It's awesome to see Robo Maestro being used in the wild! Thanks, everyone who writes a review, shares a song online, reports bugs, gives suggestions or just has a good time with Robo Maestro! I'm making this for the fun of it, and nothing brings more fun than knowing others are enjoying my little procedural generator.
I saw some questions from people asking whether I have a Patreon or whether they can buy DLC to support me or something like that. I don't, but there's a different way of supporting me: marketing! You could write a review on Steam, share your creations on socials or tell your friends about Robo Maestro. That's the kind of thing that would really help me right now, so if you feel like it: please do!
So, now that it's live, let's have a quick look at what's coming. Here are the things I have planned to add to Robo Maestro in the coming weeks (for free!):
- A bunch of synth bass instruments
- A bunch of electronic drum instruments (mostly eighties drum machines)
- A bunch of slightly eerie instruments (might turn into a new instrument category if I find enough of these)
- Modding: the possibility to program new algorithms for the layer generators using LUA
- A button to delete loops
- Fix that the playhead isn't visible in Song Editor when the song is long enough to have a scrollbar
The modding bit is what I'm personally most excited about, because it could expand the capabilities of Robo Maestro enormously. For example, a modder could write a new drum generator, or a new melody generator. This is super cool for those who are into coding, because you can very quickly dive into music generation without needing to do all the hassle of getting notes to work. But it's also cool for everyone else, because you get to enjoy more varied music generation.
At first I'll release the modding tools without adding Steamworks support, because that's a lot of additional work. If a tiny modding community spawns from this, I'll consider adding Steamworks support too.
Beyond what's mentioned above, what would you like to see added to Robo Maestro?