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  2. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Greetings Fellow Creatives, This week's brand new free-to-use-with-attribution music track is: "THE DIXIELAND BAND" (LoFi) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/The-Dixieland-Band_LoFi.mp3 If you're interested in hearing the original to compare, it's here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Dixieland-Band.mp3 Please don't forget to check out my Game Music Mega Pack which contains all of my game music...1400 tracks and growing. You'll find it here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ NEED SOME CUSTOM MUSIC FOR YOUR PROJECT? I'd love to help out! Feel free to contact me: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ In the meantime, please stay safe and keep creating! :-)
  3. Three Moves Ahead 649: Xenonauts 2 Len, Jon, and Sin gear up and get ready to die on the first turn to some BS in Xenonauts 2, a sequel to a throwback to a classic tactics game. We discuss how it stacks up to the old school UFO Defense, the Firaxis reboots, and the best Noah Wyle show, Falling Skies. Xenonauts 2, X-COM, XCOM, X – COM, X—COM, X_COM_FINAL_v2 Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes
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  5. Designer Notes 93: Charles Cecil - Part 1 In this episode, Soren interviews veteran game developer Charles Cecil, co-founder of Revolution Software and best known for his work on Beneath a Steel Sky and the Broken Sword series. They discuss various dodgy tax avoidance schemes, what the Bitmap Brothers faxed to Acclaim, and how to teach players the grammar of adventure games. This interview was started on April 14, 2025. Games discussed: Galaxian, Adventure A, Adventure B, Bandersnatch, World Cup Football, World Cup Carnival, Lure of the Temptress, the Broken Sword series, Beneath a Steel Sky, the Monkey Island series Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes
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  8. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Hi Everyone, This week's new free music track is on my City/Urban 3 page: "WANDERING AT 3AM" https://soundimage.org/city-urban-3/ As always, it's 100% free to use with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks and sounds. HOW TO SUPPORT MY EFFORTS You can grab one of my Ogg Music Packs. They're a great time-saver and help to support my site. :-) Genre Packs are here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ My Game Music Mega Pack contains all of my game music...1400 tracks and growing. You'll find it here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ You can make a small donation (every little bit helps!) https://soundimage.org/donate/ Custom Music for Your projects https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Thank you, fellow creatives, for all your support. I sincerely hope some of my work is helpful in your projects!

  9. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Hey Everyone, If you can, please consider making a small donation on my website to help support my efforts. My keyboard synthesizers are very expensive...I actually make monthly payments on them...and donations from the creative community really help me a lot. You can help here: https://soundimage.org/donate/ OTHER WAYS TO SUPPORT MY EFFORTS You can also pick up one of my Ogg Music Packs. They're a great time-saver and help to support my site. Genre Packs are here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ My Game Music Mega Pack contains all of my game music...1400 tracks and growing. You'll find it here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ Custom Music If you happen to need some custom music for your project, I'd love to help out! Information is here: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ THIS WEEK'S NEW FREE MUSIC TRACK That said, this week's new free-to-use-with-attribution music track is: "PEACEFUL INTRO" You'll find it on my quiet 2 page: https://soundimage.org/quiet-2/ As always, enjoy and please stay safe.
  10. Three Moves Ahead 648: Heart of the Machine 3MA is finally embracing AI! Okay, not really. But Len and Jon do have many thoughts about Heart of the Machine, a fascinating, story-driven strategy RPG about becoming the world's first sentient computer. Heart of the Machine Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes

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

    Greetings Fellow Creatives, Here's a brand new music track on my Sci-Fi 14 page: "2AM IN SECTOR 3" – (Looping) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/2am-in-Sector-3.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-14/ As always, it's 100% free to use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks and sounds. OTHER (HOPEFULLY) HELPFUL LINKS: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ https://soundimage.org/donate/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Feel free to reach out if you need help with your projects. :-) In the meantime, enjoy my free library and and keep creating.

  12. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Hi Everyone, Please don't forget to check out my Game Music Mega Pack...it has over 1400 tracks (looping and standard) and is growing all the time. Users receive weekly updates as I add new tracks and expand the library. Here's the link: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ That said, this week's brand new free-to-use-with-attribution music track is: THE BOG OF DOOM – (Looping) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/The-Bog-of-Doom.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/fantasy-13/ CUSTOM MUSIC FOR YOUR PROJECTS Need some custom music created special? Feel free to contact me here: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Here's an example of a custom track I recently completed for a game trailer. I also created the in-game music. https://store.steampowered.com/app/4179990/Agromatic/ Enjoy, and as always, please stay safe. :-)
  13. Three Moves Ahead 647.5: Len and D.M. Join the Yakuza (WtHTI Patreon Preview) Len is joined by long-time friend and collaborator, real life video game lawyer D.M. Schmeyer, to reconnect over tales of nearly 30 years nerding out together and discuss what we're currently in to and up to. Games Discussed: The Necromancer's Tale Amorantus Esoteric Ebb The Necromancer's Tale Amorantus Esoteric Ebb Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes

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

    Happy Friday the 13th. I'm not a superstitious person, but I know a lot of people are, so to honor this day I'm releasing this week's new music track on it: "NIGHT STALKER 3"_Looping (LoFi) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Night-Stalker-3_LoFi.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/horror-2/ As always, it's 100% free to use in your projects with attribution. Attribution information is here: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ OTHER HELPFUL LINKS My Game Music Mega Pack (over 1400 tracks and growing) https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ My Genre Music Packs: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Custom Work: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Support: https://soundimage.org/donate/ Enjoy, please share my site, and, most importantly, please stay safe. :-)
  15. Designer Notes 92: Paul Kilduff-Taylor In this episode, Soren interviews Paul Kilduff-Taylor, best known for his work on Frozen Cortex and the Frozen Synapse series. They discuss whether a sword-fighting game should be controlled with a mouse, why Frozen Synapse uses simultaneous turns, and how it ended up as one of the first indie games on Steam. This episode was recorded on July 15, 2025. [Games discussed: Contraption, Wing Commander series, King’s Quest series, Ultima series, The Longing, Determinance, Frozen Synapse series, DEFCON, Flotilla, Offworld Trading Company, Advanced Wars series, Old World, Frozen Cortex, Tokyo 42, The Colonists, Fights in Tight Spaces, Citizen Sleeper, Into the Breach, Slay the Spire, Prison Architect Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes
  16. Designer Notes 91: Tomislav Uzelac In this episode, Soren interviews Tomislav Uzelac, best known for his work on the Unity of Command series. They discuss how he taped his first games from a radio station, building the MP3 encoder for Winamp, and whether there is a solution to snowballing in campaign modes. This episode was recorded on April 15, 2025. Games discussed: Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Centurion: Defender of Rome, the Panzer General series, the Unity of Command series, Old World Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes

  17. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Greetings Fellow Creative Souls, This week's new free music track is: "CHILLIN’ WITH MY FRIENDS" (LoFi) With all the crazy stuff going on in the world, I find myself longing for calmer, simpler days...and I think this track expresses it pretty well. You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Chillin-with-My-Friends_LoFi.mp3 Here's the original full-fidelity version: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Chillin-with-My-Friends.mp3 Both can be freely downloaded from my Rock page: https://soundimage.org/rock/ PREVIEW OF MY OGG GAME MUSIC MEGA PACK Here's a cool preview containing a sampling from my Ogg Game Music Mega Pack...it's actually kind of fun to listen to while working on other stuff. Give it a try...and please share! https://youtu.be/W7yQVscjqUM?si=1xkM9oZ76FH89lsH Enjoy and please stay safe. :-)
  18. You had some surprisingly big names doing the voices! A bigger production than I was expecting.
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    Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development

    Hi All, Here's a brand new free-to-use-with-attribution music track that I want to share with the community: "ARID ALIEN BADLANDS" (Looping) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Arid-Alien-Badlands.ogg And freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-14/ Just like my thousands of other music tracks and sounds, this track is 100% free to download and use in your projects with attribution. OTHER HELPFUL LINKS My Game Music Mega Pack (over 1400 tracks and growing) https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ My Genre Music Packs: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Custom Work: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Support: https://soundimage.org/donate/ Enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative! :-)
  21. Three Moves Ahead 647: Menace Early Access Len and Jon get tactical with the squad-based space marine (in the classical sense) platoon simulator, Menace. Because war is actually about Family. Menace, Battle Brothers, XCOM, Terra Invicta Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes

  22. Is it time to move back here?

    Lechimp replied to BigJKO's topic in Idle Banter

    yeah, this was a weird one. I guess it got sold to a gambling company who basically wrecked the whole site. Kind of a big bummer to see all the forums get wiped since there was a lot of history (both good and bad) in there.

  23. WTF is Telltale's new game?

    Lechimp replied to dpp's topic in Video Gaming

    And now this game is old enough to get a remaster https://store.steampowered.com/app/3897800/Poker_Night_at_the_Inventory/ I'm happy to see that Skunkape is continuing to remaster Telltale's games and it wasn't just a one off (three off?) with the Sam & Max remasters. My dream one is Monkey Island but I'm assuming that's maybe a weirder one to work out the rights to and a lot more work.

  24. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Another busy week, but I wanted to share a cool new music track...the latest in my "Light Puzzles" series: "LIGHT PUZZLES 13" (Looping) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Light-Puzzles-13.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/puzzle-music-8/ It's 100% free to use in your projects with attribution. Attribution information is here: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ OTHER NEWS I just finished the music score for a cool farming sim game called "Agromatic." Working on music scores for 2 other games, "Futurika" and "The Mandarin Machine." Such cool titles dreamed up by these developers! (I'm always struggling with titles for my music tracks.) Anyhow, you can check out these games and others that I've scored here: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Feel free to contact me if you need some help! :-)
  25. Thanks, hope you enjoy it!
  26. very late to the party but congrats on the release! I plan on picking it up soon and it's been nice seeing the positive reviews for it

  27. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Hi everyone, This week's brand new free music track is: "THE COIN-OP CONQUISTADOR" – Off on another adventure! (1:09) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/The-Coin-Op-Conquistador.mp3 And download it here: https://soundimage.org/chiptunes-5/ As always, it's 100% free to use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks, sounds and images. COMMUNITY SUPPORTED If you can, please consider supporting my efforts. My site has zero advertising on it...I pay for everything myself...and contributions from creative people like you really help me a lot. Here are some cool ways you can help: https://soundimage.org/donate/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Much appreciated. :-)

  28. Recommend me a cool book!

    Lechimp replied to Halo 2's topic in Books

    Some of the things I've read in the last month or two that I've enjoyed have been (all links go to Storygraph). Again, mostly sci-fi and fantasy but I like what I like I guess Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century by Alice Wong A Mouthful of Dust by Nghi Vo (I mentioned Nghi Vo above. It's another novella in the Singing Hills cycle) More Bugs by Em Reed Spread Me by Sarah Gailey
  29. Three Moves Ahead 646: Whiskerwood This week, Rowan and Luke contemplate the inherent class struggle implied by feline-rodent relations in another delightful, furry-adjacent city builder with Whiskerwood. In this world, the cat tax doesn't simply mean posting a pet pic to thank people for reading your wall of text modding tutorial. It's wealth extracted from the whiskered workers by feline overlords in a distant land. The solution, once again, might be trains. Whiskerwood Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes

  30. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Greetings Fellow Creatives, This week's brand new free-to-use-with-attribution music tracks are: "SNOWY PUZZLER_v001" (LoFi) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Snowy-Puzzler_v001_LoFi.ogg We also have: "LIGHT PUZZLES 10" (LoFi) "ARCTIC PUZZLER" (LoFi) You can freely download them all from the Puzzle Music 7 page on my site: https://soundimage.org/puzzle-music-7/ OTHER (HOPEFULLY) HELPFUL LINKS: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ As always, enjoy, please stay safe and keep being creative. :-)
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