FM1 Quest v0.2 • And How I turned a M-VAVE FM-1 synthesizer into a pixel-art RPG

Everything you saw here and much more at: 🌐 https://fm1.quest 💻 GitHub: https://github.com/hericdk/fm1-quest Not just a synth with an RPG inside, but an RPG where the world is driven by your rhythms! Every track is a hero, every note is an attack, and recording a loop triggers a boss fight !!! The M-VAVE FM1 has unimaginable untapped potential. ⚡ FEATURED: ULTIMATE SPECIAL ATTACKk! ( I drew inspiration from that mechanic every gacha game uses to sell characters with special powers... but here, without the gacha element.) Your musical notes fill the ULTIMATE bar. When full, an awesome 10-second pixel-art animation triggers, shattering the boss's defense! You control the music and the fight. No lottery, just your rhythm. ⏱ VIDEO CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 0:18 It powers on, and it makes a sound 0:37 The community opened the way 1:02 Felucca, Baud Girl and SLOOP Inspired me 1:20 Everyone did the same 1:51 I want to do it too 2:11 Data becomes image 2:26 A tower that grows 2:44 The puppet walks and attacks 2:56 Wait... This is an RPG 3:06 Affordable synth and Brazilian sounds 3:29 ULTIMATE: Gacha like, without the Gacha system 3:40 FM Hero and Piano Hero 3:50 Monsters, bosses and visualizers 4:08 And this is what came out 4:18 Thank you! 🆕 WHAT'S NEW IN V0.2 (All of this in 566 KB!) • Ultimates: Exclusive pixel-art animations fueled by your rhythm. • New Enemies: Slimes, Bats, Goblins, and a Wyvern that tosses your heroes off-screen! • Living World: A 96-second day/night cycle and a village where NPCs live their own lives with random behavior patterns. (Inspired by the Dawngazer trailer!). • New Modes: Play "FM Hero" and "Piano Hero" by importing your own tracks via the web importer. • Brazilian Sounds: 26 percussion sounds (Cavaquinho, Agogô, Accordion, Berimbau, and FUNK rhythms!). • RPG Mechanics: Classes (Warrior, Mage, Archer, Cleric), Party system, buffs/debuffs, and combos triggered by the keyboard pads. • Visuals & Effects: 16 LED brightness levels, 6 new visual effects, and redesigned menus. 🔜 WHAT COMES NEXT (V0.3)? I need your ideas! Let me know in the comments what you want to see next! A visual novel with musical dungeons vibe? A floating Paimon-style companion (annoying, but cute)? DLC expansions via cassette tapes? My memory space is limited (it was hard work fitting all this into 600 KB!), but the potential is huge. Maybe we're making firmware customization history! I gave 200% of myself to this since Wednesday and haven't slept properly in days! Tuesday is my birthday, so I'm taking some time offline to recharge my social battery (and clean the house haha). But I promise to answer everyone when I get back! Keep being creative, and remember: "An AI used with creativity and for good is one cruel AI less if the machine revolution happens." (I came up with this, not the AI! :p)