I noticed there's an art section for 2D and 3D art and thought about a possible music section for SFX and Music. Thought I'd at least mention it.
Edit: Or maybe instead of an art forum, it could be a Creative forum. So instead of [2D, 3D] it would have [2D Art, 3D Art, Audio] or something of the sort.
I think animation could have a dedicated section apart from 2D or 3D. The principles hold true through whatever medium and however many dimensions you use, right? So, animation could just be in "Art".
Or, it could have a dedicated thread in each section (2D animation and 3D animation), like the pixel art thread does in 2D. Like, there's not really any reason to have a Pixel Art sub-forum instead of the current single thread for it, even though there could be a ton to talk about in regards to pixel art in particular.
I think 2D and 3D art are distinct enough to be considered their own things. Animations should not have their own section as animation would be a subset of 2D or 3D art.
Pixels, Polygons, Waveforms. :)
Edit: To add to my point, I wouldn't want 2D to be split into, say, pixel art, illustrations, and vectors. One 2D forum for all types of 2D art is fine. Same for 3D, we don't need low poly, stylized, and photo-realistic sub sections.
I'm with you all on this, good music might not always save a bad game, *cough sonic 06 cough.*
But it really does help with whatever atmosphere and emotions you might be going to try to instill in the player, and make what is poignantly designed to strike a certain way hit the target.
Plus, I tend to remember games more for thier music, especially because it can encapsulate so much of the experience in just a few notes, let alone an entire theme song. (halo: combat evoled's vocals of a somber choir for the main theme come to mind.)
And who doesn't enjoy rocking out to rocking music when it's appropriate?! XD
So for all of that, I want to create a "Video Game Music Appreciation" thread. Simply bringing up what we enjoy so much about certain tunes might inspire a few hopeful artists here and there, it would certainly make a good start for actual discussion on the manner.
And since I have no idea how to contribute to the community forum's development other then being a nice community member, making a new topic that hopefully lots of people get into is all I can do.
But the big question is still figuring out where it should go.....?
Sound can actually be a lot more important to certain kinds of games than people may realize, like audio only games for the visually impared[1]. I think a better way to refer to such a section may be as "Audio" rather than specific sub-term's like Music, Sound Effects, etc. and put in with the Art section with the 2D and 3D forum's, since it could be considered another form of game asset.
Hm? If I'm not mistaken, were discussing a section for music and sfx right? I'm merely proposing we put a forum called "audio" into the art section to cover both music and sfx, I'm not suggesting we make an audio section for audio games specifically or anything, that was just an example of the varying uses and importance of sound in some games. You basically covered the same suggestion in the edit to your OP.
edit: I guess what I meant by mentioning Audio Games was more of my own reason for wanting an "Audio" forum, which is more to discuss Audio Engineering aspects like Image to Sound rendering, waveform modulation, and audio interface design rather than just music and sfx.
Music is an art form as well, so the name can stay "Art"; it doesn't have to change to "Creative", though it's fine if it does as well.
Anyway, +1 from me for an Audio section. I guess SoundCloud links will be able to be embedded correctly with the HTML option, which is nice to have working by default.
