Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture

Re:Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture by Waterluvian on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @10:17AM (#39828119)

I like the music, but consider starting it muted and only downloading 3.6MB of mp3 if someone unmutes.

This might be a good idea because it's typical that web games like this usually don't play music or even sounds. It's kind of a context thing? If in a game app, music and sounds are expected... if it's a website, not so much.

This would also help reduce the fairly large download that makes the game a bit chonky to load.

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Re:Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture by ramly on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @10:20AM (#39828175)

Thanks Waterluvian, that's actually a really good point. Do you feel the same about the rest of the sound effects, or is it mostly the music starting as ON in the context of a web game that feels unexpected?

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Re:Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture by otteromkram on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @11:24AM (#39829087)

Not to original person you replied to here, but I usually don't like sound effects or music for web gsmes. Having both muted to start would be ideal.

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Re:Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture by ramly on Wednesday March 27, 2024 @02:00AM (#39836082)

Good point otteromkram. Thanks for the input

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Re:Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture by Waterluvian on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @10:23AM (#39828215)

Music is 9/10ths of it. If it played sounds that’s generally fine as long as they can be muted. But I personally feel strongly that music should start muted if it’s a webpage.

Thanks for taking the time to respond to feedback!

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Re:Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture by ramly on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @11:18AM (#39828998)

Makes total sense, very helpful nuance. Will keep that in mind!

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Re:Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture by vlw on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @11:00AM (#39828782)

I don't agree, most games (even web games) play music. A "normal" website should not play music, I agree. But this is a game.

Plus I for one liked the cute sound effects and didn't even think about the music as something unusual.

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Re:Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture by Waterluvian on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @11:29AM (#39829135)

Yes and no. How many “daily” web games play music?

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Re:Chess puzzle, but you are what you capture by ramly on Tuesday March 26, 2024 @02:32PM (#39831210)

That's very nice to hear, thank you vlw. I think there is a good argument on both sides. This is one of those areas where I will definitely be making improvements down the line with a proper settings menu for sounds, visuals, etc. Really appreciate the feedback!

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