Jam live music or sequence a beat or solve a perfect tune quest. POG8 is the 8-bit audiophile's heaven!
This game can be played in the browser or local on any modern device (with Chrome or Firefox).
You can control the game with gamepad, touch, keyboard or even with a midi-controller! POG8 (Pocket Operator Game Eight aka Pocket Operator Game 8oy) is a music tool. It's a musical step sequencer and a jamming instrument, with a variety of sounds.
Reason of the project: I love Pocket Operator from Teenage Engineering and I adore the classic Game Boy!
Just imagine if the Pocket Operators made their debut in the 90's.
The used "programming tool" for the project is the Gameboy Studio V3.
Controls:
Select = switch between Sequencer or jamming
Jamming
Direction pad = play musical notes
B button = Alter scale range A button = Alter note range Start = Alter Instrument
Sequencer
Direction pad = move the cursor over a node B button = Open sequence node menu to select sound A button = Alter sequencer sound set Start = Alter sequencer speed
Extra:
Keyboard; Up - Up Arrow / W. Down - Down Arrow / S. Left - Left Arrow / A. Right - Right Arrow / D. A - Alt / Z / J. B - Ctrl / K / X. Start - Enter. Select - Shift.
Midi-controller (set on lowest soundrange): Keys 0 - 3 = directions, 4 = button A, 5 = 2xA, 6 = 3xA, 7= button B, 8 = Select, 9 = Select
Allow midi in Chrome. Suggested source for midi-jamming: https://fumetsujo.pythonanywhere.com/static/OTHER/POG8/index.html
You can save the game by selecting the option in the top-right corner.
You can get the complete code here:
https://github.com/jonathanneels/POG8
Note: New sequencer and jamming instruments might be added!
PS: Unzip "unzip_SRC_This_Dir.zip" from https://github.com/jonathanneels/POG8/blob/main/build/src/unzip_SRC_This_Dir.zip in the "src" directory if you want to work on the POG8 GB studio project.
PS2:
Play POG8 in Augmented Reality, in your browser: https://github.com/jonathanneels/QrA/blob/main/static/scanables/POG8_AR.jpg
Enjoy!!