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  2. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Hi All, Here's my newest musical creation that I'd like to share with the community: "NEON STREET STORIES" - (Looping) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/Neon-Street-Stories.ogg And freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-15/ It's free, a always, to use in your projects with attribution. GAME MUSIC MEGA PACK - 1460 Tracks and Growing Please be sure to check out my Game Music Mega Pack...I've received really great feedback about it! :-) https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ Enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative!
  3. Designer Notes 97: My Perfect Console - Soren Johnson Designer Notes is hosting a special guest episode from Simon Parkin’s excellent podcast My Perfect Console, in which he interviews Soren Johnson about his career and his favorite games. In each episode, Simon asks the guest to choose five games to compose their version of a perfect console or, in Soren’s case, a perfect personal computer. Check out the show at myperfectconsole.com. Games discussed: Pinball Construction Set, M.U.L.E., Seven Cities of Gold, Legacy of the Ancients, Alpha Centauri, Oxford Mercer, Civilization III, Civilization IV, Spore, Offworld Trading Company, Old World Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes
  4. Designer Notes 98: Xalavier Nelson - Part 1 In this episode, Soren interviews Xalavier Nelson, founder of Strange Scaffold and best known for his work on El Paso Elsewhere, Clickolding, and An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs. They discuss why he drew review screenshots using MS Paint, whether you should do the hard thing when making a game, and what’s a good price for eyeballs. This episode was recorded on March 9, 2026 and was engineered by Michael Hermes. Games discussed: Shenmue, Civilization IV, Secret of Monkey Island, Geometry Wars, All Hail the Spider God, Screw You Bear Dad, Slayer Shock, An Airport for Aliens Currently Run by Dogs, Truck-kun is Supporting Me from Another World?!, Life Eater, Space Warlord Organ Trading Simulator, Mr. Bucket Told Me To, Offworld Trading Company, Star Control, I Am Your Beast, Space Warlord Baby Trading Simulator 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 October, Fellow Creatives, Still a bit under the weather, but I managed to create some new fantasy stone wall textures...maybe useful for castle walls, stone paths, etc. As always, they're 100% free to use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of original images. You'll find them here: https://soundimage.org/txr-rock-stone-fantasy/ Enjoy, stay healthy and keep creating!
  7. Three Moves Ahead 656: Endless Legend 2 Interview Len sits down with Endless Legend 2 game director Derek Paxton and game designer Julien Gueguen to talk about the 1.0 release of Endless Legend 2, how 4X devs iterate on feedback, and how they managed to put out 60 major updates in the course of a year. Endless Legend, Endless Legend 2, Endless Space, Civilization VI, Humankind Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes

  8. Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

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

    Hi All, I just created some new seamless brick textures. You'll find them at the top of the page here: https://soundimage.org/txr-brick-seamless/ TEXTURE PACKS? Since my website has literally thousands of my texture image creations on it, I've started getting requests for texture packs so that they can be downloaded in bulk, like my music creations. Any thoughts? Would this be helpful?

  9. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Greetings Fellow Creatives, This week's new music track is a looping one: "PUZZLES IN FARAWAY LANDS " You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Puzzles-in-Faraway-Lands.ogg And freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/fantasy-13/ As always, it's completely free to use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks. 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/ Attribution Information https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ Enjoy! :-)

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

    Another crazy busy week last week, but I did manage to create a distressed wood texture to add to the library. It's free, of course, to download and use in your projects with attribution. You'll find it here: https://soundimage.org/txr-wood/ HELPFUL LINKS: Attribution information: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ My Game Music Mega Pack: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ My Game Music Genre Packs: https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Enjoy and have a good week! :-)

  11. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Since my website is completely ad-free and community-supported, please consider making a small contribution on the site if you possibly can...your contributions really help me a lot. That said, I've recorded a couple of brand new music tracks to share with you...free, as always, to download and use in your projects with attribution. They are: "CYBERPUNK STAKEOUT" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cyberpunk-Stakeout.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-15/ "HIDDEN RIDDLES" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Hidden-Riddles.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/puzzle-music-8/ Enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative! :-)
  12. Three Moves Ahead 655: Star Wars Zero Company SPOILER ADVISORY: This episode contains character spoilers throughout (if you don't want to be spoiled on which classic Star Wars archetypes can be recruited, or which movie characters make cameos). PLOT SPOILERS for the big mid-game time skip begin at 48:05 and conclude at 1:14:09. Jon and Luke are joined by PC Gamer's Ted Litchfield to discuss Star Wars Zero Company, a tactics game in a galaxy far, far away from several of the developers of NuXCOM and Marvel's Midnight Suns. We discuss our favorite characters, why you should never give firearms to an astromech droid, and all of the other things that make this one of the best Star Wars games in a parsec. Star Wars: Zero Company, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, Marvel's Midnight Suns Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes

  13. Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

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

    Hey everyone, please remember that my website is completely ad-free and community-supported. If you can, please consider making a small contribution on the site...your contributions really help me a lot. That said, I've created some cool new seamless stone textures to share with you...as always, they're 100% free to download and use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other images. You'll find them here: https://soundimage.org/txr-stone-less-realistic/ Enjoy and have a good week. :-)

  14. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Hey everyone, please be sure to check out my Game Music Mega Pack. The pack contains over 1460 music tracks (looping and non-looping) in my most popular game music genres. You can download all of them at once...a huge time-saver. Here's the link: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ That said, it was another very busy week, but I did manage to create a new music track to share with the community: "DRIFTING BEYOND PLUTO " You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Drifting-Beyond-Pluto.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-15/ It's completely free to use with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks, sounds and images. Enjoy! :-)
  15. Earth Must Die is coming to PS5 and Switch on September 9th!

  16. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Happy September! I finished this music track yesterday and thought I'd share it with the community: "CRYPTIC DREAMS" You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/09/Cryptic-Dreams.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/puzzle-music-8/ As always, it's 100% free to download and use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks, sounds and images. Attribution information is here: https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ OTHER LINKS My Game Music Packs: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Custom music: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ As always, enjoy, please stay safe and keep being creative! :-)
  17. Three Moves Ahead 654: Summer Catch-Up 2026 Len and Nerium are joined once again by special guest Diana to discuss a lot of the smaller games we played this summer that didn't make it into a full episode, our varying levels of EU5 addiction, and mechsploitation. Games Discussed: Games Discussed: Sovereign Tower, Dispatch, Suzerain, EU5, Civ 7 Test of Time, Mortal Shell II, Elden Ring: The Convergence, Big Walk, The Great Villainess: Strategy of Lily, Twisted Tower, Endacopia, Openfront.io Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes

  18. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    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! :-)

  19. 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. :-)

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    tabacco replied to tabacco's topic in Idle Banter

    Sorry, I've revived it and also updated it to the latest. Thank to folks who reached out to let me know.

  21. 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!

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    ysbreker replied to tabacco's topic in Idle Banter

    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?

  23. 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! :-)

  24. 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! :-)
  25. 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
  26. ilitarist started following Idle Weekend January 24, 2018: It’s Back, Baby!

  27. 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!
  28. 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
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