> The melody is generated by a linear-feedback shift register (LFSR). Thus, in one sense, the melody is randomly generated. But I spent a considerable amount of time tweaking the random process until I found something that was musically satisfactory. This is just mind blowing to me. The music is actually really good, I've been playing it on repeat and I just wish it could be longer.
if you like that kind of thing (algorithmic chiptunes), you might enjoy the emerging school of live coding: http://mixmag.net/feature/algorave https://youtu.be/KJPdbp1An2s?t=31m29s
and the HN thread from 2011: