Add bleep (homebrew)

Author: avivace

bleep/bleep.gb

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+{
+    "title": "bleep",
+    "slug": "bleep",
+    "developer": "Andrew G. Crowell",
+    "platform": "GB",
+    "typetag": "homebrew",
+    "screenshots" : [ "screen1.png" ],
+    "rom" : "bleep.gb",
+    "onlineplay" : true
+}

bleep/bleep.sav

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+==========================
+
+Bleep
+
+--------------------------
+
+Game Boy Dev Compo Version
+
+(prerelease / alpha)
+
+--------------------------
+
+by Andrew G. Crowell
+
+==========================
+
+
+A music maker for the Game Boy.
+
+
+Introduction
+------------
+
+Bleep is a music creation program with piano roll interface.
+
+It lets you jam out chip music really quickly, and it writes directly into save
+memory, so your work is saved automatically. This is not the final version, but
+I was reminded the Game Boy dev compo was going on, so I'd.
+
+This is just a prerelease, the final will include source code, and add many
+missing features to the editor.
+
+
+Controls
+--------
+
+Up/Down/Left/Right (tap) = move cursor once
+Up/Down/Left/Right (hold) = move cursor quickly
+A (on empty cell) = draw new note. hold A and drag to make longer/shorter notes.
+A (on current note) = truncate/remove note, draws new note if dragged.
+Start = play from beginning
+Select + Left/Right = select channel
+Select + Start = play from current measure
+
+
+HUD
+---
+
++---+-----------+---+
+|   |           | c |
+|   |           +---+
+| a |     b         |
+|   |           +---+
+|   |           | d |
++---+-----------+---+
+
+a = Piano
+b = Music Sheet
+c = Channel Selector
+d = Measure Counter
+
+-- Piano --
+
+Visually represents the pitch of the notes in music sheet
+
+
+-- Music Sheet --
+
+This space represents the music score itself.
+
+The grid is horizontally divided into 4 notes per beat, 4 beats per measure,
+for a total of 2048 notes (or 128 measures). The grid also divided vertically,
+one row per note, separated into octaves. Sharp notes are shaded differently to
+help you out.
+
+You can place notes here to make music. Channels are monophonic, so each column
+of the music sheet can contain a single note.
+
+- Press the directions to move around the music sheet.
+- Press A to place notes or delete notes on the music sheet.
+  You can hold A and move around to make longer/shorter notes.
+
+
+-- Channel Selector --
+
+There are four channels.
+
+P1 = Pulse 1
+P2 = Pulse 2
+W = Wave
+N = Noise
+
+There are currently preset instruments for each of the channels, that can't be
+changed. In the final release this will be customizable.
+
+- Pulse 1 is "flute"-like.
+- Pulse 2 is "piano" or "harp" like.
+- Wave is initialized to a 4-bit square wave:
+
+  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 FF FF FF
+
+- Noise is sort of "snare"-like. It also doesn't have a conventional pitch.
+  Currently you can affect what "divisor" is used by the noise channel
+  which uses the note number modulo 8, but that's all at the moment.
+
+  I plan to make noise use a customizable drumkit
+  (where each note is a different drum), but it's not there yet.
+
+- Hold Select and press Left/Right to switch the channel shown in the editor.
+
+
+-- Measure Counter --
+
+Shows the current measure number being viewed in the song.
+There are 16 notes, or 4 beats per measure.
+
+- Hold Select and press Start to play starting from the current measure
+
+
+Known Issues
+------------
+
+- If you drag a note that crosses a 256-byte boundary, it will currently
+  stop redrawing the note preview until you let go of the note.
+- Note placement acts funky at column 2047, the final column of the song.
+
+
+Planned Features
+----------------
+
+- Quick navigation
+- Vertical camera panning during playback
+- Playback step forward
+- Note effects
+- Copy/paste
+- Instrument editor
+- Speed/tempo editor, including tempo modes, like swing timing, etc.
+- and more!
+
+
+