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@bousquetm Technically, I am, but not really using it much.

@Fluttermind Looks good! You're not on bs anymore?

Moonring 2 progress. I can't see myself posting on this accursed platform much, but here we are, anyway.

@AgentZeroXP Absolutely. I'm on there every day, and interact with players all the time.

@Fluttermind Looking great! I’m planning to pick up the Switch version Moonring to play as my “Holiday” game. Is discord still the main platform to follow you? Admittedly I’m not on there much.

@arnol27979 It's on there now!

@Fluttermind Hi, just discovered Moonring and that it's making its way to Switch. Do you have any update on this/when to expect it as really looking forward to giving this a go!

@epyoncf Well, it’s superb, and I managed to get my brother playing it, too. Congrats!

@Fluttermind For now I see both overlap as well as some newcomers that didn't like JHs presentation :P

Fast-paced and turn-based - the return of a roguelike legend! *Jupiter Hell Classic* packs procedural levels, explosive weapons, and brutal tactical combat. Early Access starts NOW! (link below)

@byle_kusch Yup. It works on Switch right now, but I’ve a ton of improvements to finish first.

@Fluttermind Hi, is there a switch release in the works?

@TiceTunes I have a complex response. Some of it, very much ‘yes’: aurally interesting, a sense of progress and movement, echoes of early electronic music. Some of it (see 4:40-5:00) is way too high-frequency for me to be able to appreciate!

@Fluttermind This may be specifically your kind of thing so I'd love to have your 2 cents on it! 🙏

Ok, this is quite the experiment but I've uploaded a very experimental modular synth track and want to ask you all: If I made an entire album of this stuff, would that interest you? soundcloud.com/user-275358929… #music #ModularSynth #synth

@zappedtothe No, I was always comparing myself to the greats and just gave up in disgust at my lack of excellence. However, I picked up doing Tracker Music for Moonring a few years ago, and realized I was pretty good at it!

@Fluttermind That's not very long! Amazed you managed that. Speaking of the music, did you do any more for the C64? The music in CK is very good, as we mention on the podcast.

This week, ZttP #podcast enjoyed the rather excellent Cloud Kingdoms by @Fluttermind, a very enjoyable blend of Citadel and Quedex, and a refreshing change from the avalanche of arcade conversions. Ep 151 is out now! #C64Reposts #C64 #videogames #retrogames #commodore64 #90s

@zappedtothe Yes, the 16bit versions were ports. I had a weekend to come up with another 16 levels for those versions!

@Fluttermind The music certainly wasn't crap, it was really very good, as was the game. Was the C64 the original platform for this? Were the 16 bit versions ports from it?

@zappedtothe youtube.com/watch?v=WbkThC…

@zappedtothe Thanks so much for your kind retrospective. Happy to answer any questions. I've only recently started to appreciate that my C64 music wasn't crap. :-) I know it's not properly retro, but my free game Spellrazor is effectively the spiritual follow-up in terms of tone and physics.

@bengrue I’m not really on Twitter much these days, so missed this. If you give it a try then I hope you like it!

@rubensbeserra Good luck on your Lua journey. It has its flaws, but for hacking stuff together in code it’s unmatched.

@JSWNilly @annedudleymusic @DuaneEddy @artofnoiseoffic Bleargh. Death can go back in his Zang Tumb Tuum.

@annedudleymusic @DuaneEddy @artofnoiseoffic Playing this in tribute as just heard the sad news. The Art of Duane Eddy. The Noise of Twang. The Sound of Peter Gunn! @Fluttermind

Such sad news about @DuaneEddy @artofnoiseoffic loved working with him on Peter Gunn. Such an inspiration and a gentleman. He called us “ hi- tech whizz kids” - those were the days.

After spending the last month getting Moonring to work perfectly on joystick, I’m rather horrified to find I have to set the correct SteamDeck controller template settings to get it to work properly! Is there some way to force Steamdeck builds to use the basic joystick config?

@Lozz_Logan This is lovely. What be it?

Terrible picture but the cards are *SO* pretty irl. 🥹💙💙💙

@Jontalksgaming So lovely to see that!

@Fluttermind Moonring got a few mentions here

@TOA_site Thanks so much for the kind mention!

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