- Weekly challenge #9: Well, that was unexpected? - 26 June 2026
The theme for this weeks challenge #9: Well, that was unexpected?This weeks challenge is going to be wild. Fool the listener by suddenly switching up drums, switch genres completely or add other very unexpected elements to a song. Switch key or tempo or even the entire chord progression if you’re feeling particularly adventurous. Anything is fair game this week.To submit your song and listen to other submissions: head on over to our discord, you can start a thread in #submissions and add a recording you made using Songboy’s record functionality
- Weekly challenge #6: Boards of Canada - 5 June 2026
The theme for this weeks challenge #6: A track that sounds like Boards of Canada Characterized by prevalent, but sometimes unpredictable drums, weird vocal chops and dream like sounds that combine into a nostalgic, hazy and almost unsettling atmosphere. If you’re unfamiliar with the artist Boards of Canada you may also choose Aphex Twin, downtempo, ambient or IDM as inspiration. To submit your song and listen to other submissions: head on over to our discord, you can start a thread in #submissions and add a recording you made using Songboy's record functionality
- HOTFIX - 2026 06 04 - 4 June 2026
Team did a LOT of work under the hood this week. Don’t want to bore you with the nitty gritty so here’s the gist:Cleaned up the tutorial significantly.Keyboard and mouse control tweaks: right click now mutes, "e" or "Enter" enters Makers, Shift + right click solosFixed Tap generative mode mutingMore Quilt, Breaker, and Voca samples addedKeeb, Boom, and Noodler all got updated controls."Just play the loop" works much better at extreme temposFixed JPTL desync issue when opening songs/templates/radio songsFixed transient mode issue on some quilt samplesFixed sound category recording on JPTLFixed slice rate issue on quiltClearer label on Talkbox record button so it's easier to findSmoother performance out of the box across a wider range of hardware
- PATCH NOTES - 2026 05 28 - 29 May 2026
What’s up you lot of tune-enthused twiddlers. We’ve got a smashing new update for ya. Also, Discord passed 1k members? Cool.BIG KAHUNASKEYBOARD AND MOUSEIt’s finally supported. Enjoy. Or don’t, and yell at us.ALL NEW RANDOMIZATION ABILITIESYou can now randomize Makers from the stage. You don’t even have to enter those little guys anymore. You can finally play SONGBOY without activating a single braincell.How to reroll: simply press and hold the left face button (controller) or left mouse button (kbm) to randomize the selected Maker from the Stage.Here's a quick clip of it too:NEW TUTORIALY’know, so people can actually learn how to play this behemoth. Oh, and you’ll get a taste of a new ‘Goals & Milestones’ system - this is the groundwork for a progression system we’re building soon.SLIGHTLY LESS BIG KAHUNASVISUALS are BETTERThe game looks better across the board. Nice new levels, partic…
- Dev Diary 2 - Lil Guy Edition - 14 May 2026
For this week’s dev diary, we want to share a few character mock ups the dev team cooked up, and get your feedback/favorites. The idea is for one of these to become your guide in game as you go through the tutorial, and potentially beyond. Could go in a lot of different directions. Here are the lil guys in question:Who's your fav?Who would you like to see following you around and giving you tips and call-outs in SONGBOY?Where else would you like to see this go?Let us know in the comments!
- Dev Diary vol. 1 - 7 May 2026
we're starting these to show what's being actively worked on and will appear in future game updates. plan is to drop one every wednesday between content updates, so the channel doesn't go quiet while we're heads-down on bigger stuff. some weeks it'll be a peek at something we're cooking, some weeks it'll be small wins, some weeks both. want to be as transparent as we can with what we're working on. let us know what you wanna see more or less of. there's a real chunky update in the works and we've been pretty consumed by it. not gonna spoil the whole thing but here's the rough shape of what's coming: making onboarding smoother for new players learning the ropesbringing key tools front and center on the Stagemaking it easier for new players to quickly create something they like on the flywe'll share more as it gets closer. and now the cool stuff @jinpavg has been cooking on the audio side…
- NEW WEEKLY CHALLENGES - STAFF PICKS - FRIDAY STREAM - 1 May 2026
but first...check out Tangilble Isaac's new vid feat. SONGBOY community updates this week:(this is all happening in our discord server.)added a challenge channel which we'll be updating weekly. added a recurring discord event for @different.chairs weekly dev stream @ 12pm PT. new staff picks are up on radio: ts not fire - TijsShadow Fade - LENW A R P E D through T I M E - Gikky GOD BLESS - fck not what were lookin for - Sir Kirby Overclocked - NinjaJK Board Across - belarmino6silva as always, share what you've been cooking!!!
- Patch Notes 2026 04 15 - 15 April 2026
quite a few big things added/updated, including more support for sample imports — which you can now release to radio, a mountain of bug fixes, and a bushel of quality of life improvements many of you have asked for.General QOLnew start menu with better organization“help!” - you can now toggle between two new help modes (input and/or tooltips) so you can see exactly the help info you want.Radiocan now release songs w/ talkbox and user sounds to the radio (and report songs for moderation)main menu now auto plays staff picksclicking background no longer quits Radio modeCreate mode (fka Jam)adding makers - tapping right trigger now toggles the select maker wheel, and A/X confirms the selection. no more hold → release to selectuse Talkbox's new Export button to export your Talkbox loops as Loops for Quilt, Voca, and Breakeruser sounds - Quilt, Voca, and Breaker can now use User SamplesThere…
- Patch Notes 2026 03 20 - 20 March 2026
PATCH NOTES: (go here for discord channels links)community: reaction-roles notification channel: you can now choose what you get notified about. 🟡〉radio-releases channel: live feed of new releases and staff picks. songs will have links that will open the game right to the track for remixing. if you’d like to get notified when your track is selected as a Staff Pick, use slash command /link to link your discord username securely via steam. /profile brings up your radio stats. game: YOU CAN NOW IMPORT SAMPLES TO USE IN NOODLER + KEEB! upload them via start menu + access in the Sounds page of the respective makersthere's a frickin STEP SEQUENCER in Tap on the Patterns page. you can now input your own patterns or roll at randomquick guides for both of these posted in 🔴〉how-do-icopy LINKS TO SONGS to your clipboard by right clicking on them on the Radio screen, which can be opened from o…
- Patch notes 2026-02-20 - 20 February 2026
new demo update just dropped: added one shots! hold down any dpad direction and press the face buttons for some fun surprisesyou can now resample a Talkbox into itself. with Loopback enabled, select "This Talkbox, for Overdubbing" as your loopback source, and then on the main page, choose "Overdub" instead of recording. you can now play with feedback effects by boosting FX on the FX pagetemporarily pulled a bunch of templates, but more coming soonadded new environmentsnew Keeb and Tap soundsKeeb has a brand new arp modenew Tap controls in generative modemore keyboard supportscreensaver mode for sitting back and relaxinglots of bug fixes and stabilityimproved tutorial system with easier skipping, fixed bug where it resetand a final note: if this update makes the tutorial start again, you can skip it by going to the menu (hit escape or the start button on your controller) and picking "SKI…
- NEW TUTORIAL & TALKBOX LOOPBACK - 13 February 2026
big update just dropped!!!! two big things and a lot of small fixes and updates:new tutorialall players will now encounter a tutorial when you open the updated demo build. shouldn’t take longer than a few minutes to finish. this will evolve over time, so give it a spin and share your thoughts in discord or steam discussions.talkbox loopbacktalkbox can now sample other makers or the full song. toggle on the “Loopback” switch on talkbox sound page, and you can then cycle through your options. consider turning off autotune for best results. or don’t that’s the beauty of free will.as always please wishlist SONGBOY if you haven’t already. every single one helps! we hope you’ve been enjoying the demo so far
- DEMO IS LIVE!!! - 30 January 2026
our demo is live!!!! songboy is publicly avail for peeps to try. tell ya friends :)WISHLIST!!!!TELL YOUR FRIENDS!!!SWITCH TO THE NEW DEMO!!!POST TRACKS IN DISCORD AND TO SONGBOY RADIO!this is a big one! what's new:new stick mode: control all makers at oncemotion recording simplified: 1-bar loops, R2/L2 to record, R3 to clearbeat-reactive visuals: play on the beat and the game responds. visuals change, camera moves, secrets unlock.new top bar: chord names visible, plus a control center for switching scenes fasttons of new sounds and makers: including talkbox upgrades and independent volume per slotnew stages, new templates, new art tool options: sticker spam, scaling, animated CD materialsperformance improvements: gpu optimization, smarter default settings, mac overlay fix full patch notes:music and audiothe top bar chords now show the chord's name in addition to the roman numeral notati…
