Vote for "A Touch of Hope" in the Charity Film Awards 🗳

Owain Astles' short film A Touch of Hope, made for RugbyWorks and featuring my sound design and audio mix, has been nominated for a Charity Film Award! If you haven's had a chance to watch the film, you can catch it on the charity's YouTube channel. It tells a really important story of how team sports and encouraging, caring leadership can go a long way in helping young people struggling in school - essentially the core mission of RugbyWorks!

If you have a moment, please vote for the film over on the Charity Film Awards website, the only details required are a name and email address for validation. All the team who helped bring this project to life massively appreciate any votes cast in support of this film and charity. Similarly, if you know any educators interested in seeking support in this area please share the film with them too.

"Verses of Enchantment" Developer Interview 🎙

An interview with Ibe Denaux, the designer and developer behind Verses of Enchantment, a roguelike deckbuilder released earlier this year featuring my original music and writing, has just released! Listen below to the new episode of "TSI Talks" to learn more about the game, Ibe's process and a peek behind the curtain of game development as a whole.

If you enjoyed the podcast you can play Verses of Enchantment on Steam now! You can also listen to my original soundtrack on Spotify, Bandcamp, Apple Music and other major platforms. This game was a really special project to be a part of, I hope you enjoy conjuring magic poetry to best your wizarding enemies!

Indie Game Updates: "Rail Route" and "SCP" 👾

Two indie games I've scored have had updates this week! Golden Circle's SCP: Unsight Whispers has had its final 2.1 update and Bitrich.info's train management and simulation title Rail Route has just had update 17 along with a sale for Czech & Slovak Games Week 2023.

After proudly finishing 33rd out of 500+ entries in Scream Jam '23, SCP: Unsight Whispers has just had its final 2.1 update to squash some bugs, add some polish and more. If you haven't yet had a chance to try the game along with my Silent Hill inspired soundtrack this update provides a great opportunity (don't forget it's free too!).

Rail Route has also had another major update, this time adding new features including shunt controls, waypoints, deeper automation and more. Full details and patch notes are available over on the game's Steam page, I hope you enjoy the new features and if you haven't picked the game up yet now is the perfect time as it's currently -20% in celebration of Czech & Slovak Games Week 2023!