February Album Writing Month 2015

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Zanzlanz

Game developer and music producer! I made the Mine Blocks game(s).

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February Album Writing Month 2015

Posted by Zanzlanz - February 10th, 2015

Hello!

I just wanted to let you guys know that I have been, and will be posting music every other day for the entire month of February! The music will include dance, dubstep, chiptunes, orchestral stuff, trance, and possibly some other weird genres.

Yep! I'm currently participating in February Album Writing Month (FAWM), where I am set to make 14 tracks in 28 days! Last year I made the album "The Place That Takes Shapes", and this year I'm hoping to make an even better album! :D

For this album, all 14 FAWM tracks are free until the the end of the month. I will then re-master and spruce up the album, and release it on iTunes/Spotify/etc.

Here's the album: http://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/368170b68f3caa9d3e3e180c18582298

You can order the album here: https://zanzlanz.bandcamp.com/album/fawm-2015

Anyway, I hope you enjoy the album as I make it!
- Zanz :)

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domagoj14 2015-03-03 06:59:57

Hey Zanz, didn't hear from u long time, if u remember me

How is Mine Blocks 2 goin'?

Zanzlanz 2015-03-03 06:59:57

Hi!! Yea Mine Blocks 2 is going good, thanks! I'm currently focused on the Mine Blocks 1 port though.

Here's the 2015 progress video if you're interested:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lm7DVFafyo

Cyberdevil 2015-04-20 16:00:39

Long time no speak! Was wondering if you'd been working on any new stuff since Snowman Slide (suspecting Pico Day project?), but this was an impressive project! Also: might want to get rid of that 'edit' in the playlist link.

Zanzlanz 2015-04-20 16:00:39 (Updated 2015-04-20 16:24:59)

Cyberdevil! Nice to see you here! I actually have been pretty active lately! I haven't had the opportunity to post any of it to Newgrounds though.

- I participated in Ludum Dare last weekend. I'm going to make a polished version so I can release it on Newgrounds. (Ludum Dare post on it: http://ludumdare.com/compo/ludum-dare-32/?action=preview&uid=11407)

- I released a huge update to Mine Blocks 2 on April 1st. It's still in alpha so I can't release it on Newgrounds. (Post on my site http://zanzlanz.com/n/56)

- Every month I have to make a Unity game for my game genres class. I just don't release Unity games though. I could port them to AS3 and release them, but I'm too busy for that at the moment.

- I've been posting a bunch of random small projects on Twitter and Tumblr. They don't really belong on Newgrounds, haha. (Example: http://zanzlanz.com/dump/2015/gibberishSimulator)

- Working on that album still... probably wont get me anywhere, but it'll make me happy to release it :)

- Still developing the Mine Blocks 1 port here and there.

That's about it! School's slowing my progress down, but I'm doing my best :D

And the link is fixed! Thanks!

Cyberdevil 2015-04-21 03:12:14

Seems like you've been as active as ever! :D An official update on the 1st of April!! How did that go? It wasn't met with too much skepticism I hope? Personally I get pretty suspect of anything resembling change or progress or somehow a routine-breaker on that one particular day...

That Ludum Dare game looks like one I'd like to play. Action! Yeah! Hope for medals!

And that Gibberish Generator was pertty cool! :D It's like an endless signature.

Zanzlanz 2015-04-21 03:12:14

Yeah! I suppose I could post news about all those things. It's just weird - external links on Newgrounds seem wrong, since Newgrounds is "Everything" by Everyone. ;)

The update went great! Only a small handful of people voiced doubt (but I know more had silent suspicions). SilverGames was super kind and helped a ton with distribution. The reason I chose April 1st was because it's exactly 2 years since the previous update. <3

Yessir, going to add plenty of medals to ARBF! :D And a scoreboard if the game doesn't lag for people. I want to change the name too, lol!

Gibberish Generator could also be a doctor's note simulation, hehe! Thanks!

Cyberdevil 2015-04-21 12:41:27

Yeah, I get that same feeling. Well, might be more of a will for control over how what I post is handled (backups, etc), but I've stuck to strictly NG related newsposts for quite a while now, which coincidentally means: not much news. But in you're case it's a chance to promote, o course!

lol, how did the last update go? Any more/less suspicions back then? Anniversary's are always special indeed!

What do you mean ARBF doesn't sound like the most intuitive and catchy title you've ever heard before? :P It does have an... interesting piraty tone to it hmm...

lol yeah!

Zanzlanz 2015-04-21 12:41:27

The previous update was actually a April Fool's joke! It had a fake multiplayer option (I made the generator create a "griefed" world and spawn random players walking around). I didn't remove that joke for 2 years.

Maybe if I could name the hero/villain, things wouldn't be so hard! xD

Cyberdevil 2015-04-21 13:24:06

Haha, genius... surprised not more people reacted this time around though if the last one was a joke!

Zanzlanz 2015-04-21 13:24:06

One of my good friends fell for it on the previous update xD He never said anything this year but after the update he was like "oh it wasn't a joke?!?"

Haha! I'm sure more people were just silent about their suspicions.

February Album Writing Month 2015

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