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Flatspace Music Pack 3 Coming
The third Flatspace Music Pack is coming soon. This is the (slightly updated) original Music Pack 3 for the first Flatspace game, which hasn't been available for the Steam release... until now.
Coming 1st August. Find it here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2977740/Flatspace_Music_Pack_3/
The pack will include:
1. Blue Nebula (00:48)
2. Heart Of Greece (01:14)
3. Lost Dimension (00:37)
4. Race The Sky (00:56)
5. The Race (00:51)
6. The Space Whale (05:40)
7. Tiny Moon (00:25)
Happy flying,
Mark
Argus Released
Our new animation software for Windows, Argus is out now. Argus uses 3D hardware and game technology to create animations in lightning-fast time.
The aim of Argus was to create a system where 3D objects (Actors) can be started and moved as quickly and easily as game sprites. Actors can be programmed move in exact ways using modulators attached to any axis of movement (or angle, or scale, or alpha transparency, and more...). If you need precise control, you can place objects in exact places on exact frames, and you can even use the mouse to move objects in real-time, recording exact movements.
Argus is free to use with limitations only to the quantity of tracks and frames. DLC can be purchased to expand tracks and frames to maximum. Find it here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3017550/Argus/
Argus is great tool for music videos, and it ships with templates for creating Spotify Canvas animations.
Happy animating!
Mark
Flatspace Music Pack 2 Released
The Flatspace Music Pack 2 has been released! This is the second DLC for the first Flatspace game. This pack is the original Music Pack 2, developed for the first game and first sold in 2008. This re-release includes a new edit of Starflight, but the rest of the music is the same (apart from a slight quality improvement; these tracks were remastered from 24-bit, unlike the 2008 release).
Get it here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2977730/Flatspace_Music_Pack_2/
The music of the Flatspace Packs overlaps the music from the Flatspace IIk packs, but not exclusively, each game has new and unique tracks or alternative edits.
The Music Pack 2 includes:
China Syndrome Edit
Music For Supermarkets
Binary Race
Flatspace Tango
Deflexion Highscore
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Starflight Edit
Lost Child
Journey Through Fractional Space
Highscore Happiness
Happy flying,
Mark
Taskforce Anniversary Sale
This month marks the 30th (yes, that at long) anniversary since the CU Amiga release of my old game Taskforce. To mark this anniversary, the PC version of Taskforce is now on sale, with a 65% discount until June 25th.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1291150/Taskforce_The_Mutants_of_October_Morgane/
I've put more time into Taskforce than any other game by some margin, and although it wasn't the hit I'd hoped it would be I keep toying with the idea of a Taskforce 2.
Happy playing,
Mark
Coming Next: Argus
Our next Steam release will be a unique animation tool, Argus.
Argus is animation software which uses 3D hardware and game technology to create animations in lightning-fast time.
The aim of Argus was to create a system where 3D objects (Actors) can be started and moved as easily as triggering notes in a music sequencer. Actors can be programmed move in exact ways using modulators attached to any axis of movement (or angle, or scale, or alpha transparency). If you need precise control, you can place objects in exact places on exact frames, and you can even use the mouse to move objects in real-time, recording exact movements.
Coming June 27. Take a look at the example videos and Wishlist Argus here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/3017550/Argus/
Argus will be free to use with limitations only to the quantity of tracks and frames. DLC can be purchased to expand tracks and frames to maximum.
Mark
Flatspace IIk Summer Sale
Flatspace IIk is now on sale with 50% off for the next 10 days. The Flatspace IIk Music Packs have 10% off, and the Flatspace and Flatspace IIk Official Soundtrack albums are included too.
More content will be coming later this year, with a new free sound pack in development for both Flatspace games.
View Flatspace IIk here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/585430/Flatspace_IIk/
View all DLC here:
https://store.steampowered.com/dlc/585430/Flatspace_IIk/
Happy playing!
Mark
Flatspace Music Pack 1 Released
The Flatspace Music Pack has been released! This is the first DLC for the first Flatspace game. Three music packs were designed for the Flatspace and Flatspace II games, and this pack is the original Music Pack 1.
Get it here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2977720/Flatspace_Music_Pack_1/
The music of the Flatspace Packs overlaps the music from the Flatspace IIk packs; but not exclusively. Each game has new and unique tracks or alternative edits. When Flatspace IIk was released on Steam, the three Music Packs were revised, but the packs for the first game were forgotten. Now they are back for you to enjoy.
This pack includes:
The Heart of Aorkhan: Main Theme
Catacombs
Insanity
Mariner
Oceanic
Sea Monsters
Space
The 7th Bell
Ultramarine
Happy flying,
Mark
Flatspace IIk Music Pack Bundle Now Live
A new bundle containing all 3 Flatspace IIk Music Packs is now live. Packs have a 33% discount, so effectively buy-two-get-one-free, and the package includes 'The Golden Age' and 'We Robot' Music Packs too.
As with all Steam bundles, you only pay for what you don't own. Find the bundle here:
https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/38165/Flatspace_IIk_Complete_Music_Pack_Set/
Mark
Future Snooker and Future Pool Flash Sale
In honour of the world snooker final which takes place this weekend, Future Snooker and Future Pool are now on a 50% sale for the next 4 days:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1177390/Future_Snooker/
I will resist using the phrase pot-tastic. Enjoy playing!
Mark
Flatspace Updated to v1.12
The original Flatspace game has been updated today.
A small but useful update, the in-game music is now loaded only when needed upon entering a sector, which massively reduces memory load. This opens the door for future music packs, or resurrecting the original 3 Flatspace Music Packs, which have never been available on Steam. This now matches the behaviour of Flatspace IIk v1.06 onwards.
There's also a fix to the music volume setting, which didn't update the title music correctly.
Happy flying.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1210780/Flatspace/
Mark