transmutrix

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freelance game dev // games preservationist // Appalachian hermit // transmutrix.com // gamedev streams: https://www.youtube.com/@transmutrix/live

the level editor in PQ93, a fantasy console from 2018
a side by side comparison of a pixel art version of a game title ("Ducky Sokoban DX") and a hi res vector version, in Affinity Designer.
the video shows a DELL crt monitor displaying the start screen of Ducky Sokoban DX
a top down sokoban level drawn as a grassy environment with flowers. instead of crates, there are slices of bread, crackers, pretzels, and biscuits. the walls are abstract, pastel colored blocks that look like candy. compared to the quoted post, shadows have been added to the grass, cast by the walls, and the flowers and grass details have been redone.
a top down sokoban level drawn as a grassy environment with flowers. instead of crates, there are slices of bread, crackers, pretzels, and biscuits. the walls are abstract, pastel colored blocks that look like candy
a short clip of Pikmin 2: Colossal Caverns where an empress bulblax is birthing her larva directly into a bottomless pit
a photo of a hotdog bun with a pickle in it instead of a frank, with a squiggle of mayo on it
the "not what I'm called meme" - screenshot of the Super Mario World enemy called "Boo Buddies" says "hey guys" Luigi yells "BOOBIES" boo buddies say "NOT WHAT I'M CALLED"
a screencap of Squidward holding up "Bold and Brash" but the painted squid has been replaced with a recent visualization made of a 3d map of the nerves in the human clitoris, as detailed in this report: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.03.18.712572v1.full because it looks like "Bold and Brash" ok
a screenshot of an audio visualizer i made today, inspired by my favorite one on the PSP when i was a teen. bright lines of "electricity" represent the current sound, and previous samples are fading to dark blue behind it.
a screencap of jacksfilms YGS where the comment says "I can not stop crying at the song because i split up the beloved girl This song makes me think about all" And I have used Pixelmator to superimpose sephiroth hair onto jack poorly and put a faded out screenshot of aerith being impaled in the background. episode: https://youtu.be/gn5j-w8A5oE?list=PL3oj08hUhsrTI4uIOjYoExRcqHGcIu-QE&t=69
Email 3, my reply: Hello [Composer Name], As much as I would love to hire someone for nice music on [Game Name], the peerless quality that [Game Name] demands requires a detail oriented, holistic compositional approach that I don't think [Composer Name] is capable of executing. [Composer Name] is someone who sends careless shotgun marketing email templates and uses an LLM to write their emails and Notion site, and in fact can't even use their own words to describe the music they have created for other indie game titles, so I think their style of arbitraged, subsidized AI-generated musical selections might be better suited to [Vibe Coded Slop Game] by [Feckless Moron With No Taste]. In the future, if [Game Name] should ever be in need of [Audio Chicken McNuggets for Ugly People Without a Girlfriend], I will certainly consider [Composer Name] for the job. P.S. I respect the freelance hustle but good God please learn to proofread, and don't try to peddle this stuff as human-made if it's not. Being honest will get you clients who are excited about AI generated music, which I assume are out there somewhere. And if your music isn't AI-generated, then WHAT ARE YOU DOING??? Just write your own copy!!! Ask an LLM to proofread it or make it more sales-y if you must, but at least write the first draft yourself. People can smell this a mile away even without "[Game Name]" lmao
Email 1: Yanni reaches out: Hello, I came across your work through your website and X, and I really like the way you approach development, especially the focus on performance, tools, and getting systems to feel right. I’m a Venezuelan composer based in Paris, and I tend to approach music in a similar way, as something that integrates closely with the game rather than sitting on top of it. I’m particularly interested in how music can support responsiveness, clarity, and overall game feel, especially in more system-driven projects. Given the way you build your games, I think that kind of approach could fit well into your workflow. I’d be glad to connect and see if there’s a way I could contribute to a current or future project. You can check out my work here: https://yannzmusic.notion.site Thanks for your time, Yanni Ziangos Discord: @yannz_41
a digital illustration of a vaguely floppy disk shaped device, with beveled corners, some contacts on one corner, a plastic slider for the thumb on the top, 3 large screws, and a cylinder on an axle in the middle, with squiggles on it.
three illustrations in a staggered arrangement. one shows a space station looking thing with a big hole blown in it. the next shows 3 pointy, triangular spaceships with segmented tubes on the back. the third shows a robot head and torso with two eyes arranged vertically, an exposed cranium, and segmented plate armor.
a drawing of a crosshair framing three identical spaceships. each one is long, narrow, and pointed on the front, with some segmented tubes at the back.
two drawings inside glowing squares in a CRT-esque style with scanlines, chromatic aberration, and glow applied. each picture is square, with one overlapping the bottom right corner of the other. the back one depicts some kind of machine with a big hole blown in it. the front one shows three identical, pointy alien ships, with some segmented tubes and stuff at the back of each.
A screenshot of Charlie Day from The Office in the Pepe Silvia conspiracy scene with text superimposed over it: - META PROGRESSION - BALANCE - PACING And at the bottom the "LINOVICTUS" title
a very colorful video of a twin stick shooter game of glowy vector lines where hundreds of enemies converge on the center of the screen, and a performance profile dances on the left side of the window
a clip of the modern arcade game "LINOVICTUS" depicting a blue arena with caustic effects on the background
a photo of a person wearing a large diamond shaped costume that covers them from the head to the thighs, dark pants, and the caption "muffled geometric screaming" in yellow
a photo of the bottom of a xeroshoes barefoot shoe, with worn treads no doubt indicating some kind of future foot problem, and a large hole with a finger poking through it
A short trailer for the jam game "Linovictus" - a vector style twin stick arcade shootemup with roguelite elements and a bumping soundtrack. Cards with cheesy nostalgic text are interspersed with footage of the game.
A short clip of a level of Cave Dig 3, being played in my C17 port of it. Various polish and graphical effects are missing, but it's possible to play some levels through to the end now.
A photo of a hand holding a common snapping turtle skull, sun bleached and dried out, with a few intact scales above the left eye, and intact lips.
title cart for "kiki the nanobot" with some colorful screenshots collaged behind it
pixel art sketch of a cartoony kitchen with a trash can, stove, window, fridge, and countertop with a coffee maker
the Twin Peaks title card except it says: JONES BBQ AND FOOT MASSAGE 708-224-6191
screenshot of the game linked in OP, results screen says You ranked 217,362 out of 365,642 42.36/50 Genuinely unsettling accuracy. Please find a hobby. Enter initials
A photo of a handful of Cheez its spread across a day planner
A screencap of a fish in the Luau Show in Freddi Fish 3 who looks remarkably like Homestar Runner
A screenshot of the upcoming game "Wizwag" showing a pause menu options screen with gamepad button rebinding and an option for background input events.
;; ; @param[out] zflag z if enough time passed for goron to finish breaking the cave ; (in wcddb). (Uses tree refill system.) goron_checkEnoughTimePassed: ld a,(wSeedTreeRefilledBitset) cpl bit 0,a call writeFlagsTocddb
@alreadyGaveEmberSeedsAndBombs: asm15 scriptHelp.goron_checkEnoughTimePassed jumpifmemoryset wcddb, CPU_ZFLAG, @justBrokeDownWall
@pressedA: disableinput asm15 scriptHelp.goron_faceDown writeobjectbyte Interaction.pressedAButton, $00 jumpifroomflagset $40, @comeBackLaterText showtext TX_2472 wait 30 jumpiftextoptioneq $00, @tryGiveEmberSeedsAndBombs showtext TX_2473 scriptjump @enableInput @tryGiveEmberSeedsAndBombs: asm15 scriptHelp.goron_tryTakeEmberSeedsAndBombs jumpifmemoryset wcddb, $80, @gaveEmberSeedsAndBombs ; Not enough bombs/seeds showtext TX_2474 scriptjump @enableInput
- name: TX_2472 index: 0x72 text: |- \sfx(0xc7)Finding treasure is so hard! Will you let me hang on to 20 \col(1)Ember Seeds\col(0) and 20 \col(1)Bombs\col(0)?\stop If I'm lucky and find treasure, I'll give you half. How about it? \opt()Yes \opt()No
screenshot of Oracle of Ages showing a goron punching a wall