🎹 GameForge‑64 – C64 Visual Scripting + SID Workbench

GameForge‑64 is our retro creation suite for composers and homebrew devs. Browse 60k+ HVSC tracks, build playlists with auto-advance, and sketch gameplay logic in a node editor—everything in one sleek desktop app.

✨ Highlights

• HVSC Browser & Player: Open SID files instantly, normalize those tricky “!!” paths, and jam through Tiny’R’Sid without leaving the app.
• Playlists + Favorites: Curate marathon sessions, star your go-tos, and revisit recents. All state lives locally (no login required).
• Live Visualizer Suite: Spectrum, scope, voice meters, and filter curves—auto-rotating eye candy powered by a custom analyser tap.
• Visual Script Editor: Drag nodes, set sprite multiplexor counts, and prep Oscar64-friendly code from the same UI.
• Branding Showcase: Swappable logos, splashes, and icons so FutureVision Labs builds stay on-theme.

🚧 Current Status

Early research build. SID playback, playlists, favorites, and the visual scripting canvas are live. Known quirks: stop/play resets, Next/Prev edge cases, and React Flow yelling about “custom” nodes. Compiler/emulator detection still needs polish in Electron.

🗺️ Roadmap

1. Stabilize SID transport (Stop vs Play, auto-advance timing, inline player remounts).
2. Register custom React Flow nodes to kill the warning spam.
3. Finish Oscar64 + VICE detection UX so “Compile / Run in VICE” buttons light up reliably.
4. Parse `/public/charsets` filenames to auto-tag fonts (8x8, 8x16, multicolor, etc.).
5. Prep a public beta once the above is solid.

📣 Follow Along

No download yet—this page tracks progress, screenshots, and devlogs. Click “Follow” for build notes and research drops.

👥 Credits

FutureVision Labs • Creative lead: Damian Caynes • SID tooling + visualizer concept: our excitable unpaid scriptkiddie intern (supervised, sternly when needed 😅).