Writing programs is not the only thing I do. Below you will find some of the
other products of my insanity. :-)
Ultima Sheet Music
Tired of replaying your Final Fantasy Piano Collection for the billionth
time? Rejoyce! I have typeset some memorable tunes from the
Ultima game series for your
playing pleasure. All of the sheet music below was transcribed from MIDI
files found on the Internet (here,
for example) using GNU Lilypond
and is arranged for piano and/or organ (2 manuals and bass pedals). The
files are in PostScript format and each about 20-30k in size. I've left out
tempo specifications and used dynamic and articulation marks very sparingly,
so you should refer to the original MIDI files when in doubt. Enjoy!
All music is Copyright © Origin Systems, Inc.
Lilypond source files (10k) for all tunes
Ultima IV - Quest Of The Avatar
Ultima V - Warriors Of Destiny
Ultima VI - The False Prophet
Ultima VII - The Black Gate
Ultima VII Part 2 - Serpent Isle
- The Dark Path (this sounds crappy on the piano, but I wanted to include a tune from Serpent Isle…)
Original Music
I wrote lots of tunes during my C64 and early Amiga days, most of which are
not suited for public consumption.
When I attended the Breakpoint 2003
party I decided to participate in the Tracked Music competition with a remix
of one of my old OctaMED tunes. I didn't win. I barely made second-to-last
place. Well, at least I know mine wasn't the worst entry. :-)
You can download the XM version of the tune (originally dubbed "Autumn
Twilight", but renamed "Easter Twilight" for BP) here:
You need an XM-capable player. Search for "XM players" or "MOD players" on
Google and it should come up with something.
MikMod can play the tune but seems to have problems with some of the effects,
so I suggest you use a different player.
"Easter Twilight" was tracked with Michael Krause's excellent
SoundTracker program.
Dance Dance Revolution
"Flip the Flop (Rock my Commodore)" is a C64 remix by
Holger Lagerfeldt to which I have created
some DDR steps:
This songfile can be used with DDR simulations like
StepMania and
Dance With Intensity. It has Basic (5
feet), Trick (7 feet) and Maniac (8 feet) level steps, so there should be
something in it for everyone. Thanks to Holger for giving me permission to
use his remix for this stepfile!
Essays
Tab-size independent source code formatting
A short text about what I consider the proper way of using tabs and spaces
in C/C++ source code.
I was always annoyed about misformatted source code due to different tab-size
conventions. Then I read an article about tab-size independent formatting
that solved all my problems with a simple set of rules. Sadly, this article
seems to have disappeared from the Net, but here is the gist of it:
I have yet to see an editor that formats source code properly, which is why
I always do it by hand…
The MOS 6567/6569 Video Controller (VIC-II) and its application in the Commodore 64
This was written as an attempt to gather all the information I had discovered
about the C64 video chip during the development of
Frodo.
There are some inaccuracies in the description of sprite expansion, but this
article is still a pretty comprehensive reference for C64 graphics programming.
The HTML versions were kindly provided by Andreas Grützmann.
Fan Fiction
One day I had this idea for a story and thought "This would make a nice
Farscape episode".
18 months and two books on screenwriting later, I ended up with this:
It's a rather downbeat story, but 100% free of any J/A shippiness.
And it has creatures and lots of little Japanese things. What more could
you ask for? :-)
Much to my surprise, this script won second place in the 2004 Farscape Fanfic
Awards:
