #PlayMusic: vocals_whalesong_human - VEZ: {&Whales understand human language, so these lyrics work.|The message is important no matter what language it's in.|Stick to lyrics everyone understands.|"Say it don't spray it" - seriously!} + VEZ: {Hmm... what rhymes with ecolocation?|Whales understand human language, so these lyrics work for everybody.|The message is what's important no matter what language it's in.|"Say it don't spray it" - seriously!|Stick to lyrics everyone understands.} -> STEMS_VOCALS + [PLAY STEM B] ~ vocals_whalesong = "Whaleish" #PlayMusic: vocals_whalesong_whaleish - VEZ: {&The whales will love this, IF I can sing it right.|Did I get that intonation right?|I haven't spoken Whaleish in years.|Ugh, my Whaleish probably sounds like Seal by now.} + VEZ: {Maybe I should sing in Whaleish.|The whales will love this, IF I can sing it right.|I haven't spoken Whaleish in years.|Ugh, my Whaleish probably sounds like Seal by now.|Did I get that intonation right?} -> STEMS_VOCALS + [PREVIOUS CHARACTER] -> STEMS_GUITAR @@ -148,7 +134,7 @@ AKAI: Now come up with your parts. You'll need more time, of course. + [PLAY STEM A] ~ keys_whalesong = "Human" #PlayMusic: keys_whalesong_human - FERN: {&Will our cetacean siblings like these simple chords?|Maybe whaley harmonics are better.|This can be a backup if the band thinks my synthesized whale sounds are too much.} + FERN: {&Will our cetacean siblings like these simple chords?|This can be a backup if the band thinks synthesized whale sounds are too much.} -> STEMS_KEYS + [PLAY STEM B] ~ keys_whalesong = "Whaleish" @@ -205,52 +191,69 @@ AKAI: Now come up with your parts. You'll need more time, of course. #AddChar: Akai, Pose: instrument_holding { vocals_whalesong == "Whaleish": - FERN recognizes that Vez is singing in Whaleish and is super impressed! + FERN: Vez! Are you singing WHALEISH?! + + VEZ: Yes, though I'm a bit rusty. + + FERN: It sounds AMAZING!!! + - else: - Everyone thinks it sounds pretty good, especially Skyler, but Fern timidly mentions that they heard Vez singing in Whaleish, and thinks Whaleish should be in the lyrics. The whales would love it! + MICAH: Not bad, everyone. + + SKYLER: {SLIDE:Like I said, surefire hit!|Yeah. Nobody phoned it in.} + + FERN: It's good, but... Vez? Did you sing a different part that sounded super whaley? + + VEZ: Yeah, I was playing around with some Whaleish lyrics. + + FERN: You speak WHALEISH?! That's SO COOL! } -SKYLER: Woah. That feels like a big risk for our first song. -SKYLER: Most people can't understand Whaleish. +SKYLER: It's risky. Most people can't understand Whaleish. -FERN... but they should learn! The Whales shouldn’t have to assimilate to vote. +AKAI: MAKE THEM LEARN! -AKAI knows his vote doesn't count, but he advocates for Whaleish anyway, b/c humans shouldn’t always force other beings to assimilate. +MICAH: Truth. It's way past time humans stop forcing others to assimilate as a condition of inclusion. -VEZ That may be true, but inclusion requires speaking a common language, and the Whales already understand our human language. +VEZ: I agree with you, but this song's message is more for humans than whales. -MICAH hates to agree with Skyler, but he is concerned that humans making the decisions can use the Whaleish lyrics as an excuse to not understand the message. +SKYLER: Yeah. And Whaleish might confuse people. +MICAH: Or give them an excuse to not understand the message. +VEZ: I only put some of the lyrics in Whaleish. People can still get the message. -BASSIST: But Whales don't need to hear this message. Humans do. -BASSIST: Humans don't even listen to human voices. They'll tune out Whaleish completely. +FERN: Sing it in Whaleish! It'll make a big SPLASH! Haha! +MICAH: Easy on the puns, kid. I almost laughed. -VEZ can go either way; they're reluctant to sing Whaleish on stage in front of 100s of people, but knows they should do it for the whales. +VEZ: So, are we changing the song? Or going with what we've got? -SKYLER argues for NO Whaleish because people might think it's a gimmick. + -> SONG_DONE_L0 + +=== SONG_DONE_L0 === +#UI: practice/song_created +//The Bandocracy UX Storyboard shows the characters' moods towards each song stance, but because the song isn't set in stone yet, I decided not to put these in as variables. Plus, the variables are cumulative over the course of the game. Instead, I propose using Hashtags to display how the characters feel for each version. UI also had a little dialogue bubble beside each, so I put that in too. -SINGER: You don't think I can do it? +{vocals_whalesong == "Whaleish": + AKAI: KEEP IT! #Mood+ + SKYLER: Change it. #Mood- + VEZ: I don't know... #Mood= + FERN: Love it! #Mood+ + MICAH: Doesn't matter. #Mood= +- else: + AKAI: TRASH IT! #Mood- + SKYLER: Keep it. #Mood+ + VEZ: I don't know... #Mood= + FERN: Boo. #Mood- + MICAH: Doesn't matter. #Mood= +} -GUITARIST: Hey, if anyone can do it, it's you. But people might call it a gimmick. - -KEYS advocates for Whaleish lyrics - they'd make a SPLASH! -FERN: Sing it in Whale! That would make such a SPLASH! Haha! - -BASSIST: I hope that's the last pun we get from Fern. I almost laughed. #THOUGHT - -GUITARIST: Yeah. That, too. Whaleish might confuse them. - -SINGER: So, are we changing the song? Or going with what we've got? - -Should we change the song? - - + [EDIT SONG] + + {not EDIT_WHALESONG}[EDIT SONG] -> EDIT_WHALESONG + [HEAD TO SHOW] - SINGER: Well, that's a wrap on practice. This weekend, {band_name}'s first song will debut at Float the Vote! + VEZ: Alright, we've got our first song! -> PERFORM_WHALESONG === EDIT_WHALESONG === @@ -270,7 +273,7 @@ Should we change the song? + [BASSIST] -> STEMS_BASS + [FINISH] - -> PRACTICE_DONE + -> SONG_DONE_L0 = STEMS_DRUMS #UI: practice/drums_playing @@ -280,7 +283,7 @@ Should we change the song? #PlayMusic: drums_whalesong_human AKAI: It'll be a "shore party" no matter what. -> STEMS_DRUMS - + [PLAY STEM B] + + [PLAY STEM B] #Mood+ ~ drums_whalesong = "Whaleish" #PlayMusic: drums_whalesong_whaleish AKAI: Underwater percussion for the whales! @@ -295,7 +298,7 @@ Should we change the song? = STEMS_GUITAR #UI: practice/guitar_playing - + [PLAY STEM A] + + [PLAY STEM A] #Mood+ ~ guitar_whalesong = "Human" SKYLER: Rocking guitar solo for ME! -> STEMS_GUITAR @@ -315,11 +318,11 @@ Should we change the song? + [PLAY STEM A] ~ vocals_whalesong = "Human" - VEZ: {&Nobody will criticize my pronounciation of these lyrics.|A clear message for all!} + VEZ: A clear message for all! -> STEMS_VOCALS + [PLAY STEM B] ~ vocals_whalesong = "Whaleish" - VEZ: + VEZ: Acculturation not assimilation! -> STEMS_VOCALS + [PREVIOUS CHARACTER] -> STEMS_GUITAR @@ -332,13 +335,13 @@ Should we change the song? = STEMS_KEYS #UI: practice/keys_playing - + [PLAY STEM A] + + [PLAY STEM A] #Mood- ~ keys_whalesong = "Human" - FERN: + FERN: This sounds good no matter what lyrics Vez chooses. -> STEMS_KEYS - + [PLAY STEM B] + + [PLAY STEM B] #Mood+ ~ keys_whalesong = "Whaleish" - FERN: + FERN: Whaley harmonics to go with Whaleish lyrics. -> STEMS_KEYS + [PREVIOUS CHARACTER] -> STEMS_VOCALS @@ -352,11 +355,11 @@ Should we change the song? + [PLAY STEM A] ~ bass_whalesong = "Human" - MICAH: + MICAH: Keep it simple. For the people. -> STEMS_BASS + [PLAY STEM B] ~ bass_whalesong = "Whaleish" - MICAH: + MICAH: Make it deep. For the whales. -> STEMS_BASS + [PREVIOUS CHARACTER] -> STEMS_KEYS @@ -364,10 +367,4 @@ Should we change the song? -> STEMS_GUITAR + [EXIT] -> EDIT_WHALESONG - -= PRACTICE_DONE -#Environment: PracticeSpace - -Couple lines saying we've got the song, practice is over, see y'all at the event. - - -> PERFORM_WHALESONG \ No newline at end of file + \ No newline at end of file