
Like the music software homebrewers have created for the original Game Boy, ElectroPlankton is really tailored to the game hardware on which it runs. If anyone is going to make music with game systems, this is really the way to do it. Part two: Working with Luminaria (don’t ask think you have to try it!) Thomas at MileZero has started a tutorial on starting a “one-man band” using ElectroPlankton: If you want something different, or you are a collector-buy Electroplankton.Yet more Nintendo music-making - this time with the strange and fascinating ElectroPlankton music game for the Nintendo DS. One section litarally has you spin circles around to make a sound similar to rubbing the top of a wine glass-that's all you do! Reasons to buy thi s game-consider it digital art with interesting sounds and visuals-and this game was allegedly put out in limited quanities. You might slide the stylus across the screen, poke the screen,or even use the mic to actually record your voice into the DS. Being employed in the music biz, this "game's" musical theme seemed very appealing to me.But, after playing for about 30 minutes, I was like "is that it?" The "game" has 10 sections where you manipulate the electroplankton to play different types of music. It said "why pay $35 for a DS feature demonstration game card?" (something like that) You can't truthfully call Electroplankton a game. I read a review for this game while it was in transit to my home (before i had ever played it) that kind of summed up Electroplankton. The rest is completely up to you, while you make the Electroplankton do the work. All it takes is some thought, patients, a DS, stylus, and some imagination. There is endless ways on how you can use Electroplankton when it comes to making music. It's a rare gem that shouldn't be overlooked by collectors.

It never was intended to have an objective.

Or Rec-Rec, which allows you to add your own voice into the mix.Įlectroplankton is more of a toy, or music tool. Such as Lumiloop, which consist of five of them, in where you use to stylus to spin them, while doing so, each admit a different relaxing "hum" the faster you spin them. This demo is interactive, which means you can jump in at any time if you feel you want to mix things up.Įach Electroplankton has a unique way of making music, aswell as a different tone. Audience Mode is a fifthteen minute demo spanning across all ten Electroplankton, that make music for you.

Selecting Performance Mode allows you to choose one of ten Electroplankton, and start making music. You are greeted with a menu that has two options. You simply sit back, relax, and enjoy the simplicity of what you do with the stylus. It's not a game, it doesn't have an objective. Electroplankton is a simple music tool, that let's you use one out of ten different Electroplankton to make music.
