Harmonium

General
Author(s)	MetaFight
Type	Music game
Version	1 beta2
Licence	freeware
Links
Download
Discussion
Downloadable via the Homebrew Browser
Peripherals

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.

-- MetaFight

Media

Zappa Moustache JCGL seed

Pinwheel-style JCGL seed

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.

Changelog

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.