big update just dropped!!!! two big things and a lot of small fixes and updates:
new tutorial
all players will now encounter a tutorial when you open the updated demo build. shouldn’t take longer than a few minutes to finish. this will evolve over time, so give it a spin and share your thoughts in discord or steam discussions.
talkbox loopback
talkbox can now sample other makers or the full song. toggle on the “Loopback” switch on talkbox sound page, and you can then cycle through your options. consider turning off autotune for best results. or don’t that’s the beauty of free will.
as always please wishlist SONGBOY if you haven’t already. every single one helps! we hope you’ve been enjoying the demo so far <3
full patch notes:
music and audio
major new talkbox resampling / loopback feature — you can now sample individual makers from talkbox
new sample instruments for keeb and boom
more breaker and tap assets for trap and banger styles
sounds reorganized into new standardized categories across all makers
new default sound categories created and sorted across makers
menu sound added with variation pass
controls and input
improved keyboard and mouse support for the entire game
new input icons for keyboard input info ui
visuals and graphics
entirely new piano roll system built in shader looks way cooler and runs smooth on steam deck
new top bar phrase progress indicator with light gray and scene color tint
new chord text animations using 2d sdf fonts for glows and a wavey animation that bounces and flashes on tempo
saved songs now display their art in the ui rotating like a cd on hover
environment selection ui redone at larger scale with arrows and gradients
new 3d fractal level with normals and maths plus smoother and symmetrical tunnel variants
shadows turned back on for medium and steam deck quality settings
quality tiers updated — performance and mac get no shadows medium and steam deck get shadows high and epic get lumen gi and shadows
top menu ui textures updated with smoother pixels and alphas all made power of two
higher resolution top bar ui elements
new materials on the radio model refined for realism and elegance using substance painter textures
new shader on the radio face to get rid of the flat orange area
kaleidoscope level lighting restored
fixed kaleidoscope level going pitch black on mac
fixed missing piano roll reroll animation on mac
vertical list no longer pokes out of the frame
radio
new radio UI
radio level model getting full retopo uvs bakes and final materials
radio notification animation fixed
new disk instance added with downloaded art tool data
fixed radio loop sync bug where just play the loop playback queued at a timeline reset played at the wrong time
radio menus pre-load for better experience
art tool
erase all now removes all stickers too with full undo support
brush preview better aligned with the painting area
4 new sticker pages — songspace retroquest emojimode and thicknessstickers
new widget media player with bink codec supports transparent video play pause seek and multiple blending options
main menu logo animation
wishlist video animations added
tutorial and learn
brand new tutorial system
performance and technical
fixed a crash from rapidly switching songs
fixed a crash from copy and paste
fixed a crash some songs had on quartz clock reset
fixed maker character eyes disappearing near the edge of the screen
achievement system added under the hood ui to come
experimental discord integration that posts to discord when a song is shared