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This is basically an idea I have for the Fan Server/Open Source game SOD Offline. This game is a fan made version of School of Dragons which seeks to preserve the game in a playable state and is already starting to see some original content show up which wasn't part of the original game. This includes dragons such as the Crimson Howler and the Sword Stealer (I presume), quests, and I presume that more original content will be coming soon. With that in mind, let's get into my first idea for SOD OFF: The ability to place musical instruments in your hideout.

The basic idea would be that HTTYD-ized musical instruments can appear as one of three categories of object: Floor Decor/Unstackable Decor (Can be placed on the floor only, cannot be placed on top of other objects or have items stacked on top of them), Furniture Decor/Stackable Decor (Can be placed on the floor, on boxes, on tables, on chairs, or on barrels, and maybe in a select case or two have things stacked on top of it), and Wall Decor/Hangable Decor (Can be hung up on the walls, cannot be placed on the floor or on furniture.) The other idea I have for this- and I'm not quite sure how this would be pulled off- is that placing instruments in your hideout affects the music that plays in your hideout. At its most barebones iteration, this could allow a player to create a cover of the basic theme that plays in the hideout using different instruments. The more complex and/or more difficult version of the idea to pull off would allow a player to build their own custom theme for the hideout using the musical instruments. Effectively this would involve placing the instruments and then exiting the "decorator/interior designer" mode. They can then interact with the musical instruments that they placed and listen to a set of melodies that could be played on those instruments. They would them select the presets they want from the menu to build up a modular custom theme for their hideout.

The instruments depicted in this piece of concept art are:

The Arch Harp (Floor Decor)

The Lyre (Wall Decor)

The Ud (Wall decor)

The Clarinet? Oboe? (Furniture Decor)

The Flute (Furniture Decor)

The Hourglass Drum (Floor Decor)

The Trompe De Chasse (Wall Decor)

The Handbell (Furniture Decor)

The ...Throat Drum? (Furniture Decor)

The Kamanche? (Floor Decor)

The Triangular Lute (Floor Decor)

The Hand Cymbals (Wall Decor)

And The Crumhorn (Wall Decor)

... I will probably make some follow ups depicting more HTTYD-ized versions of musical instruments that could be placed/played in the hideout along with concepts of any future ideas I have for SOD OFF.

Description

This is basically an idea I have for the Fan Server/Open Source game SOD Offline. This game is a fan made version of School of Dragons which seeks to preserve the game in a playable state and is already starting to see some original content show up which wasn't part of the original game. This includes dragons such as the Crimson Howler and the Sword Stealer (I presume), quests, and I presume that more original content will be coming soon. With that in mind, let's get into my first idea for SOD OFF: The ability to place musical instruments in your hideout.

The basic idea would be that HTTYD-ized musical instruments can appear as one of three categories of object: Floor Decor/Unstackable Decor (Can be placed on the floor only, cannot be placed on top of other objects or have items stacked on top of them), Furniture Decor/Stackable Decor (Can be placed on the floor, on boxes, on tables, on chairs, or on barrels, and maybe in a select case or two have things stacked on top of it), and Wall Decor/Hangable Decor (Can be hung up on the walls, cannot be placed on the floor or on furniture.) The other idea I have for this- and I'm not quite sure how this would be pulled off- is that placing instruments in your hideout affects the music that plays in your hideout. At its most barebones iteration, this could allow a player to create a cover of the basic theme that plays in the hideout using different instruments. The more complex and/or more difficult version of the idea to pull off would allow a player to build their own custom theme for the hideout using the musical instruments. Effectively this would involve placing the instruments and then exiting the "decorator/interior designer" mode. They can then interact with the musical instruments that they placed and listen to a set of melodies that could be played on those instruments. They would them select the presets they want from the menu to build up a modular custom theme for their hideout.

The instruments depicted in this piece of concept art are:

The Arch Harp (Floor Decor)

The Lyre (Wall Decor)

The Ud (Wall decor)

The Clarinet? Oboe? (Furniture Decor)

The Flute (Furniture Decor)

The Hourglass Drum (Floor Decor)

The Trompe De Chasse (Wall Decor)

The Handbell (Furniture Decor)

The ...Throat Drum? (Furniture Decor)

The Kamanche? (Floor Decor)

The Triangular Lute (Floor Decor)

The Hand Cymbals (Wall Decor)

And The Crumhorn (Wall Decor)

... I will probably make some follow ups depicting more HTTYD-ized versions of musical instruments that could be placed/played in the hideout along with concepts of any future ideas I have for SOD OFF.