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Hey Parasite,
First I'd like to say thank you for thinking of the OCRemix community as a potential source for some great original game music. The people here are enthusiastic about game music and it's great to see the wealth of talent and passion recognized by the greater game industry.
With that said, and coming from someone who actually works in games, I would like to warn my fellow OCRemixers from this contest.
Firstly, do NOT be fooled into thinking that a company such as this does not have any money and that they are groovy folks seeking some hip volunteer musicians for their garage-style game project.
They are a business.
"Freemium" apps are an incredibly lucrative sales model for games--a VERY recent analysis of over 90,000 apps for sale reveals that Freemium games actually control a majority of the revenue share:
http://blog.flurry.com/?Tag=Freemium
Now, that's not at all to say that the folks at Fluffy Logic aren't groovy, they may very well be extremely groovy.
However, they are also a business and are creating a game with the intention of it becoming a revenue success and a source of income.
When you see a contest like this, it is essentially a business requesting FREE content which they will use in their product to make money.
If you win this contest, you will be providing the means by which they entertain customers.
Why are they making this request?
Well, they will say that they are offering up-and-coming artists an "opportunity" to break in to the industry. I can tell you that getting your name on a game like this will not facilitate such a break-in. I won't ask people to try to recall the name of the Farmville composer without looking it up, but I can tell you he doesn't work in games a lot (wonderful composer and musician that he is).
3 minutes of loopable music contracted from a game composer in the United States would generally run Fluffy Logic around 1500-3500 USD (or less if they offered back-end revenue). This, combined with the fact that you had never heard of the game UrZoo until this contest (providing the game with a unique promotion) is essentially why they are holding this contest.
In short, what I am trying to convey to my OCRemix brothers and sisters is this: This contest is exploitation unless they offer either a cash prize OR a percentage of back-end revenue (which they probably won't because they expect revenue to far exceed the value of a cash prize). Either way, neither here nor their site expresses such a prize/award.
Freemium does not mean they won't make money, they are trying to make money, and they are hoping they can get a hungry, eager composer to give them quality content which they can then use to make THEMSELVES more money.
i hear what you're saying and would like to point out that FluffyLogic is a relatively small indie studio and have always commissioned original music for their previous games, largly from local artists.
the competition is aimed at up-and-coming producers/graduates/game music fans/anyone who may want to get some of their music into a game.
i am producing most of the music and getting paid but thought it would be really cool for someone with no/little experience to get the chance for their music to be featured in a game and to have their name in the credits.
i'm a freelancer and know how hard it is to get a break in this industry!
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A quick question or two about this: It sounds quite interesting.
1. Will there be only one song selected?
2. Are there different locales of zoos that you want specified music for? i.e. a desert zoo or jungle zoo with different music?
~Zero
in anwser to your questions:
1. only 1 song will be selected.
2. there is only 1 locale for the zoo.
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FluffyLogic, the studio that brought you the highly addictive tower-defence strategy game Savage Moon and the city-smashing monster mayhem in Eat Them! to PlayStation3, invites you to create some original music for their new social game Ur Zoo.
The lucky winner’s music will feature in the game and their name will appear in the game credits!
A bit about Ur Zoo:
Ur Zoo is a zoo game like no other! It is a social game that enables you to build your own zoo – feed your animals, grow crops, run gift shops, hot-dog stands, sit in the park, and even decorate your animals…but most importantly, you get to breed your animals! And not just elephants…it allows you to breed your elephants with your pandas – and your flamingos with your alligators!
Ur Zoo is a freemium game aimed at different types of gamers, from the hardcore to the casual: with something for everyone. It will be released later on this year for iOS platforms, although a Facebook version may also be in the works.
A bit about the music:
The music for Ur Zoo can be any style you think would fit the atmosphere of a zoo. It must be catchy, easy on the ears and most of all, FUN!
Competition Rules:
- Music must be no more than 3 minutes long
- Music must be loop-able
- Music must be WAV (16bit 44.1khz), AIF or 320kbps MP3 format
- Entries must use original music and source samples (unless rights are given by the originator)
- Music file must be titled "Ur Zoo Social Game Music Competition – Artist – Track name"
- Submissions: A link to the music must be emailed to ana@fluffylogic.net, include artists name and contact details….PLEASE DO NOT ATTACH YOUR MUSIC TO THE EMAIL!
- All entries must be submitted by Monday 18th August 2011.
- Entries can be used by FluffyLogic for promotional purposes. Artist(s) will be credited accordingly.
Good Luck!
http://www.fluffylogic.net/2011/07/ur-zoo-social-game-music-competition/
- Music must be no more than 3 minutes long
Ur Zoo: Social Game Music Competition
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if you are already a successful composer/sound designer working in the industry then you wouldn't want to work for nothing! but for someone with little or no experience wanting to get into the industry it's a different story.
how is the industry meant to operate and how exactly is this detrimental for game composers?