Author Archives: Chris B

Generative Abstract Pixel Art

Posted on April 1, 2012 by Chris B

A continuously evolving abstract composition on a 320×176 canvas, produced by dynamically blending a series of random image layers. 

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Dagion

Posted on March 28, 2012 by Chris B

Dagion – a 2D platformer game that was originally made for the TIGSource AGBIC competition in 2010. It’s been lurking untouched on my hard drive in an almost complete state for quite some time now,  but I figured it was worth tidying … more…

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Yamaha PSS-560 Percussion Samples

Posted on March 4, 2012 by Chris B

More sounds from the archives. This is a full set of percussion samples recorded from a PSS-560 PortaSound keyboard produced by Yamaha in the ’80s.

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Assorted Ambiences

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Chris B

A collection of 12 atmospheric drones and soundscapes, originally created as assets for the Assemblee competition hosted at TIGSource.

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Procedural Island Generator

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Chris B

I made a little Windows app to test out some code for randomly generating simple islands to be used as the basis for a tile map in a 2D game. Essentially it’s just recolouring some fractal noise generated with a … more…

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Yamaha PSS-80 Rhythm Loops

Posted on April 6, 2011 by Chris B

A complete set of drum loops sampled from a Yamaha PSS-80 keyboard in 48 kHz 16-bit WAV format.

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Casio VL-Tone Soundfont

Posted on April 3, 2011 by Chris B

Here’s a soundfont I made a while ago of the “piano” sound from a Casio VL-1 keyboard.

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