Lucky Lion Studios

Creative

game music library

SHOW HN2012

93points
48comments
#240of 1,677 in 2012
Top 15%of 2012 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

14 positive, 9 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 7 critical, out of 33 comments about the project. Thread score +0.19.

Pricing: 5 for, 3 againstIdea: 8 for, 0 againstPerformance: 0 for, 3 againstDesign: 0 for, 1 against

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Good quality, appealing music at a low price

    From 4 comments
    • I'm currently working on an indie game that we hope to release within 6 months or so. Sound effects we were pretty sure we could handle, but music is another thing altogether.…
      cobrausn on HN
    • I have purchased a few tracks from Lucky Lion studios in the past for some personal projects (http://codeincomplete.com/) and been very happy. I highly recommend them. Good…
      jakesgordon on HN
    • $5 is a steal. I'm sure you could charge a lot more and still keep customers happy!
      raphaelcaixeta on HN
    • Wow those tracks really are cheap. $100 per track would still be cheap.
      mkilling on HN
  • Useful resource for developers who cannot compose

    From 3 comments
    • This is a great idea! One of the bigger stumbling blocks for me, as a hopeful one-man-studio, is that I am crap at making music. This could be the answer to that. Best of luck to…
      kingatomic on HN
    • Thank you, this is extremely useful. I'm a programmer, I can handle some light graphics work. But I can't do music.
      stewie2 on HN
    • as a developer+designer team, this resource is going to be tremendous for us! thank you :)
      ga0bi on HN

Objections

  • Prices are too low

    From 4 comments
    • I'm curious about your choice of pricing. My uninformed guess is that you can charge substantially more than this and still provide great value. Consider that $5 is about the…
      ef4 on HN
    • Nicely done! A lot of the commenters here think you're charging too little and I agree. Have you thought about having two pricing tiers: one for non-exclusive use and much higher…
      esonderegger on HN
    • > Have you thought about having two pricing tiers: one for non-exclusive use and much higher one (maybe $100 per track?) for exclusive use? I think you've vastly underestimated a…
      JoshTriplett on HN
    • As a musician and former gamer, I think this is a great idea and interesting discussion about pricing and business models. Have you thought about a commission/share model? I…
      hmgauna on HN
  • Website is slow and relies on JavaScript and Flash

    From 3 comments
    • I couldn't browse at all - kept getting knocked back the loading bar. I'm using Firefox on linux. As others have said already, I'd suggest making a javascript-free version for…
      dkersten on HN
    • Great idea! One recommendation: Currently, your site loads a complete instance of the audio player for each track, which causes Flash's memory usage to shoot up by a couple…
      peterjmag on HN
    • I hope you're a good composer becase you're definitely not good at making websites :( Good luck!
      dltylol on HN
  • Site showed errors under load

    From 3 comments
    • I'm currently working on an indie game that we hope to release within 6 months or so. Sound effects we were pretty sure we could handle, but music is another thing altogether.…
      cobrausn on HN
    • Haha, was just going to say the same. Got some "error establishing database connection". Looks like we broke his server.
      timaelliott on HN
    • Ough this sounds fantastic but you should have installed WP Super Cache!! Bookmarked to check back later.
      josscrowcroft on HN

Requests

  • Non-exclusive and exclusive pricing tiers

    From 2 comments
    • Nicely done! A lot of the commenters here think you're charging too little and I agree. Have you thought about having two pricing tiers: one for non-exclusive use and much higher…
      esonderegger on HN
    • I second the idea of the non-exclusive/exclusive price tiers. I would also suggest relating pieces with one another when they might make sense as a suite (i.e. same genere,…
      headbiznatch on HN
  • Sound effects and jingles

    From 2 comments
    • The website could use some optimization but it's a great start. I like the music that you've posted so far. One question, though: Would you consider doing short musical sound…
      iharris on HN
    • That's actually on my to-do list. I want to create a series of shorter "jingles" that can be packaged and sold as bundles in various styles (so you'd have a more orchestral set,…
      LuckyLionSt on HN
  • Better search and filtering by tempo, instrument and genre

    From 1 comment
    • Please charge more. My current (indy) project just selected the stock music for our project. I'm happy to pay $30 / piece. The site that we licensed our music from had pricing…
      josho on HN
  • More chiptune tracks

    From 2 comments
    • Cool! Would love more chiptune songs!
      rex64 on HN
    • Thanks, that's definitely one of the more popular genres so I'm planning on bulking up in that area for sure.
      LuckyLionSt on HN
  • Library bundle or license purchase

    From 2 comments
    • I'm currently working on an indie game that we hope to release within 6 months or so. Sound effects we were pretty sure we could handle, but music is another thing altogether.…
      cobrausn on HN
    • These are great! Have you any plans to provide a package including everything for a single price? I'd definitely be interested...
      whiskers on HN

Questions

  • Does the library offer MOD formats or only streamed audio

    From 1 comment
    • What formats do you offer? Especially, do you offer a MOD formats (1) or only streamed audio? Because better games prefer to sync with the engine, and separate spacial tracks…
      kephra on HN
  • How will you compete with large stock music sites

    From 1 comment
    • I wish you the best of luck but how do you plan on contending with some of the large stock music sites? I won't give names. Are you going to open up to other composers to sell…
      iambrakes on HN
  • Will other composers be able to sell through the site

    From 2 comments
    • I wish you the best of luck but how do you plan on contending with some of the large stock music sites? I won't give names. Are you going to open up to other composers to sell…
      iambrakes on HN
    • PS I'm also a composer, when can I upload tracks for others to buy? :o)
      josscrowcroft on HN

Alternatives named

  • Kevin MacLeod's incompetech music

    From 1 comment
    • Very cool resource and there are some great tracks here. I'm excited to see how you expand the library to accompany all kinds of different projects, even beyond games. I'm quite…
      matthewdanger on HN

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