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Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
Greetings Creatives, It's been a very busy week, but I managed to create a couple of new music tracks to share with the community. They are: "NEON METROPOLIS" (This one loops.) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Neon-Metropolis.ogg "CYBERPUNK STREETS IN THE DEAD OF NIGHT" (This one doesn't loop.) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/08/Cyberpunk-Streets-in-the-Dead-of-Night.ogg Both can be downloaded here: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-15/ As with all of my music and images, they're 100% free to use in your projects with attribution. :-) OTHER HELPFUL LINKS: Attribution Information: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ My Game Music Mega Pack (1400+ tracks and growing) https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ My Genre Music Packs https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Custom Music https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ As always, enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative! :-) -
Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
Hey Everyone, I've created some cool new distressed paper textures to share with the community...maybe useful for old maps, signs, backgrounds and other things. You'll find them here on my website: https://soundimage.org/txr-paper/ As always, they're 100% free to download and use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other images, music tracks and sounds. HOW I CREATE MY IMAGES My texture images start as pictures that I take in the real world with my DSLR. I then import the images into Photoshop where I work with them, often mixing them with other images I've taken to create new textures. It's really fun...kind of like being a texture image mad scientist...lol. Anyhow, I hope some of my textures are useful. Have a good week and please stay safe. :-) - Earlier
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Sorry, I've revived it and also updated it to the latest. Thank to folks who reached out to let me know.
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Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
Hey everyone, This week's brand new music tracks are: "FUNKY SIDEWALK ANTICS" https://soundimage.org/chiptunes-5/ "COSMIC CANDY CATCHERS " https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-15/ They're free to use in your projects, as always, with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks and sounds. ANOTHER 5-STAR RATING! My Game Music Mega Pack just received another 5-star rating...woo hoo! I'm so glad my fellow creatives are finding it useful! You can check it out here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ One question people ask me sometimes is: "Why does the mega pack have around 1460 music tracks in it when your website has nearly 3000?" Answer: The mega pack has tracks intended for video games. My website has those as well, but it also has lots of tracks intended for video content creators, podcasters, etc. Genres like: Aerial/Drone, Events/Travel, Nature/Science, etc. That's why my website has more tracks in total than the music pack. Anyhow, I hope everyone is having a good week. As always, please stay safe and keep creating! -
I guess Doug is on vacation again because my beloved idlethumbs.social is down and I'm getting a forced social media detox . No rush Doug. This might actually be good for me?
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Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
Happy August, Creatives! I've created a couple of brand new looping music tracks to share with you...free to use, as always, with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks and sounds. They are: "THE CYBER SUBWAY TO EVERYWHERE AND NOWHERE" "NEON GRUNGE" You can freely download them here: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-14/ Please don't forget to check out my Game Music Mega Pack which enables you to download all of my video game music at once...a big time-saver. Over 1400 tracks (looping & non-looping) and growing. Here's the link: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ You can also check out my smaller genre packs here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Thanks, as always, for your support...I sincerely hope my music and sounds are helpful in your projects! :-) -
Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
Greetings Creatives, After taking some time off from creating texture images, I've decided to begin again with a couple of brand new seamless ground images. You'll find them here: https://soundimage.org/txr-ground-seamless/ Like my music, they're completely free to use in your games and projects with attribution...just like my thousands of other images. Attribution information is here: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ Enjoy! :-) -
Three Moves Ahead 653: Corsair Cove Len, Jon, and Fraser set sail with Corsair Cove, a pirate city-builder with a reckless disregard for building codes. We discuss our different buccaneer building styles, the card- and dice-based ship combat, and try to answer the eternal question: what DO you do with a drunken sailor? Corsair Cove, Timberborn, Whiskerwood, Tropico Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes
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Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
Greetings Fellow Creators, Please be sure to check out my Ogg Game Music Mega Pack. It has over 1400 tracks in it (looping and non-looping) so you can download all of my video game music at once...a huge time-saver. Here's the link: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ You can also download my smaller genre packs here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ That said, this week's brand new free-to-use-with-attribution music tracks are on my Fantasy 13 page. They are: "THE WIZARD'S CONCOCTION" "VILLAGE IN ASHES" Here's a link to that page: https://soundimage.org/fantasy-13/ I can't believe July is almost over...summer is going by so fast! Well, see you in August then! -
Three Moves Ahead 652: ZeroSpace Early Access Interview
Rob Zacny posted a topic in Three Moves Ahead Episodes
Three Moves Ahead 652: ZeroSpace Early Access Interview Len sits down with Game Director Marv Gouw and Consulting Art Director (and Relic co-founder) J. Aaron Kambeitz to talk about ZeroSpace, a new RTS inspired by the greats of the genre with BioWare-style cutscenes and story decisions. We dig into the odd place RTSes find themselves in the industry right now, how the "Homeworld look" relates to typefaces, and how the changes in the games industry today echo those the film industry went through decades ago. ZeroSpace, Homeworld, Starcraft 2, Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun, StarCraft: Brood War, Stormgate, Battle Aces Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes -
Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
Greetings Fellow Creative Souls, "STRATOSPHERE" (Looping) is this week's new release in higher-quality Ogg format. I originally created this track for people who make drone videos, but realized that it might sound really nice in open-world games, too. You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Stratosphere_Looping.ogg And freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/aerial-drone/ Please be sure to check out my Ogg GAME MUSIC MEGA PACK which enables you to bulk-download all of my game music at once...a huge time-saver. https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ CUSTOM MUSIC If you happen to need some custom music for your game or project, I'd love to help out! Feel free to contact me here: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ As always, enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative! :-) -
Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
"UNFORGIVING HIMALAYAS" (looping version) - is this week's free-to-use-with-attribution music track now in Ogg format. You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Unforgiving-Himalayas_Looping.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/world/ The standard, non-looping version is in Mp3 format, so if you're a video content creator, this is the one you'll want to use. Same for all the tracks on my site. :-) OTHER HELPFUL STUFF My Ogg Game Music Mega Pack: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ My Ogg Genre Music Packs: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Custom Music https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Attribution Information: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ Enjoy! :-) -
Designer Notes 96: Owen Mahoney In this episode, Soren interviews Owen Mahoney, who served first as the CFO and then as the CEO of Nexon. They discuss what the transition to free-to-play meant for game design, how to make sure your company has the right type of shareholders, and how close Nexon came to buying Riot. This episode was recorded on March 11, 2026, and was engineered by Michael Hermes. Games discussed: Pong, Spacewar, Choplifter, RobotWar, QuizQuiz, MapleStory, KartRider, Stellaris, League of Legends, Minecraft, ARC Raiders, Lethal Company Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes
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Three Moves Ahead 651: Age of Empires II in 2026 feat. Hera
barahir replied to Rob Zacny's topic in Three Moves Ahead Episodes
Good episode. I think one reason for why AoE2 has gotten bigger and not the others in the series is the theme. First the simple fact that people like castles, knights, trebuchets, etc and some want a more grounded take on it than Warcraft-style fantasy. The aesthetics of the middle ages still have a natural appeal to people even today, as we can see with LotR and Game of Thrones as two of the biggest new media IPs post-AoE2 (yeah I know the LotR books and part of ASoIaF came first). Also more substantially it's a setting where the counter units just make intuitive sense - a pike beats a knight, a skirmisher with a shield beats a lightly armored archer, rams can absorb arrows but get torn apart in melee, etc. In a lot of RTSes the counter units are more obscure, like gun type A beats gun type B because the game requires it (Age 3 suffers from this to some extent). Things do get a little more obscure with some of Age 2's unique units, but at least with the generic units the counter relationships are generally clean and easy to grasp which makes learning the game more inviting. AoE4 has a similar theme of course, so that is not the only reason for 2's popularity over the others and isn't exclusive with the other reasons given. -
Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
Happy July Everyone, Here's a fun track from my Jazz/Big Band page...now in higher-quality Ogg format: "SLAPSTICK" (Looping) Yo can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Slapstick.ogg There's also a LoFi version...you can listen to that one here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Slapstick_LoFi.ogg LoFi tracks are useful if you need the music to sound like it's playing over an old transistor radio, tv, etc. Both tracks can be downloaded here: https://soundimage.org/jazz-big-band/ As always, they're 100% free to use with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks and sounds. WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL ABOUT OGG TRACKS? For those of you who don't know, Ogg tracks loop much better in game engines, as opposed to Mp3 tracks. Mp3 encoding will often discard music information at the end of a track. This creates an audible gap when the track reaches the end and loops to start over. Ogg encoding doesn't discard any information, hence no gap and perfect looping. For tracks that don't need to loop, Mp3 works just fine, but definitely go with Ogg for looping. Plus Ogg encoding is higher fidelity so Ogg music tracks sound richer and more full. Anyhow, if you're interested in downloading all my game music tracks at once (instead of one track at a time from my website) my Ogg Game Music Mega Pack is a huge time-saver. Plus it's a cool way to support my efforts. Here's a link: https://soundimage.gumroad.com/l/ylyre There's even a preview video you can watch if you'd like...or maybe listen to while doing other things...(it runs about an hour.) An of course, if you need some custom music created special for your project, just let me know. My contact information is here: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Until then, enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative! :-) -
The Dancing Thumb (aka: music recommendations)
Deamris replied to Wrestlevania's topic in Idle Banter
Haiduk - Archdevil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldtWfvOH6H0 -
Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
Greetings Fellow Creatives! My quest continues to make every looping track on my site available in higher-quality Ogg format, so this week we have: "THE ITALIAN HEIST" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/The-Italian-Heist.ogg And freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/world/ "CHUGGIN' THROUGH COLOMBIA" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Chuggin-Through-Columbia.ogg And freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/world/ As always, all of my music and sounds are 100% free to use in your projects with attribution. PLEASE CONSIDER SUPPORTING MY EFFORTS Here are some cool ways you can help: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ https://soundimage.org/donate/ See you in July! :-) -
Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
NEED HELP WITH YOUR TRAILER VIDEO? Here's one that I created the music for (and edited as well.) The developer sent me video clips of game-play and I put it together using Davinci Resolve. You can check it out here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/4179990/Agromatic/ If you need help with your trailer, just let me know! https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ That said, this week's new Ogg music releases are: "MEDITERRANEAN BREEZE" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Mediterranean-Breeze.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/world/ "COUNTRY ROMANCE" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Country-Romance.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/country/ As always, they're 100% free to use with attribution. Attribution information is here: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ OTHER HELPFUL LINKS: My Game Music Mega Pack https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ My Genre Music Packs https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Support the site https://soundimage.org/donate/ Enjoy! :-) -
Three Moves Ahead 651: Age of Empires II in 2026 feat. Hera
Rob Zacny posted a topic in Three Moves Ahead Episodes
Three Moves Ahead 651: Age of Empires II in 2026 feat. Hera Len and DM are joined by the current Age of Empires II world champion, Hera, to discuss the state of the game in 2026. We try to explain its longevity, examine what it takes to be a top-level esports player, and discuss Hera's streamer invitational tournament, The King's Gauntlet. Age of Empires II, Age of Empires III, Warcraft 3, Starcraft 2, Starcraft: Brood War Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes -
Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
Hey Everyone, Here's a really fun track from my Jazz/Big Band page that I've just released in higher-quality Ogg format: "SHUFFLIN" (Looping) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Shufflin.ogg And freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/jazz-big-band/ SENDING OUT A BIG THANK YOU! This goes out to the folks who downloaded my Ogg Game Music Mega Pack this past week. The pack now has over 1460 tracks and is growing all the time. Thank you so much for supporting my efforts! If anyone is interested in checking it out, here's the link: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ You can also download smaller genre packs here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Enjoy...and as always, stay safe and keep being creative! :-) -
Designer Notes 95: Seth Sivak In this episode, Soren interviews Seth Sivak, best known as the co-founder and CEO of Proletariat, makers of World Zombination and Spellbreak. They discuss how he invited hover doobers, the many times Proletariat almost went out of business, and whether free-to-play still makes sense. This episode was recorded on September 13, 2025, and was engineered by Michael Hermes. Games discussed: Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Unreal Tournament, Where in the World is Carmen San Diego?, Half-Life, Gears of War, Wii Sports, Guitar Hero, Cafe World, Frontierville, Mafia Wars, Adventure World, Dragon Age Legends, FarmVille, CityVille, World Zombination, Clash of Clans, Streamline, Pokemon Go, DayZ, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Speakbreak, DOTA 2, Civilization IV, Apex Legends, World of Warcraft Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes
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Designer Notes 94: Charles Cecil - Part 2 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 why he made a game about the Knights Templar, how digital distribution changed the publisher-developer relationship forever, and what made the goat puzzle unfair. This interview was started on April 14, 2025. Games discussed: King’s Quest series, Broken Sword series, Beneath a Steel Sky, Black Mirror: Bandersnatch, Lure of the Temptress, In Cold Blood, Gabriel Knight series, The Da Vinci Code, Darwinia, CLANG, Broken Age, Heavy Rain, Monkey Island series Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes
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Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
Greetings Creatives! Here's a brand new looping track that might sound cool under the menus for a sci-fi game. Maybe something industrial that takes place in space: "RUSTY HULLS IN ORBIT" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/Rusty-Hulls-in-Orbit.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 USEFUL LINKS: My Game Music Mega Pack: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ Supporting my Website: https://soundimage.org/donate/ Custom Music for Your Project: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Enjoy, please stay safe and keep creating! :-) -
Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
As I continue my quest to make every looping track on my website available in higher-quality Ogg format (as opposed to Mp3) here's: "BALLOONS FOREVER" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Balloons-Forever.ogg Maybe for a puzzle game? An open-world game? Or something else entirely? Anyhow, you can freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/positive-upbeat/ It's 100% free to use with attribution, just like my thousands of other tracks. PREVIEW VIDEO of my OGG GAME MUSIC MEGA PACK -- Check it out! https://youtu.be/W7yQVscjqUM?si=nOBpnHqnuC-kEiiK This preview video contains a sampling of music tracks that you'll find in my Ogg Music Mega Pack. There are many more tracks in the pack...1460 and growing as I add new tracks all the time. Tracks are looping (for video games) and non-looping (for everything else.) You can download the music pack here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ You'll get email updates as I add new tracks so you can download them to expand your library. Enjoy, keep creating and feel free to tell me about your projects...I love to see how creative people are using my music! #freegamebgm -
Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks
Eric Matyas replied to Eric Matyas's topic in Game Development
This week's looping music track might sound really nice in an open-world game, a puzzle game (or something I haven't thought of.) "OVER ANCIENT WATERS" (Looping) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Over-Ancient-Waters_Looping.ogg I originally intended it for drone videos, but I think it could work really well in games, too. You can freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/aerial-drone/ NEED SOME ORIGINAL MUSIC FOR YOUR GAME OR PROJECT? Feel free to contact me...I'd love to help out! OTHER (HOPEFULLY) HELPFUL LINKS: My Game Music Mega Pack (1400 tracks and growing) https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ My Genre Music Packs https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Support https://soundimage.org/donate/ Enjoy! :-)
