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<blockquote data-quote="PsyzhranV2" data-source="post: 8359711" data-attributes="member: 7015332"><p>So about community contests, and to give an example of a contest that is somewhat less exploitative:</p><p></p><p>I play a mobile gacha game called Project Sekai: Colorful Stage feat. Hatsune Miku. Gameplay wise, it's pretty similar to other mobile rhythm games such as Ensemble Stars Music, The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage, Bang Dream: Girls Band Party, Idolish7, Hypnosis Microphone: A.R.B. etc. Now, there is the argument to be made that gacha as a monetization system is bad from the jump, as it's encouraging people to gamble for anime girl PNGs, but that's an argument for another thread.</p><p></p><p>What sets Project Sekai apart from its competitors is that all of its songs are community created. Colorful Palette, the developers of the game, don't have an in-house team of musicians to make their songs. Most of the game is built on the back of covers of existing Vocaloid songs that fans already know and love. As well, they commission existing artists in the Japanese music scene to make them. Artists that have contributed to Project Sekai include DECO*27, Mitchie M, Giga, Pinocchio P, Mafumafu, Jin, Nayutalien, R Sound Design, Neru, Syudou; people who are already creating music and are known independently.</p><p></p><p>However, Project Sekai also regularly hosts contests for lesser known or even new artists to contribute their work for a shot at getting their song in the game. So far, there have six contests; five that have ended, and one that is currently in the judging phase. Each of the winners of the first four contests has had their song added to the game, and the fifth will be added this coming month:</p><p></p><p>Alive by Ichinose LUPO</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]y7RfoyBJxCg[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Brand New Day by irucaice</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]2KrCmAWrrKI[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Hana wo Utau by Shino</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]gmIcg1EHIac[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Utakata Mirai by Kaga/NegiShowerP</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]juOJFUVF12k[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Sou Datta! by Takenoto Shounen</p><p>[MEDIA=youtube]gfdzYIPjhBU[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>Now, what makes Project Sekai's contests more fair than what DNDBeyond tried to pull is that the artists that submitted their songs to the Sekai contest <strong>still own those songs</strong>. They're publicly available, the creators' names are attached to them, and if the songs get into the game the creators get credited in-game. Hana wo Utau is Shino's song, and everybody knows it's Shino's song; that it was made for the game doesn't change that. And even the songs that don't win are still available to listen to on YouTube; for example, the song <a href="https://youtu.be/ZDfedFXfb3w" target="_blank">Nh-Uh-Uh by SLAVE.V-V-R</a> was wildly popular and basically everybody thought it was a shoe-in for Contest 3 until Utakata Mirai won instead. But Nh-Uh-Uh is still on YouTube, is still a good song in its own right, and most importantly is still a song that SLAVE.V-V-R owns.</p><p></p><p>I hope everybody was able to follow along my infodump on Vocaloid here. My main point is that despite creating these songs for a contest and submitting them, all of the creators of those songs still own their work and are recognized for it. And if in the future Colorful Palette wants to add some of the losing songs to the game, they'd go through the same process as they would for a normal cover song. From start to finish, the creators own their work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PsyzhranV2, post: 8359711, member: 7015332"] So about community contests, and to give an example of a contest that is somewhat less exploitative: I play a mobile gacha game called Project Sekai: Colorful Stage feat. Hatsune Miku. Gameplay wise, it's pretty similar to other mobile rhythm games such as Ensemble Stars Music, The Idolmaster Cinderella Girls: Starlight Stage, Bang Dream: Girls Band Party, Idolish7, Hypnosis Microphone: A.R.B. etc. Now, there is the argument to be made that gacha as a monetization system is bad from the jump, as it's encouraging people to gamble for anime girl PNGs, but that's an argument for another thread. What sets Project Sekai apart from its competitors is that all of its songs are community created. Colorful Palette, the developers of the game, don't have an in-house team of musicians to make their songs. Most of the game is built on the back of covers of existing Vocaloid songs that fans already know and love. As well, they commission existing artists in the Japanese music scene to make them. Artists that have contributed to Project Sekai include DECO*27, Mitchie M, Giga, Pinocchio P, Mafumafu, Jin, Nayutalien, R Sound Design, Neru, Syudou; people who are already creating music and are known independently. However, Project Sekai also regularly hosts contests for lesser known or even new artists to contribute their work for a shot at getting their song in the game. So far, there have six contests; five that have ended, and one that is currently in the judging phase. Each of the winners of the first four contests has had their song added to the game, and the fifth will be added this coming month: Alive by Ichinose LUPO [MEDIA=youtube]y7RfoyBJxCg[/MEDIA] Brand New Day by irucaice [MEDIA=youtube]2KrCmAWrrKI[/MEDIA] Hana wo Utau by Shino [MEDIA=youtube]gmIcg1EHIac[/MEDIA] Utakata Mirai by Kaga/NegiShowerP [MEDIA=youtube]juOJFUVF12k[/MEDIA] Sou Datta! by Takenoto Shounen [MEDIA=youtube]gfdzYIPjhBU[/MEDIA] Now, what makes Project Sekai's contests more fair than what DNDBeyond tried to pull is that the artists that submitted their songs to the Sekai contest [B]still own those songs[/B]. They're publicly available, the creators' names are attached to them, and if the songs get into the game the creators get credited in-game. Hana wo Utau is Shino's song, and everybody knows it's Shino's song; that it was made for the game doesn't change that. And even the songs that don't win are still available to listen to on YouTube; for example, the song [URL='https://youtu.be/ZDfedFXfb3w']Nh-Uh-Uh by SLAVE.V-V-R[/URL] was wildly popular and basically everybody thought it was a shoe-in for Contest 3 until Utakata Mirai won instead. But Nh-Uh-Uh is still on YouTube, is still a good song in its own right, and most importantly is still a song that SLAVE.V-V-R owns. I hope everybody was able to follow along my infodump on Vocaloid here. My main point is that despite creating these songs for a contest and submitting them, all of the creators of those songs still own their work and are recognized for it. And if in the future Colorful Palette wants to add some of the losing songs to the game, they'd go through the same process as they would for a normal cover song. From start to finish, the creators own their work. [/QUOTE]
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