The Retro Remakes 2006 compo is over and 76 classic game remakes are available for download (modem users beware: someone forgot to resize thumbs and each page is over a megabyte in size).

My dear friend Nenad (aka 16×16) has coded a remake of the classic 1983 ZX Spectrum game “Knot in 3d” for this compo, and in his version it’s titled “Counterclockwise” (link to page 4 of the compo list, should be first on the page), or simply CCW. Think of it as a game of snake, but in full 3d (16×16x16 cube), with enemy chasers (crafts) which you can destroy. You can pick up ammo, shields or score, perform “tricks” around obstacles, etc.

Aside from being a great remake (and quite addictive), I’m posting this because I’ve composed 3 tracks for this game, and some of the sound effects. I’m quite satisfied with the results and I hope you’ll enjoy the game!

I’d like to thank Nenad for giving me this opportunity, I’ve had much fun working on it :)

I’ll post the music files in a couple of days, when the judges pick the winners. I hope we’ll win something ;)

Greetings, Earthlings!

I'm glad that the Css Reboot site is up and running, I really enjoy browsing the reboots. But I don't like the way sites are listed, I prefer the visual browsing using screenshots, or at least let there be a pure list of sites with direct links so I don't have to click first on the site's page on CssReboot, and then proceed by clicking again on the site link. Give people more options, mr. Howell ;)

Update: screenshot browsing is available - the Reboot hadn't been officially started when I posted this a couple of hours ago. My apologies :)

My reboot? I started thinking about it some two or three months ago, with the first version completed in March.After a while, I didn't like it so much, so I started again from scratch. The next version was done, ready, good to go about three weks ago - but it didn't grow on me. The third try is what you're looking at and I'm very satisfied with the final outcome. I've always loved the book/paper style, and the Moleskine notebook I've bought a while ago really inspired me. Also, I wanted to go back to a more 'organic' design.

I've removed the 'web' category as I haven't been active in that field for a while. I thought I better emphasise what's most important to me: Music. That's why the link letters are red, so my visitors can easily spot it and understand instantly that it'll lead them to the most interesting part of the site :) Also, the music pages are a wee bit more descriptive now and tracks can be pre-listened in-page thanks to the XSPF Flash music player.
Tracks are available in Mp3 and Ogg Vorbis formats and I plan to upload the lossless FLAC files soon.

Notice: at the moment, I'm having some PHP problems which may result in my front page displaying only two last posts and no 'recent' list at the bottom ? on random intervals: now it works, now it doesn't. I'll try to fix it by the end of the day. If anyone has any idea why a php script could suddenly stop and break, then please e-mail me. I'm pretty sure it's not so much my coding as it's the server's configuration. Fixed, getID3 was having a fight with php.

I'm off to lunch. Thanks for visiting my website, I hope you'll enjoy your stay :)

"Kokkonen" is Breed's 35th art, and "Movement" 28th music release. 59 art pieces and 14 music tracks should keep you busy for a while; I believe the two are some of the bigger releases we've had. Also, I've just noticed that it's been a year and 3 days since our last music release, interesting... I hope you won't have to wait that long for the next one :D

As usual, there are some new members aboard, of which I'd like you to pay special attention to Skybase, who is a very talented musician. You'll find 6 of his tracks in "Movement".

So please visit Breedart.org, relax, and enjoy the releases ;)