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Didn't have much time for here and then gone this month (preparing for my talk on Monday), so this is quite a simple audiovisual musical instrument, with no real bells and whistles.
Left click/drag triggers the pad synth, right click triggers the melody synth.
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Controls: escape: quit; left mouse button drag: pad synth; right mouse button click: melody synth
The Rules:
- The file at this link will be deleted 1 month from now (7/12/24).
- All downloads are zipfiles containing a Windows executable.
- All source code and assets are included, licensed under the Anti-Capitalist Software License.
- As long as you abide by the license, you can do whatever you want with the download.
Further Reading
That was how it happened: Playing Polaris alone at the edge of the world
Magical girl vs Kaiju IRL (in motion)
"I have long since come to a place where language is insufficient to name what it feels to be alive in this time. Who am I to try? I have never known a sky full of fire. I live in the house of empire. Its walls are rotten. But its foundation goes all the way through the earth."
The Winamp Skin Museum (did you know you can run Winamp in your browser these days?)
"you watch us dance, we dance till we're dying, we dance to free ourselves from the room"
Joanne McNeil on a video store that is simultaneously a hub for local independent journalism.
Access Docs for Artists: Guidance on writing an access doc (a document that outlines your disability access needs) for disabled artists.
Incredible short film by Elaine and Saul Bass. The way the scenes are shot is something else.
Understanding all politicians as either cowards or enemies.
A beautifully illustrated explanation of how to signal at sea using flags by Hundred Rabbits.
Obligations 2: Layli Long Soldier
Publishers are increasingly putting out low quality print on demand copies of their paperbacks, and people are starting to notice
"Everyone forgets that Icarus also flew"
Rachel is at a Protest: Holocaust trauma recurring with every new atrocity in Gaza (CW: violence, injuries, trauma)
Look at this incredible art style for the unreleased Mac II version of The Fools Errand!
Blog post on a fascinating Windows 95 3D plant generating tool.
Genuinely horrifying recent SCP. BIG CW: torture, misogyny, bleak
Well the nights are drawing in and my garden is thoroughly carpeted with leaves from the beech trees at the end of it. Wrap up warm, look out for each other, and I'll write again in a month.