Beat Zero for Android

11 things about Beat Zero

1. Have you ever wondered what goes on in the mind of a drummer? Play Beat Zero, and you can make funky beats and learn the basics of programming at the same time.

2. For example, if you wanted to write a beat with 30 notes total, in this game you can learn a way to write that beat with 3 or 4 lines of code, rather than manually writing out all 30 notes individually.

3. I live and perform in New York (noircar.nyc). Beat Zero, for me, is a synthesis of my interests and passions: an effort to teach programming through drumming, in a way that is not intimidating.

4. •For an analogue twist, play a real drumset along with each game level, and learn the beats as you go.

5. My intention was to continue the many great ongoing efforts to de-mystify programming, and to show how programming shares a variety of thinking with other subjects, like playing the drumset.

6. •The way it all works, is that the system reads through your code, it outputs one or more notes to the top of the screen, and Zero then reads those notes and plays them in real-time.

7. Zero (the robot drummer) will play any beat or fill you tell him to.

8. I'd love to hear from you so please contact me through my site with any comments or bug reports, and if you enjoy the game, please write a review on iTunes.

9. •Learn new drum beats and programming concepts with 4+ hours of gameplay in Story Mode.

10. But after all that, I really believe this game demonstrates a new way to think about the relationship between music and programming.

11. •Explore how easy it is to generate your own grooves and drum fills in Free Play Mode.