Oh that answers my question! I've been thinking about different ways to choreograph game play and/or visuals with music. As a programmer, data files seem the most logical. Aren't there tools for helping create these? I know a lot of rhythm game communities tend to have tools specifically for their game. I wonder about beat map tools that could help regardless of game.
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That’s a good question. I don’t think there’s a general “tool” for making beat maps for all kinds of rhythm / music-based games. The closest thing to that would be creating a MIDI for a song you like– at least then, you have a reference for beat maps in general.
That’s not what I did. I had the sheet music of the songs Cityfires composed, and then translated the melodies (with a creative license) into arrays.