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How cool would it be to be able to play sound effects or background music in a storygame? I'm not exactly sure how it would work. My guess would be uploading mp3 files to the site and then selecting them from a list. Another idea would be copying the code to a link and embedding it from a source that's already online.

As far as functionality goes, the storygame creator can choose how many pages the song can go on for, which pages to not play anything for, etc. If the sound is a voice-over (for a character that talks) you can also do the same thing.

This is probably going on a stretch, but I think it would be pretty awesome.

We've discussed sound before actually. The overall feeling was that music would be intrusive and take away from the experience, rather than add to it.

Sounds like ambient background music might not be bad, but ultimately I think more bad than good would come of it. Just imagine all the bad and troll stories, except now they can easily add sound...

What about posting, "recommended soundtrack for this storygame" and then linking it to a youtube video or mp3 file or something? That way, it's external and not a main site feature.

There's no issue there if it's just an optional feature. Along those same lines, asking the user if they want the sound to be enabled could circumvent the worries myself and others previously had actually.

So I take back what I said then. As long as it's entirely optional, the feature could definitely work.

... Actually, that sounds like a great idea, giving a story sound tracks / sound period, but then offering a play / mute button.

(The thought of story narration has even crossed my mind. I'd never actually do it, of course, but it crossed my mind.)

I think there are already storygames with mp3. There are even mp4 sometimes!

There's a way in Source / Scripting to embed MP3 & MP4 tracks.  Try asking BerkaZerka on BHB for help, or JJJ (really, anyone who knows their stuff)

http://chooseyourstory.com/forums/advanced-editor-forum/message/6058