Today I'm releasing TermenFlux: a free open-source Theremin-style instrument for Linux.
https://github.com/hergezod/TermenFlux
Features:
• 4 waveforms
• ADSR, volume and vibrato controls
• 10 presets
• Lightweight UI
Formats: VST3, LV2
I hope it inspires you to make something cool. 🙂
This melody started with me trying to figure out the slow-burn rhythm and flow of 2000s R&B, but the meat of it was a light nod to A'Studio's Нелюбимая.
I’ve always admired the brilliance of that song - there’s something timeless in how the intricate melody and the lyrics capture that quiet, tender suffering of unrequited love. 🙂
I was going for a specific kind of nostalgia with this one - moody, 80s atmospheric anime feel. I wanted to see if I could give the bass some character while keeping the pads sleek and lingering.
Like everything else I did using DefleMask, it's done on the PC Engine, and I used sampled drums to be closer to that retrofuturistic aesthetic. I hope it will inspire you to also experiment with this bento box of 8/16-bit goodness. 😊
(Sorry for the file name... I was just hungry when I saved it)
Blunders was an upcoming RPG for the Super CD-ROM² advertised by its publisher IGS in their 1992 catalog. It was featured alongside other titles in development, such as Dansou Toshi: Stray Road - another cyberpunk RPG which also never saw the light of day. Blunders also got a dedicated preview in the May 1992 issue of PC Engine Fan.
Despite appearing to be quite far along in development, the project was canceled and never saw a release. Interestingly, my search efforts have uncovered a voice actress who listed Blunders in her professional portfolio, suggesting that voice recording, and likely a significant portion of the game’s programming, was completed.
It would have been fascinating to see how this played out compared to Phantasy Star. Hopefully, a prototype or a development build will surface online one day, giving us a taste of that gameplay.