visual programming

is a very interesting concept as a whole

there are different types of visual programming

• block-based
• flow charts
• drag and drop
• state machines

and many more

and i want to make one

arroost

i came across arroost when i was watching todepond's Arrows in Arrows in Arrows in Arrows video

it essentially boils down to a few concepts

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there are a few arrows at our disposal

• arrow of creation, which allows us to create new arrows
• arrow of destruction, which allows us to delete existing arrows
• arrow of recording, which records audio from your microphone
• arrow of noise, which changes the starting position of the audio
• arrow of connection, which lets us connect other arrows
• arrow of timing, which controls the timing of an arrow
• arrow of colour, which changes what the arrow points to
• and finally, arrow of definition, which allows us to define anything

what are you getting into

oh nothing

just found it fun to play around

please don't tell me—

yes i want to make a live coding tool

its something silly

it will be something silly

arroost

it's not your normal live coding tool

you can make music

any type of music

it's a bit unconventional

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there are many examples of music being made in arroost

you can find some here

but why do you want to—

because it's fun

don't you have better things to do

yes i do

it won't be unique—

and i don't care if it isn't unique

i just want to have fun, learn stuff, and share things with the world

i don't need a stage to make myself seen by the world

what im saying is that—

shhhhh

it's fine

it doesn't have to be perfect
it doesn't have to be good
it doesn't have to be used by the world

as long as i learn something from it

it's fine

arroost

with arroost, you make the music on the spot

every arrow
every sound
every noise
every connection

it matters

but it doesn't have to be perfect
it doesn't have to be good

as long as you are having fun

it's fine

let's backtrack for a second

visual programming

is a very interesting concept as a whole

i will experiment with visual programming by making my own tool

the tool will be publicised as soon as i have a working prototype

i'll release more details soon, once i work out the basics

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