Music Walk

By: Douglas Wilson | Contributors: Matt Broach | Project Advisor: Michael Shanks

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***Table of Contents:***

• What is Music Walk?
• Latest World Guide
• Discussion Forum
• Brainstorming (Upcoming Features)
• News Archives
• Program Archives (previous versions, datafiles, and experiments)

***Latest News:***

Monday, March 14, 2005

+ New Version 2.0 Release!

+ Version 2.0 Updates:

• New, expanded world. The new world is based off the old one, but has many more rooms (about 50) and songs (about 12), including several "forced" and "hidden" rooms (see below).

• The rooms datafiles were converted to XML, for better readability and writeability. And, so I could use the built-in Java XML parser.

• Added: The concept of "forced" room changes. This allows a MusicWalk author to immediately force the player, upon entry into a room/area, into yet another room/area (the author can specify an optional amount of time for which to pause). This feature is used for some of the pre-room-entry comments (e.g. "You awake.")

• Added: "Hidden" directions. These are directions that won't be displayed on the "Directions To Go:" list. This allows for hidden rooms.

+ Added news archives, program archives

+ Added a brief section on agency and experientiality to the What Is Music Walk? explanation

+ Wrote and added the World Guide, complete with explanations of some of my specific memory-song associations