Difference between revisions of "Harmonium"

General
Author(s)	MetaFight
Type	Music game
Version	1 beta3
Licence	freeware
Links
	Download
	Discussion
	Downloadable via the Homebrew Browser
Peripherals

Revision as of 05:29, 8 July 2009

Harmonium is, to put it plainly, a musical doodling tool. The user can manipulate notes on a 16x16 grid to create melodies within a pentatonic scale. On top of this already addictive concept, you can bring things to life by enabling Conway's Game of Life!

It's not the easiest thing to explain, so just try it!

It is important to mention, as well, that the concept behind Harmonium isn't my own. André Michelle has a very similar application on his website which served as Harmonium's inspiration.

News

7 July 2009

It finally happened... I got a job. That means I won't be able to work on homebrew nearly as much as before. I was hoping to skip a beta3 release and go straight to v1 but considering the little amount of free time I have that would talk a while. I thought it would be better to release what I have now and simply tell people it's still not done yet ;)... So here it is! Harmonium v1 beta3!

A lot has changed since the original release!
Noticeably: Grid shifting, grid history, grid saving/loading, more evolution modes, UI changes, and probably more...
Less Noticeably: The playback system now uses only one ASND voice per column (this removes all note drops, yay!), sound playback is now even (yay!).

What I didn't get around to doing (yet):

Fix the tuning to 440Hz
Fix software mixing so loundess is constant
Tweak the UI.
And probably a few more things I'm too lazy to go find in my notes.

So, I guess that's it for now. I hope you enjoy this release. Version 1 final is probably a long way away.

-- MetaFight

(Outdated) Media

OLDER VERSION

Zappa Moustache JCGL seed

(taken from an older version)

Pinwheel-style JCGL seed

(taken from an older version)

Controls

Basic
-	Action
	Insert / Remove notes
	Enable Game of Life mode
	Disable Game of Life mode
	Increase tempo
	Decrease tempo
	Shift grid
	Home Menu (to exit game)

Advanced
-	Action
+	Clear grid
+	Navigate forward through history
+	Navigate backwards through history
+	Cycle up one Game of Life mode
+	Cycle down one Game of Life mode

Feedback / Bugs / Helping out

Feedback would be greatly appreciated. You can find me in #wiidev and #wiidevot on EFnet, or you can use the discussion page.

If you have found a bug, please don't hesitate to report it on the Bugs page.

If you'd like to contribute to the project but you're not sure in what capacity, please consider the option posted on my User page.

Roadmap

Version 1.0

~~Save/Load~~
~~Information display:~~
- ~~# of generations elapsed since start of GoL~~
- ~~Position in history.~~
- ~~Current GoL mode (maybe)~~
- ~~Time played (maybe)~~
New software mixing system
- ~~mix buffers on the fly~~
- store most commonly used buffers for reuse. (probably not)
- fix uneven loudness.

Changelog

7 July 2009, v1 beta3

Save/Load
New software mixing
Probably more... (will add later)

11 June 2009, v1 beta2

Implemented a few features I'd like feedback on before implementing the rest and releasing v1.
New features:
- Adjustable tempo
- Adjustable volume
- 2 new GoL modes
- Grid shifting
- 64 grid history
- New timing mechanism means even playback
- Typematic to make grid shifting and history browsing faster and easier.

17 May 2009, v1 beta

Initial Release

Thanks

Thanks to André Michelle for the inspiration.
Thanks to the folks in #GRRLIB for GRRLIB.
Thanks to everyone responsible for DevkitPro and Libogc.
Thanks to the folks at #wiidev.
Thanks to the madness at #wiidevot.
Thanks to Team Twiizers.
Thanks to Extrems for his nice icon.
Thanks to drmr for his Wii Homebrew Cursors.

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 | licence     = freeware
 | author      = [[User:MetaFight|MetaFight]]
-| version     = 1 beta2
+| version     = 1 beta3
 | download    = Media:Harmonium.zip
 | discussion  = Talk:Harmonium
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--- MetaFight
+==News==
+'''7 July 2009'''
-==Media==
+It finally happened... I got a job.  That means I won't be able to work on homebrew nearly as much as before.  I was hoping to skip a beta3 release and go straight to v1 but considering the little amount of free time I have that would talk a while.  I thought it would be better to release what I have now and simply tell people it's still not done yet ;)... So here it is!  Harmonium v1 beta3!
+A lot has changed since the original release!<br>
+Noticeably:  Grid shifting, grid history, grid saving/loading, more evolution modes, UI changes, and probably more...<br>
+Less Noticeably:  The playback system now uses only one ASND voice per column (this removes all note drops, yay!), sound playback is now even (yay!).
+What I didn't get around to doing (yet):
+* Fix the tuning to 440Hz
+* Fix software mixing so loundess is constant
+* Tweak the UI.
+* And probably a few more things I'm too lazy to go find in my notes.
+So, I guess that's it for now.  I hope you enjoy this release.  Version 1 final is probably a long way away.
+-- [[User:MetaFight|MetaFight]]
+==(Outdated) Media==
 {|
 |-
+|<div style="position: absolute; width: 320px; color: yellow; text-align: center; font-size: 24pt; font-weight: bold; opacity: 0.5;">OLDER VERSION</div>
 |<youtube width="320" height="265">758vL22E5EY</youtube>
+|<div style="position: absolute; width: 425px; color: yellow; text-align: center; font-size: 32pt; font-weight: bold; opacity: 0.5;">OLDER VERSION</div>
 |<youtube width="425" height="265">fE4OzYkoTrs</youtube>
-|[[File:Harmonium seed Zappa.png|140px|thumb|Zappa Moustache JCGL seed]]
+| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Harmonium seed Zappa.png|140px|thumb|Zappa Moustache JCGL seed]]<br><span style="font-size: 75%;">(taken from an older version)</span>
-|[[File:Harmonium seed pinwheel.png|140px|thumb|Pinwheel-style JCGL seed]]
+| style="text-align: center;" | [[File:Harmonium seed pinwheel.png|140px|thumb|Pinwheel-style JCGL seed]]<br><span style="font-size: 75%;">(taken from an older version)</span>
 |}
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 ** <del>Time played (maybe)</del>
 * New software mixing system
-** mix buffers on the fly
+** <del>mix buffers on the fly</del>
-** store most commonly used buffers for reuse.
+** store most commonly used buffers for reuse.  (probably not)
+** fix uneven loudness.
 <!-- sine.txt -->
 ==Changelog==
+'''7 July 2009''', v1 beta3
+* Save/Load
+* New software mixing
+* Probably more... (will add later)
 '''11 June 2009''', v1 beta2
 * Implemented a few features I'd like feedback on before implementing the rest and releasing v1.