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  2. 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
  3. 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

  4. 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. :-)
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  8. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    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! :-)
  9. 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

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

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    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! :-)
  13. Thanks, hope you enjoy it!
  14. 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

  15. 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. :-)

  16. 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
  17. 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

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

    Hi Everyone, This week's brand new music tracks are: On my Sci-Fi 14 page: "CYBER INNER CITY" - So sad…but maybe useful for a cut-scene. You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Cyber-Inner-City.mp3 And download it here: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-14/ On my Chiptunes 5 page: "THE GOBLINS OF PIXELTOWN " - (Looping) – Going about their goblin-y business. https://soundimage.org/chiptunes-5/ As always, they're 100% free to use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks. OTHER HELPFUL (I HOPE) LINKS: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/attribution-info/ Enjoy and please stay safe. :-)

  20. Three Moves Ahead 645: 2026 Look Ahead

    unimural replied to Rob Zacny's topic in Three Moves Ahead Episodes

    I wanted to mention a few of other titles, which I'm at least curious about. Star Trek Voyager - Across the Unknown seems to be a cross between Bridge Commander and FTL, with an ant-farm Voyager to develop and a real time combat mediate through crew members. It's releasing very soon, on 2026.02.18 Mars Tactics - a pixely-voxely looking tactics game with a strategic map set on mars with a corporations vs labour unions theme to it. I haven't followed this one closely, but along with MENACE it's the tactics game I'm curious about. Should be out in May, so probably will be delayed. Folk Emerging says it's planning to coming out in 2026, but who knows. I'm still going to mention it, because the idea of 4X game that ends where Civilization begins sounds very fun. Obviously one of those games that more evoke the feeling of history than anything else. Sintopia. Because of Two Point Museum, I've allowed myself to be curious about this comedic Theme Hell - game. Souls accumulate sins which you need purify while maintaining an economy. There is an overworld where souls get re-incarnated to, and supposedly the accumulation of sins can cause issues. On the city builder side there's County of Fortune and Metropolis 1998, which might be interesting.
  21. Three Moves Ahead 645: 2026 Look Ahead Len and Brian "Chef Lu Bu" Smawley are joined by friend of the show Diana to peek into the near distance at the strategy games we're interested in that have announced or probable release dates in 2026. It's going to be another big year for city-builders! Also, is Total War 40K even a good idea? Games discussed: Total War: Warhamer 40,000, Dawn of War 4, Menace, Slay the Spire 2, Nova Roma, Norse: Oath of Blood, DarkSwitch, Battlestar Galactica: Shattered Hopes, Beyond These Stars, SkyRig, SpaceCraft, Game of Thrones: War for Westeros, Star Wars: Zero Company Total War: Warhamer 40,000, Dawn of War 4, Menace, Slay the Spire 2, Nova Roma, Norse: Oath of Blood, DarkSwitch, Battlestar Galactica: Shattered Hopes, Beyond These Stars, SkyRig, SpaceCraft, Game of Thrones: War for Westeros, Star Wars: Zero Company 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

    Hi All, This week's brand new free-to-use-with-attribution music tracks are: On my Fantasy 13 page: "VILLAGE LIFE WAS HARD" – (Looping) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Village-Life-was-Hard.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/fantasy-13/ We also have: On my Puzzle Music 8 page: "ISLAND PUZZLE MYSTERY" – (Looping) "BUILDING STRANGE THINGS" – (Looping) https://soundimage.org/puzzle-music-8/ And on my Drama 3 page: "END OF THE LINE " https://soundimage.org/drama-3/ A MUSIC PACK THAT GROWS WITH YOU Please be sure to check out my Ogg Game Music Mega Pack...over 1400 tracks and growing! Plus users receive updates as I add new tracks so the pack grows with you. https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ Enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative. And please share my site. :-)

  23. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Hey Everyone, I've created a couple of brand new music tracks for your projects....they're 100% free to use with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks and sounds: "ENGINEERING STARS" - (Looping) Listen here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Engineering-Stars.ogg "PLANETARIUM" - (Looping) Listen here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Planetarium.ogg Both tracks can be downloaded from my Sci-Fi 14 page: https://soundimage.org/sci-fi-14/ MUSIC PACKS Please don't forget to check out my genre music packs as well as my Game Music Mega Pack. They're huge time-savers: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ NEED SOME CUSTOM MUSIC FOR YOUR PROJECT? I create custom music for content creators all the time...mostly indie video game developers. Information is here: https://soundimage.org/custom-work/ Please share! :-)

  24. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Happy New Year, fellow creatives! To kick off 2026, I've created a couple of brand new music tracks to share with you. As always, they're 100% free to use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other tracks: On my Funny 8 page: "A WILD PARTY IN DOCTOR STRANGEVOLT’S CASTLE" – (Looping) https://soundimage.org/funny-8/ On my Chiptunes 5 page: "PIXELTOWN HEROES" – (Looping) https://soundimage.org/chiptunes-5/ OTHER USEFUL LINKS: My Ogg Game Music Mega Pack (Over 1400 Tracks and Growing) 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, please stay safe and keep being creative. :-)
  25. Hooray, thanks!
  26. Three Moves Ahead 644: 2025 Strategy Games of the Year Len, Mike, and Luke pop the champagne and discuss the Strategy Games of the Year for 2025. And we can't really talk about the year in strategy without dwelling on the big theme of Disappointment. But all is not woe, because we played plenty of stuff we loved this year, too! Stay tuned after the main show for a chunky, free preview of this year's final Patreon bonus episode! Games Discussed: Civilization 7, Endless Legend 2, Europa Universalis 5, Crusader Kings 3, Stormgate, Broken Arrow, Two Point Museum, Jurassic World Evolution 3, Burden of Command, Anno 117, Master of Command, Cataclismo, Tempest Rising, Phantom Brigade, 9 Kings, The King is Watching, Drillcore, Pioneers of Pagonia, The Great Villainness: Strategy of Lily, Heretic's Fork, Tavern Keeper Civilization 7, Endless Legend 2, Europa Universalis 5, Crusader Kings 3, Stormgate, Broken Arrow, Two Point Museum, Jurassic World Evolution 3, Burden of Command, Anno 117, Master of Command, Cataclismo, Tempest Rising, Phantom Brigade, 9 Kings, The King is Watching, Drillcore, Pioneers of Pagonia, The Great Villainness: Strategy of Lily, Heretic's Fork, Tavern Keeper 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

    Hi Everyone, What a year...ugh. In these troubling times, I thought I'd finish out the year with a music track that maybe offers a little bit of hope: "THE MEADOW WE CALL HOME" (looping) You can listen to it here: https://soundimage.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/The-Meadow-We-Call-Home.ogg And download it here: https://soundimage.org/fantasy-13/ Have a safe New Years Eve.
  28. And I thought adventure games died in the Y2K wars. Wishlisted, looks interesting!
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