Music guide
Building a beat with kick, snare and hi-hat
Compare drum placement and input targets at 120 BPM, hear half-time and tempo changes separately, and distinguish a mixed WAV, individual stems and scheduled event times.
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Design analysis
Readable rhythm-game screens: color, direction and input areas
How to preserve action cues beyond color, assess essential-signal contrast and check actual touch areas, using WCAG 2.2 within its applicable scope.
Research reading
MDA: connecting game rules and player experience
An MDA analysis of a timing-game example, connecting rules, interactions and experience while keeping observed behavior separate from participants' impressions.
Technical reading
Scheduling web audio with two clocks
An explanation of two-clock audio scheduling based on Chris Wilson's technical guide. Includes a four-beat example at 120 BPM and the trade-offs of different scheduling horizons.
Technical notes
Silent web games: checking autoplay and playback state
How to investigate a silent web game by checking user actions, AudioContext state and file loading, including first playback and returning after an app switch.
Production guide
Making a small game: from first input to a complete round
How to build a small game, drawing on the Experimental Gameplay Project, Arkadium's prototype process and Godot's official tutorial. Covers design questions, technical risks, state transitions, restarting, production scope and completion criteria.
Technical analysis
How rhythm games connect music, input and hit detection
How rhythm games connect audio tracks, charts, target times, inputs, hit detection and feedback, with a step-by-step approach to investigating visual and audio sync problems.
