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  3. 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. :-)

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    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
  5. 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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  7. 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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    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. :-)

  9. 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.
  10. 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

  11. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

    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. :-)

  12. 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! :-)

  13. 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. :-)
  14. Hooray, thanks!
  15. 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.
  17. And I thought adventure games died in the Y2K wars. Wishlisted, looks interesting!

  18. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Happy Holidays Everyone, Here's another brand new music track on my Fantasy 13 page: "DREAMING OF FARAWAY PLACES" https://soundimage.org/fantasy-13/ As always, it's 100% free to use with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks and sounds. Enjoy and have a safe holiday. :-)

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

    Another hectic week...ugh...but here's a new track that I wanted to share with the community. Free, as always, to use in your projects with attribution: OF LEGENDS AND FABLES 4 (Looping) – Another variation meant for title/menu screens. You can freely download it here: https://soundimage.org/fantasy-13/ Ogg GENRE MUSIC PACKS Please don't forget to check out my music packs. They enable you to bulk-download all of my music at once for various genres. https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Ogg GAME MUSIC MEGA PACK You can also bulk-download all of my game music here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ Enjoy, stay safe and keep being creative! :-)
  20. Three Moves Ahead 643: 2025 Catch-Up Len, Nerium, and Mike kick back to highlight some of our favorite strategy and non-strategy games of 2025 that didn't make it to a full episode. There were how many Roman city-builders this year? And yes, sports management games do count as strategy. Even that one. Games discussed: Nova Roma Look Outside Lisa the Painful Total War Warhammer: Tides of Torment Skin Deep Ambrosia Sky Demonschool Phantom Brigade Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Crusader Kings 3: All Under Heaven Mount & Blade 2: War Sails Cities Skylines 2 Victoria 3: Iberian Twilight Death Howl Heroes of Might & Magic: The Olden Era The Case of the Golden Idol Enigma Trilogy Nova Roma Look Outside Lisa the Painful Total War Warhammer: Tides of Torment Skin Deep Ambrosia Sky Demonschool Phantom Brigade Eriksholm: The Stolen Dream Crusader Kings 3: All Under Heaven Mount & Blade 2: War Sails Cities Skylines 2 Victoria 3: Iberian Twilight Death Howl Heroes of Might & Magic: The Olden Era The Case of the Golden Idol Enigma Trilogy Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes

  21. Free Music / SFX Resource - Over 2500 Tracks

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

    Hi Everyone, I've been super-busy, but I did create a new production bed to share with you all...it's really fun: "THE DIXIELAND BAND" You'll find it here: https://soundimage.org/jazz-big-band/ As always, it's 100% free to use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks, sounds and images. Enjoy! :-D

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

    Happy December Everyone! To kick off the new month, I've created a couple of new production beds that you'll find on my Rock page: "STRUTTIN’ DOWN MAIN" "EMOTIONS RUN HIGH" https://soundimage.org/rock/ They're 100% free to use in your projects with attribution, just like my thousands of other music tracks. AD-FREE & COMMUNITY SUPPORTED My website is completely ad-free and supported by the community. If you can, please consider making a small contribution to help me pay for my overhead. You can make a small donation here: https://soundimage.org/donate/ You can also check out my Genre Ogg Music packs (mainly for video game developers.) https://soundimage.org/ogg-music-packs-2/ Or my Game Music Mega Pack here: https://soundimage.org/ogg-game-music-mega-pack/ Enjoy! :-)

  23. Building a Free Library of Images for Everyone

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

    Hey Everyone, I've uploaded some brand new seamless concrete textures onto my site...you find them here: CONCRETE (Tile-able) https://soundimage.org/txr-concrete-pavement-seamless/ As always, they're 100% free to use with attribution, just like my thousands of other images, music tracks and sounds. NEED SOME CUSTOM TEXTURES? I've been creating custom music for a while now...mostly for indie video game developers...but I thought it might be fun to try creating custom textures. If anyone needs some help, feel free to contact me! :-) In the meantime, stay safe and keep creating!
  24. 17 long cold years later.

  25. ISC's Dev Thread

    Akidu replied to infamous space turtle's topic in Game Development

    7 years later. This me on my other account, I cant remember the email I used for IST. Cant believe how time goes by. I spent years practicing fine art after this. Only now returning to game development and belatedly trying to get my foot in the door.
  26. Three Moves Ahead 642: Anno 117: Pax Romana Len and Jon are joined by But Why Tho?'s Kate Sánchez and CGMagazine's Dayna Eileen to build Rome in a day with Anno 117: Pax Romana. We discuss the series history and our jumping-on points with it, what's different about this one, and how it serves as an interesting lens through which to view the height of the Imperial Era. Anno 117: Pax Romana, Anno 1800, Anno 2205, Anno 2070 Listen on the Episode Page Listen on Soundcloud Listen in iTunes

  27. Emotions

    Zeusthecat replied to clyde's topic in Idle Banter

    Also, so sorry if I didn't fully engage with your comment and went right into "hey pay attention to me" mode. I really like your examples and especially this piece: "but I do feel elevated by demonstrations of capability beyond my current capacity". That is a very poignant observation that makes me ponder the nature of inspiration and our perception of what we are and aren't capable of. In my experience, that phenomenon feels less like learning something new and more like realizing I know something that I didn't know I knew.
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