You investigate the video games section. You see an array of downloads and videos.
There are many things here.
The following are select examples of custom gameplay modules I've made for various retail video games. Featured games include Rock Band 2, Guitar Hero II, and StepMania. Newer content is at the top of the page. Click on the +/- to expand/collapse individual sections!
Note: All music game songs include all applicable difficulties and charts. For example, Rock Band and Guitar Hero songs include Easy, Medium, Hard, and Expert for all instruments.
>2010
Rock Band Network: The Kimberly Trip - California
Artist: The Kimberly Trip Song: California Album: Generation Stereotype Master tracks?:Yes
This song, currently available for purchase from the Rock Band Network store, is my only solo RBN work (I normally author with Rhythm Authors). It's exciting to finally see my work with music games legitimized, and on such an awesome song!
>2009
Rock Band 2: Jonathan Coulton - Code Monkey
Artist: Jonathan Coulton Song: Code Monkey Album: Thing-a-Week Three (2006) Master tracks?:Yes
My first successful attempt to make a custom Rock Band song, and the first to successfully use fully separated master tracks. I'm pleased with the chart authoring on this one; the guitar chart was changed from the popular GH2 custom to better suit Rock Band.
Rock Band 2: Electric Six - Gay Bar
Artist: Electric Six Song: Gay Bar Album: Fire (2003) Master tracks?: No
The big decision here was whether to author the vocals as pitched or "talkies". After trying both, I settled on unpitched - it lets the vocalist stay truer to the source material. This song features a RB2-specific element: manual hammer-ons, in guitar solo 1. (Also featured: custom background videos.)
>2008
Collaboration: The Kimberly Trip Plays Custom Guitar Hero II Chart Live
The Kimberly Trip is a California-based pop-rock band with whom I've collaborated before (see "Insignificant Other" in 2007).
At their request, I made a GH2 chart to their song "Suck Knob" (as in "turn the suck knob down") to be used as a backdrop to a live performance of the song. The results can be seen here. (Guitarist Jeffry does an admirable job of staying close to the in-game chart, despite it being authored without access to his isolated guitar stem!)
>2007
Guitar Hero II: The Kimberly Trip - Insignificant Other
Artist: The Kimberly Trip Song: Insignificant Other Album: Popularity Contest (2007) Master tracks?:Yes
Difficulty: Tier 3 - Tier 4
Through their bassist (a personal friend of mine), I was able to contact The Kimberly Trip and secure the master tracks for "Insignificant Other". This song was an exercise in changing instrument levels from the studio mix - the guitar in the verses is normally much softer, and when brought to the front of the mix it makes for fun gameplay. Basic stage animations and lighting used.
Guitar Hero II: Jonathan Coulton - Code Monkey
Artist: Jonathan Coulton Song: Code Monkey Album: Thing-a-Week Three (2006) Master tracks?:Yes
Difficulty: Tier 1 - Tier 2
While this module is mostly obsoleted by its recent upgrade to Rock Band 2, my GH2 Code Monkey file is notable for its inclusion in the "elite" custom song database customhero.net.
It was also featured on Jonathan Coulton's blog, and has since garnered over 130,000 views on YouTube.
"Snowbound" is a remix of the Snow Wood theme from the SNES classic Earthbound. Composer bLiNd does a fantastic job, and the song makes for a fun stepfile.
This song was entered in Stepmania StepMix 1.0, a competition to generate quality license-free stepfiles, and won 6th place (for a prize of $50!).
