This is pretty much exactly what I expected when I heard the word "piano" on the chat.
No offense to jmizzle7 but I'm not a big fan of this intro music. In my opinion intro music should be something epic that pumps you up and makes you want to login and go to war. This piano music is waaaay too mellow, too generic, and makes me want to go to sleep.
I would have gone with something that has string instruments and kind of "rises". Example:
<object width="150" height="40"> <param name="movie" value="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" /> <param name="wmode" value="window" /> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /> <param name="flashvars" value="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=21371209&style=metal&p=0" /> <embed src="http://listen.grooveshark.com/songWidget.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="150" height="40" flashvars="hostname=cowbell.grooveshark.com&widgetID=21371209&style=metal&p=0" allowScriptAccess="always" wmode="window" /></object>
That's of course too complex and loud (of copyrighted) but you get the idea.
No offense taken. I'm saving the "epic, pump up music" for the false god music. To me, the login screen is the portal to another world - the world of Elements. The simplistic, rustic design of the GUI doesn't really lend itself to upbeat war music for a login screen. If anything, the music should help to transport the player to this fantasy world. However, preparing oneself to do battle with the self-proclaimed gods of Elements does lend itself to epic war music.
Yes, I know what you mean. I'll try to explain again.
This is all marketing basically. The purpose of
online intro music should be to build up interest and pump up players. Some traditional games have this kind of mellow login music, but players have already
bought those games and there is no need to sell the game to them again. Elements on the other had has to sell itself to each new player that visits the login screen. This is why the whole login screen experience is very important.
This piano music you did is great, but I don't think it's great intro music. It would be more suitable for example
after you login, kind of like this "calm before the storm" lobby music. Then when you went and fight False Gods, there would be an epic battle music that would be a nice contrast to this mellow piano lobby music.
I also think that the login screen should have some kind of graphics to show new players what Elements is all about. Currently there's no information basically, only the login text fields. Hm.. I think I will start a topic about this.
