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  2. Three Moves Ahead 640: Endless Legend 2 & Friends Len and Mike are joined by Ruth Cassidy and Sin Vega to give some early impressions of Endless Legend 2's Early Access launch, as well as a whole bunch of other stuff we've been playing, in this chill variety chat. Endless Legend 2, Zephon, Feastopia, The Alters, Against the Storm, Hades 2, The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily, Town to City, Rise of the White Sun, Tempest Rising, Victoria 3, Silent Hill f, Super Robot Wars Y Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes

  3. Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Greetings Everyone, More free seamless texture images to share with you! You'll find them on this page on my website: GROUND - Tile-able https://soundimage.org/txr-ground-seamless/ USES FOR MY IMAGES You can use my images to create materials for 3D objects, as backgrounds for videos, for visual effects (VFX) or anything else you can think of! They're 100% free to use with attribution, like my thousands of other images, music tracks and sounds. OTHER NEWS I'm finishing up an original music score for the upcoming fantasy game "Warbound" so I'll be free to work on other games soon. Feel free to contact me if you need help. As always, enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative! :-)
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  5. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Happy October Everyone, More free music tracks to share with you. Free is good. :-) On my Action 3 page: WILD WEST COAST RACING 2_LoFi WILD WEST COAST RACING 3_LoFi WILD WEST COAST RACING 4_LoFi https://soundimage.org/action-3/ On my City/Urban 3 page: THE INSOMNIAC WANDERS_LoFi https://soundimage.org/city-urban-3/ And on my History page: THE ANCIENTS_LoFi https://soundimage.org/ancient/ Content creators often ask me: "Can I use your music in commercial projects?" The answer is: Yes! Please do! Just be sure to properly attribute me. Attribution information is here: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ If you have other questions regarding attribution, or anything else, feel free to email me anytime...I love to hear from fellow-creatives. You'll find my email address at the bottom of the Attribution Information page on my site, on my homepage and on my Custom Music page. That said, enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative.

  6. Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Hello Fellow Creatives, I've created some brand new seamless texture images to share with the community. You'll find them at the top of these pages on my site: TXR - ABSTRACT https://soundimage.org/txr-abstract/ TXR - CONCRETE - Tile-able https://soundimage.org/txr-concrete-pavement-seamless/ NEVER A.I. GENERATED I recently got a question asking how I create my images and if they're A.I. generated. All of my images start as digital pictures of real-world objects that I take with my DSLR. I then import these images into Photoshop and work with them to create unique textures. Everything I create is 100% original (including my music and sounds) so content creators never have to worry about copyright issues when using my assets. My Site is 100% Ad-Free and Community Supported If you find my assets helpful, please consider making small contribution to support my efforts. I honestly hate asking, but I do pay for everything myself including my music gear which is very expensive, so contributions from the community really help me a lot. Here are some ways you can help: Donate (any amount is helpful and much appreciated) https://soundimage.org/donate/ Get my Ogg Game Music Mega Pack (over 1400 tracks and growing) https://soundimage.gumroad.com/l/ylyre Get an Ogg Genre Music Pack https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ That said, enjoy, stay safe and keep creating awesome stuff. :-)
  7. Announcing the latest Size Five Games game: Earth Must Die, coming soon to PC! (Hopefully other platforms later.) https://store.steampowered.com/app/3639780/Earth_Must_Die I was the co-designer/co-writer on this one. Please wishlist/share!

  8. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Sharing is Caring! More brand new music tracks to share with you: On my Fantasy 13 page: "80’s PRINCESS" So 80s! Anyhow, I thought this piece might sound nice in an 80's-themed fantasy or romance game. https://soundimage.org/fantasy-13/ On my Funny 8 page: "QUIRKY WESTERN TOWN" I’d love to hear this in a humorous western game or film. Very quirky indeed! https://soundimage.org/funny-8/ As always, they're 100% free to use in your projects with attribution. Attribution information is here: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ PLEASE CONSIDER... My website is completely ad-free and I pay for everything myself, including my synthesizers which are very expensive...so expensive in fact that I make monthly payments on them. If you can, please consider making small donation to support my efforts. I really do hate to ask, but contributions from the community really help me a lot. Here are some ways you can help: https://soundimage.org/donate/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Or consider hiring me to create some custom music for you...I try very hard to make it affordable for everyone. :-) https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Anything you can manage will be super-helpful. In the meantime, enjoy my work, please stay safe and keep creating!

  9. Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Hey All, I made some brand new fantasy brick textures to share with you. They live on my TXR-Brick - Seamless page. Here's the link: https://soundimage.org/txr-brick-seamless/ If you find my assets helpful, please consider making small contribution to support my efforts. I honestly hate asking, but I do pay for everything myself including my music gear which is very expensive, so contributions from the community really help me a lot. Here are some ways you can help: Donate (any amount is helpful and much appreciated) https://soundimage.org/donate/ Get my Ogg Game Music Mega Pack (over 1400 tracks and growing) https://soundimage.gumroad.com/l/ylyre Get an Ogg Genre Music Pack https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ As always, enjoy, please stay safe and keep being creative!
  10. Three Moves Ahead 639: The Past and Future Dawn of War Len, Ian, and Fraser are placed onto the battlefield from strategic reserves to talk about the past and future of Dawn of War. The past: the recent Dawn of War: Definitive Edition and how well it holds up for a 20-plus-year-old game. The future: Dawn of War 4, which Len and Fraser both got some hands-on time with. Dawn of War, Dawn of War 2, Dawn of War 3, Dawn of War 4, Company of Heroes Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes

  11. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Another super-busy week, but I did manage to create a couple of new music tracks to share with the community...free, as always, to use with attribution, like my thousands of other tracks. They are: On my Sci-Fi 14 page: "MOONLIT CYBER STREETS" https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-14/ On my Positive/Upbeat page: "SHUFFLIN’ AROUND TOWN" https://soundimage.org/positive-upbeat/ PLEASE READ If you can, please consider making small contribution to support my efforts. I honestly hate asking, but I do pay for everything myself including my synthesizers which are very expensive (I make monthly payments) so contributions from the community really help me a lot. Here are some ways you can help: https://soundimage.org/donate/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Anything you can manage will be very helpful...thanks. :-)

  12. Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Greetings Creatives, I've created some cool new bark textures...they're 100% free to use with attribution, just like my thousands of other images, music tracks and sounds. You'll find them here: https://soundimage.org/txr-bark-seamless/ Speaking of assets, if you can, please consider making small contribution to support my efforts. I honestly hate asking, but I do pay for everything myself including my music gear which is very expensive, so contributions from the community really help me a lot. Here are some ways you can help: https://soundimage.org/donate/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ I sincerely hope some of my assets are helpful in your projects. Please feel free to share your projects if you wish...I love to see how my fellow creatives are using my work! :-)

  13. Is it time to move back here?

    toblix replied to BigJKO's topic in Idle Banter

    Oh yeah, Pentiment was great!

  14. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Greetings Creatives! I have some brand new music tracks to share with you all...100% free to use with attribution. They are: On my Fantasy 13 page: "DRIFTING IN A HOT AIR BALLOON " https://soundimage.org/fantasy-13/ And on my Sci-Fi 14 page: "CYBER CITY FEVER DREAM" https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-14/ PLEASE READ If you can, please consider making small contribution to support my efforts. I honestly hate asking, but I do pay for everything myself including my gear which is very expensive, so contributions from the community really help me a lot. Here are some ways you can help: https://soundimage.org/donate/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ I sincerely hope some of my tracks are helpful in your projects. Please feel free to share your projects if you wish...I love to see how my fellow creatives are using my music! :-)

  15. Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Happy September Everyone, I've created some brand new seamless wood textures for your projects. You'll find them on this page on my site: TXR - WOOD - Seamless https://soundimage.org/txr-wood-seamless/ They're 100% free to use, as always, with attribution, just like my thousands of other images. I sincerely hope some of them are helpful...enjoy! :-)

  16. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Hey Everyone, This week's new Mp3 music tracks are: "KINGDOM QUEST" (LoFi) "THE SPUNKY PRINCESS" (LoFi) "THE WINDS OF STRANGE" (LoFi) As always, they're 100% free to download and use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks. You'll find them on my Fantasy 11 page...here's the link: https://soundimage.org/fantasy-11/ OGG GAME MEGA MUSIC PACK Don't forget about my Ogg Mega Music Pack that contains all of my game music in one bulk download. It's a huge time-saver...and cool way to support my efforts, too. :-) Here's a link: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ You can even preview all the tracks if you'd like. :-) Enjoy! #freegamebgm

  17. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Does anyone need some custom music created? Give me a shout! I've worked with around 100 content creators...mostly video game developers...helping them bring their visions to life. Here's a link to my Custom Work page for more info: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ That said, this week's new free Mp3 tracks are on my City/Urban 2 page: "ON THE PROWL WITH CAPED CRUSADER CAT" (LoFi) "FUNKY STREETS" (LoFi) "JULIO’S CREW" (LoFi) https://soundimage.org/city-urban-2/ Enjoy, keep creating and please stay safe.

  18. Recommend me a cool book!

    Gamebeast23456 replied to Halo 2's topic in Books

    I've been reading The Morning Star by Karl Ove Knausgaard. I read his entire My Struggle series (which I enjoyed, clearly), and while the slice-of-life character stuff feels like a retread of Knausgaard's biography, the portentious/fantastical stuff that has slowly been creeping in is cool. Also still chipping away at my Ulysses read.

  19. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Hey everyone, I had to take some time off for family matters, but I'm back to creating new music to share with you. So this week we have... On my Horror 2 page: "NIGHT STALKER 3" https://soundimage.org/horror-2/ On my Puzzle Music 8 page: "ANCIENT MAGIC" https://soundimage.org/puzzle-music-8/ And on my Sci-Fi 14 page: "OFF-WORLD DESOLATION" https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-14/ As always, they're 100% free to use in your projects in Mp3 format, just like my thousands of other music tracks. Btw, it's great to see that people are utilizing my Ogg Music packs...I'm so glad they're helpful! Here are links to them: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Enjoy, stay safe and keep creating! :-)
  20. Three Moves Ahead 638: Timberborn Timberborn is one of those Early Access games that we missed covering at its original launch, and we're not sure when it's going to be actually done... so what better time to talk about it than now, honestly? Len, Ian, Mike, and Sin sink their oversized incisors into the beaver city builder to discuss its ecological themes, potential for hydrological urbanism, and where it's at in its development journey. Timberborn Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes
  21. Thanks for the great episode! I had a lot of fun listening to this, especially the Grand Tactician/Ahab extended metaphor.

  22. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Greetings Creatives, This week's new free-to-use-with-attribution music tracks are on my Puzzle Music 8 page: "PIXEL BALLOONS" (LoFi) "PIXEL BALLOONS_v1" (LoFi) "PIXEL BALLOONS_v2" (LoFi) https://soundimage.org/puzzle-music-8/ As always, they're 100% free to use in your projects, just like my thousands of other music tracks. _________________________________________ OGG GAME MUSIC MEGA PACK - OVER 1400 TRACKS (AND GROWING) https://soundimage.gumroad.com/l/ylyre Please don't forget about my Ogg Music Mega Pack which contains over 1400 music tracks (and growing!) in higher-quality Ogg format. Great for video games, films, podcasts and more. This is a bundle of my genre music packs: Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Funny/Quirky/Weird | Puzzle | Chiptunes | Action | Dark / Ominous | Horror / Surreal | Misc These tracks sound almost as good as my original WAV recordings, but are much smaller in file size. Perfect for video games. Ogg tracks also loop better in game engines than Mp3 format. UPDATES AS I ADD NEW Ogg TRACKS I add new music all the time and send users updates so you can download my newest tracks as I release them. Any questions, feel free to reach out. :-) As always, enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative!
  23. Three Moves Ahead 637: Stormgate: Ashes of Earth Interview With Stormgate leaving Early Access alongside the release of its first full single-player campaign, Ashes of Earth, Len chatted with Frost Giant's Top Tims, Tim Morten and Tim Campbell, about what has changed in the last year and what this new chapter means for the RTS. Check out this wild custom map made without triggers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSjGR4HGuiU Stormgate, Warcraft 3, Warcraft 2, Dune 2, Command and Conquer: Generals 2, Starcraft 2 Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes

  24. Is it time to move back here?

    brkl replied to BigJKO's topic in Idle Banter

    Adventure Gamers is gone, huh? And I would think there are more adventure games than when I used to read it. We just started playing Return to Monkey Island!
  25. It was great to hear Rob Zacny again, thanks for asking him onto the episode. I especially enjoyed his explanation of Shelby Foote. It’s always tricky when dealing with problematic people or views and he did an excellent job. As always, 3MA remains at the top of my podcast queue.

  26. Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Hey Everyone, I have some cool new ground textures to share with you. They're 100% free to use with attribution, just like my thousands of other textures, music tracks and sounds. You'll find them on my TXR - GROUND - Seamless page. https://soundimage.org/txr-ground-seamless/ Speaking of music...don't forget to check this out: OGG GAME MUSIC MEGA PACK - OVER 1400 TRACKS (AND GROWING) https://soundimage.gumroad.com/l/ylyre My Mega Pack contains over 1400 music tracks (and growing!) in higher-quality Ogg format. Great for video games, films, podcasts and more. This is a bundle of my genre music packs: Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Funny/Quirky/Weird | Puzzle | Chiptunes | Action | Dark / Ominous | Horror / Surreal | Misc These tracks sound almost as good as my original WAV recordings, but are much smaller in file size. Perfect for video games. Ogg tracks also loop better in game engines than Mp3 format. A MUSIC PACK THAT GROWS WITH YOU I add new music all the time and send users updates so you can download my newest tracks as I release them. Enjoy...and as always, please stay safe and keep being creative! :-)
  27. Three Moves Ahead 636: Civil War Midlife Crisis Aftermath's Riley MacLeod has developed a sudden interest in the American Civil War, and we've assembled a 3MA all-star team featuring Rob Zacny, Rowan Kaiser, Len Hafer, and Luke Plunkett to walk him through this difficult and confusing time. We use Ultimate General: Civil War as a launching pad to discuss the conflict itself, the games based on it, as well as the tricky elements of adapting it for an entertainment product through the wonder-filled eyes of a strategy newbie. Inspired by the article, "Bad News, I’m A 43-Year-Old Man And I’ve Recently Taken An Interest In The Civil War," https://aftermath.site/civil-war-middle-age Ultimate General: Civil War, Hearts of Iron IV, Panzer Corps, Panzer General, Panzer General 2, Grand Tactician: The Civil War, Total War: Napoleon Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes
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