Psycho

Psycho
General
Author(s)	Enno
Type	Other game
Version	1.1
Licence	Freeware
Links
Download
Website
Discussion
Downloadable via the Homebrew Browser
Peripherals

Psycho is a shameless clone of Psychedelia, a light synthesizer created by Jeff 'Yak' Minter in 1984 for the Commodore 64.

Psycho is freeware, can be distributed freely and should never be charged for.

Controls

Menu Controls

	Action
	Point/choose menu item
	Press to Select menu item

Free Play Mode Controls

Up to four people can play at the same time. Point the controller at the screen and press and hold the A button to produce a pattern. Use the other buttons to change parameters that affect the pattern.

	Action
	Draw
	Toggle Symmetry (None, X, Y, Z, Quad)
	Toggle Pattern
	Toggle Color Palette
	Toggle Effect
/	Linger Shorter/Longer (a.k.a. Melting Time)
/	(While holding of controller 1) - Change Cell Size (1, 2, 4, 6, 8 pixels)
	Exit "Free Play Mode" (controller 1 only)

Demo Mode Controls (controller 1 only)

While the program generates pretty pictures, you can still change the parameters with controller 1. Press A to skip to the next picture.

	Action
	Start Next Drawing
	Toggle Symmetry (None, X, Y, Z, Quad)
	Toggle Pattern
	Toggle Color Palette
	Toggle Effect
/	Linger Shorter/Longer (a.k.a. Melting Time)
/	(While holding ) - Change Cell Size (1, 2, 4, 6, 8 pixels)
	Exit "Demo Mode" (controller 1 only)

Music

If you like the sound track, you can copy a longer version from here Copy it to sd:/apps/psycho/ on your SD card.

Note that it's a little over half a Gig (530MB). I wonder if it can be compressed better.

Development Log

v1.1

• Released May 14th, 2010

Known Issues/Missing Features

• Currently only works from an SD card.
• GameCube Pad, Classic Controller not supported
• Features found in Psychedelia, but not in Psycho:
  • Record, Play Back, Save and Load the light shows you create
  • Create your own Patterns and Color Palettes
  • Load/Save Custom Settings (and assign these to keyboard keys)

Credits & Thanks

• Jeff Minter