New Flowlab Version Posted: Nectarine! 
New sound library, divided into multiple sections:
- Sound Effects - built in sounds
- Music - Music built in music
- Created Sounds - sounds you have built using the Sfx / Looper Synth tools
- Uploaded Sounds - sounds you have uploaded
- Sound URL - a place to input an MP3
The sections are now better organized, with the ability to:
- Rename or replace your sounds
- Group sounds into folders
- Search through sound effects
But grazer, what do you mean by Sfx & Looper Tools?
I’m so glad you asked!
There is a new audio synth that has two modes:
Effects mode
In this mode, you can generate procedural sound effects using the browsers built-in audio API. It is designed to be an easier to use descendent of tools like SXFR/BSFXR/JSFR.
To use it:
- Generate a sound using one of the preset buttons
- Keep clicking until you get something close
- Use the dials to tune the sound closer to what you want
- (optionally) open the advanced settings and tweak the voice/effect modules for precise tuning
Looper Mode
In this mode, you can sketch out songs using the sequencer, and create loops/arrangements for game music. It is designed to be an easier to use descendent of tools like Beepbox.
Any Sfx or Song can be shared using a link, or exported as a WAV or MP3 (your game will use the MP3 version).
You can also import MIDI files from your favorite DAW or whatever
The audio tool is built externally from the editor in Javascript, using (mostly) the browsers native audio API. This means it is also accessible as a free, standalone tool outside of Flowlab. Shared links will open songs and effects in the standalone version.
The external version will be free for anyone to use, since it doesn’t require any storage on my part (everything is in the link). The built-in version will be partially free, and partially for Indie users since it bakes and uploads the audio files for cloud storage (for fast game loading).
You can also try it on Itch.io here: https://grazer.itch.io/nightloop
New Stuff
- Multipass shaders:
- Gaussian blur - much nicer than the box blur. Reverts to box blur in “this object only” mode
- Bloom - much requested, currently unimplemented for “this object only”
- Single pass shader: dissolve
- Single pass shader: Sphere (examples here: Sphere Shader - Flowlab Game Creator)
- Multi-file sound uploads
- Modify 60FPS desync mode to force average time stability
- Added camera “smooth scroll” option (subpixel autoscroll)
- New Extractor version emits Float values for x/y/alpha/scale
- Nightloop: master volume/mute added to header
- New Shader: Sphere - I have been thinking about this for a while, but never added it because it felt too niche and maybe too 3D for Flowlab. I think its probably useful anyway though, so I added it. Example game below to illustrate some potential uses of it (objects and transitions), maybe you guys will think of more. It’s a bit quirky since it needs an equirectangular (preferrably 2:1) texture, but let me know what you think.
Fixes
- Fix extractor reading stale Object Variable data after re-creating it (e.g. copy & paste)
- Fix Object Variable game state save problem
- Fix Editor showing while Custom Nodes are processed on load
- Fix bookmarked comunity bundles not adding to workspace
- Nightloop: volume calculations improved
- Honor game smoothing setting for custom splash screen images
- Fix sprite editor hang on importiing gifs with broken interlacing
- Fix emitted objects not getting Global updates
- Don’t scroll page with mouse wheel when mouse is over game
Please let me know if you encounter any issues. Thanks!
