Music Maven 3

lighthousekeeper · 02-19-2005, 12:57 PM

I've posted before about an online game I developed, but I thought I'd pimp it again since a new version is starting this weekend - Music Maven 3. The game is basically an online Music Industry simulation game. Music Maven 2 was very successful and was around for about 2 years, with thousands of bands playing. It has taken me 18 months to complete MM3 so I'm very excited about finally being able to launch the game. (It took so long not because of the huge enhancements - but mostly because I took several hiatuses along the way.) As always, I strive to make the game as realistic as possible - for example, it contains hundreds of real music clubs around the world in which your band can play.

Music Maven 3

For those that enjoyed version 2, here's a partial list of the new features for MM3:

Quote:

New feautres in version 3

-Completely customizable band lineups with up to 6 musicians (no longer just guitar/bass/drums/vocals)
-Many enhancements to record labels, including record label contracts
-Maven Mall: Can now purchase instruments & stage effects
-More Record Studios added
-Core ratings of record studios now hidden
-Core ratings of practice spaces now hidden
-Interactive map to locate venues by country
-Added genre-level awards
-Musician photos
-Musician bios
-Streamlined method of scheduling Resting activities
-Added ability to upload images for band photo
-Musicians ages are now more varied
-Each song can now appear on a single AND an album
-Track order now saved for each recording
-Made it more difficult for lesser known bands to play large venues
-Label details page now displays bands on tour
-New cities added (can now tour Europe and Australia in addition to N.A.)
-New clubs added
-More ways you can promote your band
-Set list now shows which album and/or single your songs appear on
-Added new rating for band: Stage Presence

The first sim is Sunday night, so I encourage you to sign up now to not miss any sims.

/end commercial

sterlingice · 02-19-2005, 01:35 PM

I know I had quite a lot of fun playing and anyone who didn't give it a go and likes text based web games check it out.

to lighthousekeeper:
I had one problem that probably caused me to stop playing and was wondering if you had addressed that. After a couple of months of playing, you had maxed out your musician abilities through practicing (the musical ones). However, the other attributes could only be changed in unbalanced fashion by resting (ie the max you could get from one ability would be 3 so that attribute on all your musicians would always be low while another you could raise 7 or 10 points in a day and so it was better to raise those). So, once your band became more "mature" in the game, the easiest way to advance your band was to go audition a new set of members because the points would be redistributed and it's much easier to raise the musical abilities because you practiced every day. So, basically, the best way to get the best band members was to completely replace all of your members and that reduced the "stickiness" of the game for me.

SI

korme · 02-19-2005, 01:48 PM

i'm joining. i would have preferred the option when making my band to have a guitarest/vocalist as the same guy, however.

lighthousekeeper · 02-19-2005, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sterlingice

to lighthousekeeper:
I had one problem that probably caused me to stop playing and was wondering if you had addressed that. After a couple of months of playing, you had maxed out your musician abilities through practicing (the musical ones). However, the other attributes could only be changed in unbalanced fashion by resting (ie the max you could get from one ability would be 3 so that attribute on all your musicians would always be low while another you could raise 7 or 10 points in a day and so it was better to raise those). So, once your band became more "mature" in the game, the easiest way to advance your band was to go audition a new set of members because the points would be redistributed and it's much easier to raise the musical abilities because you practiced every day. So, basically, the best way to get the best band members was to completely replace all of your members and that reduced the "stickiness" of the game for me.

SI

I'm not sure how long ago you stopped playing but at one point in MM2 I added many types of resting activities that allowed the musicians to raise a variety of attributes. But, I will definitely take a look at the balancing of resting activities to improve and addresss unbalance issues to try to make it more balanced (either have less improvement each month, or introduce more factors to reduce certain attributes).

korme · 02-19-2005, 02:03 PM

The Truth is in (emo).

It'd be cool if we had like a buddies system, like add group to a certain list to keep tabs on people we know.

lighthousekeeper · 02-19-2005, 02:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

The Truth is in (emo).

It'd be cool if we had like a buddies system, like add group to a certain list to keep tabs on people we know.

In a way there is a buddies system in the form of Record Labels. Groups of friends typically create and join the same record label. (You won't be able to create a record label though until you've played the game for several days because you need at least at 20 rating in Popularity to create a record label.)

korme · 02-19-2005, 02:08 PM

Ok. See you have Bogarts (Cincy,OH) in the game, with a good rating to boot! Nice.

sterlingice · 02-19-2005, 02:15 PM

Fascist Eagle, the hard rockers from Houston are back (and because we can, we've got the 80's sax player in the rock mix)

SI

Swaggs · 02-19-2005, 02:29 PM

The Outsiders are in.

korme · 02-19-2005, 02:31 PM

Charlie Swager needs to get that plastic surgery (18 for looks, which is a little high for you anyways.)

Swaggs · 02-19-2005, 04:37 PM

and on top of being ugly, I'm a girl, too.

Barkeep49 · 02-19-2005, 05:18 PM

I had forgetten all about this game but am very glad to see it back.

Marc Vaughan · 02-19-2005, 05:45 PM

I've played before a couple of times and found it a lot of fun

bosshogg23 · 02-19-2005, 05:59 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Barkeep49

I had forgetten all about this game but am very glad to see it back.

Same here. Looking forward to the changes and the games rebirth.

tucker342 · 02-19-2005, 06:32 PM

Kleft, the West Coast Rappers from Iowa City are ready to rip some shit up.

Calis · 02-19-2005, 06:40 PM

The Pasty White Thighs are ready to rock out!

This seems pretty cool, didn't check this out the first time round.

korme · 02-19-2005, 06:45 PM

Dude you messed up. Your The Pasty White Thights.

LOL

Calis · 02-19-2005, 07:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

Dude you messed up. Your The Pasty White Thights.

LOL

Acckkk! Damn it all!

Check before you hit submit on these things!

Lets see if I can get it right a second time.

cthomer5000 · 02-19-2005, 07:14 PM

how do you change the band photo? I've got the individual members, but can't figure out how to edit the band pic.

Watery Hands are ready to rock the fucking house.

lighthousekeeper · 02-19-2005, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cthomer5000

how do you change the band photo? I've got the individual members, but can't figure out how to edit the band pic.

Watery Hands are ready to rock the fucking house.

Under Account Info / My Account

tanglewood · 02-19-2005, 08:42 PM

I'm in. 'The New Age' an Indie Rock outfit (of the Joy Division, Chamelons, post-punk ilk). From Manchester, UK of course.

tanglewood · 02-19-2005, 08:49 PM

Dola

A question. Do you need to buy instruments first before doing anything else? Or are they pretty much meaningless showing off?

JeffNights · 02-19-2005, 08:56 PM

"Downriver" is back again to dominate the hard rock scene

lighthousekeeper · 02-19-2005, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by tanglewood

Dola

A question. Do you need to buy instruments first before doing anything else? Or are they pretty much meaningless showing off?

Meaningless showoff

Swaggs · 02-19-2005, 09:02 PM

Do you think you will ever make a solo/career game like this?

cthomer5000 · 02-19-2005, 09:17 PM

Is there any way to try to tour together with another artist/artists? Or is the only way you can really do that by just trying to tour the same areas at the same time?

Bearcat729 · 02-19-2005, 09:23 PM

The Blind Fish (Indie) are in

lighthousekeeper · 02-19-2005, 10:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Swaggs

Do you think you will ever make a solo/career game like this?

I started off making a solo game, but never finished - now the technology is outdated (VB6). link

I would need to start from scratch and I've been telling myself that after I get MM3 up and running and stable that I'd go back to that.

Swaggs · 02-19-2005, 10:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by lighthousekeeper

I started off making a solo game, but never finished - now the technology is outdated (VB6). link

I would need to start from scratch and I've been telling myself that after I get MM3 up and running and stable that I'd go back to that.

Good luck. I think it would be a great entry into the genre and you would have at least one paying customer.

cthomer5000 · 02-19-2005, 11:02 PM

My girls had better crank out some new tunes this month.

Coop · 02-19-2005, 11:36 PM

The Clap(Hard Rock) are ready to kick some ass

Pumpy Tudors · 02-19-2005, 11:43 PM

The Jive Turkeys (Comedy) are in, straight outta NOLA (New Orleans).

Travis · 02-19-2005, 11:48 PM

Canadian Myth is back and ready to climb the charts.

korme · 02-20-2005, 02:34 AM

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I cannot connect to the database.

fantastic flying froggies · 02-20-2005, 08:05 AM

The Vampires of Doom, a goth rock band out of Dresden, Germnay have just been created.

DanGarion · 02-20-2005, 08:37 AM

Those alternative rockers Short One Crouton, have joined the music industry!

DeToxRox · 02-20-2005, 02:30 PM

Alabaster Bible Church bitches

DeToxRox · 02-20-2005, 02:36 PM

Oh and PS

Alabaster Bible Church will be the hardcore band that kills people nightly.

Expect arrests, deaths, chaos, excess and assorted other nonsense.

And this will be a dynasty no doubt

Easy Mac · 02-20-2005, 05:16 PM

Say hello to Selftitled.

sabotai · 02-20-2005, 06:39 PM

My band is Somatic (Heavy Metal)

BucDawg40 · 02-20-2005, 08:33 PM

Vaporizer (Stoner Rock)

ntndeacon · 02-20-2005, 08:49 PM

From Birmingham, AL the punk stylings of The Klein Bottles..

I came REAL CLOSE to putting them in Math Rock..

TazFTW · 02-20-2005, 09:16 PM

S.T.A.T. (West Coast Rap)

ageofquarrel · 02-20-2005, 09:20 PM

I made a hardcore band called Anthem from the dump other wise know as west filthadelphia

DeToxRox · 02-20-2005, 09:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ageofquarrel

I made a hardcore band called Anthem from the dump other wise know as west filthadelphia

[Puts on his Death Before Dishonor/Boston Hardcore hoodie]

Let's rumble.

ageofquarrel · 02-20-2005, 09:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DeToxRoxDVHStyle

[Puts on his Death Before Dishonor/New York City Hardcore hoodie]

Let's rumble.

fixed it for you

cthomer5000 · 02-20-2005, 09:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coop

any idea what time the sim is?

midnight EST. so about 90 minutes.

Coop · 02-20-2005, 09:34 PM

any idea what time the sim is?

cthomer5000 · 02-20-2005, 11:32 PM

the website says EST. that's all i know. check the 'stats' button in the lower left hand side when logged in.

sterlingice · 02-20-2005, 11:32 PM

I could be wrong, but I thought it was midnight CT not ET.

SI

02-19-2005, 01:35 PM	#2
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I know I had quite a lot of fun playing and anyone who didn't give it a go and likes text based web games check it out. to lighthousekeeper: I had one problem that probably caused me to stop playing and was wondering if you had addressed that. After a couple of months of playing, you had maxed out your musician abilities through practicing (the musical ones). However, the other attributes could only be changed in unbalanced fashion by resting (ie the max you could get from one ability would be 3 so that attribute on all your musicians would always be low while another you could raise 7 or 10 points in a day and so it was better to raise those). So, once your band became more "mature" in the game, the easiest way to advance your band was to go audition a new set of members because the points would be redistributed and it's much easier to raise the musical abilities because you practiced every day. So, basically, the best way to get the best band members was to completely replace all of your members and that reduced the "stickiness" of the game for me. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

02-19-2005, 02:03 PM	#5
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	The Truth is in (emo). It'd be cool if we had like a buddies system, like add group to a certain list to keep tabs on people we know. Last edited by korme : 02-19-2005 at 02:04 PM.

02-19-2005, 02:15 PM	#8
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	Fascist Eagle, the hard rockers from Houston are back (and because we can, we've got the 80's sax player in the rock mix) SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!" Last edited by sterlingice : 02-19-2005 at 02:21 PM.

02-19-2005, 02:29 PM	#9
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	The Outsiders are in. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

02-19-2005, 04:37 PM	#11
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	and on top of being ugly, I'm a girl, too. __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

02-19-2005, 01:48 PM	#3
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	i'm joining. i would have preferred the option when making my band to have a guitarest/vocalist as the same guy, however.

02-19-2005, 02:08 PM	#7
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	Ok. See you have Bogarts (Cincy,OH) in the game, with a good rating to boot! Nice.

02-19-2005, 02:31 PM	#10
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	Charlie Swager needs to get that plastic surgery (18 for looks, which is a little high for you anyways.)

02-19-2005, 05:18 PM	#12
Barkeep49 Coordinator Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Not too far away	I had forgetten all about this game but am very glad to see it back.

02-19-2005, 05:45 PM	#13
Marc Vaughan SI Games Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Melbourne, FL	I've played before a couple of times and found it a lot of fun

02-19-2005, 06:32 PM	#15
tucker342 Pro Starter Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Iowa City, IA	Kleft, the West Coast Rappers from Iowa City are ready to rip some shit up.

02-19-2005, 06:40 PM	#16
Calis College Starter Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Kansas	The Pasty White Thighs are ready to rock out! This seems pretty cool, didn't check this out the first time round.

02-19-2005, 06:45 PM	#17
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	Dude you messed up. Your The Pasty White Thights. LOL

02-19-2005, 08:42 PM	#21
tanglewood College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2004	I'm in. 'The New Age' an Indie Rock outfit (of the Joy Division, Chamelons, post-punk ilk). From Manchester, UK of course.

02-19-2005, 08:49 PM	#22
tanglewood College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2004	Dola A question. Do you need to buy instruments first before doing anything else? Or are they pretty much meaningless showing off?

02-19-2005, 08:56 PM	#23
JeffNights College Prospect Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Michigan	"Downriver" is back again to dominate the hard rock scene

02-19-2005, 09:02 PM	#25
Swaggs Coordinator Join Date: Oct 2000	Do you think you will ever make a solo/career game like this? __________________ DOWN WITH HATTRICK!!! The RWBL Are you reading In The Bleachers?

02-19-2005, 09:23 PM	#27
Bearcat729 College Benchwarmer Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Cincinnati, Ohio	The Blind Fish (Indie) are in __________________ Bearcat729 on XBox Live and PSN

02-19-2005, 11:36 PM	#31
Coop High School JV Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NJ	The Clap(Hard Rock) are ready to kick some ass __________________ eNFL-Carolina Panthers Xbox Live- Coop421

02-19-2005, 11:43 PM	#32
Pumpy Tudors Bounty Hunter Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Pittsburgh, PA	The Jive Turkeys (Comedy) are in, straight outta NOLA (New Orleans). __________________ No, I am not Batman, and I will not repair your food processor.

02-19-2005, 11:48 PM	#33
Travis Pro Rookie Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Canada eh	Canadian Myth is back and ready to climb the charts.

02-20-2005, 02:34 AM	#34
korme Go Reds Join Date: May 2001 Location: Bloodbuzz Ohio	Warning: mysql_connect(): Too many connections in /home/httpd/vhosts/music-maven.com/httpdocs/mm3/ChkMMLogin.php on line 19 I cannot connect to the database.

02-20-2005, 08:05 AM	#35
fantastic flying froggies Pro Rookie Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Sunny South of France	The Vampires of Doom, a goth rock band out of Dresden, Germnay have just been created. __________________ Detroit Vampires (CFL) : Ve 're coming for your blood! Camargue Flamingos (WOOF): pretty in Pink

02-20-2005, 08:37 AM	#36
DanGarion Coordinator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: The Great Northwest	Those alternative rockers Short One Crouton, have joined the music industry! __________________ Los Angeles Dodgers Check out the FOFC Groups on Facebook! and Reddit! DON'T REPORT ME BRO!

02-20-2005, 02:30 PM	#37
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Alabaster Bible Church bitches

02-20-2005, 02:36 PM	#38
DeToxRox Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Michigan	Oh and PS Alabaster Bible Church will be the hardcore band that kills people nightly. Expect arrests, deaths, chaos, excess and assorted other nonsense. And this will be a dynasty no doubt

02-20-2005, 05:16 PM	#39
Easy Mac Registered User Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Here	Say hello to Selftitled.

02-20-2005, 06:39 PM	#40
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	My band is Somatic (Heavy Metal)

02-20-2005, 08:33 PM	#41
BucDawg40 H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Tampa, FL	Vaporizer (Stoner Rock)

02-20-2005, 08:49 PM	#42
ntndeacon Pro Starter Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Alabama	From Birmingham, AL the punk stylings of The Klein Bottles.. I came REAL CLOSE to putting them in Math Rock..

02-20-2005, 09:16 PM	#43
TazFTW Pro Rookie Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Honolulu, HI	S.T.A.T. (West Coast Rap)

02-20-2005, 09:20 PM	#44
ageofquarrel H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Feb 2004	I made a hardcore band called Anthem from the dump other wise know as west filthadelphia

02-20-2005, 09:34 PM	#48
Coop High School JV Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: NJ	any idea what time the sim is? __________________ eNFL-Carolina Panthers Xbox Live- Coop421

02-20-2005, 11:32 PM	#50
sterlingice Hall Of Famer Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Back in Houston!	I could be wrong, but I thought it was midnight CT not ET. SI __________________ Houston Hippopotami, III.3: 20th Anniversary Thread - All former HT players are encouraged to check it out! Janos: "Only America could produce an imbecile of your caliber!" Freakazoid: "That's because we make lots of things better than other people!"

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