#artist: scntfc

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Tracklist:

Lost (Prologue) • Beacon Beach • Epiphany Fields • Against The Rocks • Towhee Grove • Cleanslate • Alsos • Cold Comfort • Lantern • Argonaut • Catbird Station • Against The Waves • Kanaloa • Dead Light • Catchpole Station • From The Leads • The Gate • Lost • Argonaut Atalanta • Days Past • The Beach, 7AM

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ YouTube

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Inspirations for VOID 1680 AM

Earlier this year, I released a new solo TTRPG: VOID 1680 AM. In it, you use a deck of cards, a six-sided die, your music collection and a voice recorder to create your own late-night radio show.

The cards help you dig deep into your collection to reconnect with music you love; they and the die also help you create anonymous Callers and the concerns, hopes and obsessions that drove them to reach out to you, a fellow lone voice in the darkness.

I also included steps for joining the library of Callers for other players to use, and even to submit your full show for broadcast on the "real" VOID 1680 AM. You can see some of those Affiliate broadcasts here. They're genuinely very cool.

You can check out the game here, and I'm proud to say VOID 1680 AM is now a Judges' Spotlight Winner in this year's ENNIES.

Okay, enough table-setting. Let's get into it.

VOID was the culmination of a lifelong obsession with commercial radio; both the technology (which feels retro despite scarcely being over a century old) and the melancholy romance of lonesome voices baring themselves to an audience they'll never know the scope of.

This, to me, is an apt metaphor for the act of making something - anything at all. Speak into the Void, the back cover copy says. You never know who is listening. So it is with putting something you love into the world.

So what inspired VOID? I cite both Anamnesis by Sam Leigh and The Wretched by Chris Bissette in the book itself, two solo RPGs whose tones and methods did much to help me find my own.

But if I'm being truthful, VOID's inspirations mostly reside outside of games. Here are a few things that haunted me profoundly enough to drive me to respond.

The first is Talk Radio, specifically Oliver Stone's adaptation of Eric Bogosian's play. The movie's tagline is "the last neighborhood in America," which to me frames radio's persistent relevance and puts social media - often called a "town square" itself - in proper context as one piece of the many ways people find connection with others, for better or worse.

Contra the VOID DJ, Barry in Talk Radio is very, very aware of how his audience receives him (hint: not well). Barry must be heard, and so must the similarly damaged souls who call in to dump the poison in their brain into his... and everyone who's listening in, besides. It's a host of people who want to connect but don't know how, spiraling in decaying orbit around each other until something awful happens.

VOID 1680 AM was originally much darker before I decided to pull back and let players pick their own tone, and Talk Radio is why.

Oxenfree is a narrative video game about a small group of teens stuck on an island haunted by hungry ghosts who can be tuned in and out of reality with handheld radios. There's more to it than that, but I'll leave you to discover what on your own - because I would recommend this game to just about anyone.

Insofar as VOID 1680 AM can have a "soundtrack," it is this one by scntfc, created using WWII-era radio equipment.

The Vast of Night is a quietly alarming lo-fi/sci-fi set in a small town in New Mexico in the late '50s. A radio DJ and a switchboard operator pick up strange signals, and then... things happen.

This specific radio station (stylized in the poster above) is what I picture for "my" VOID 1680 AM.

Then there's Stevie in The Fog, played by Adrienne Barbeau. She's the bridge between VOID 1680 AM and my earlier solo game, Lighthouse at the End of the World.

She is, yes: a late night DJ. And her radio station is, yes: in a lighthouse. She's living my dream, at least until the ghost pirates show up.

Spoilers, I guess?

But the most important influence? VOID 1680 AM cover artist Jordan Witt's fan art for the podcast King Falls AM years ago. This image took up residence in my head, so much so that I still use it as phone wallpaper despite never having listened to the show it's for.

When it came time to partner with a cover artist, who that cover artist would be was never in question. Entirely unknowingly, Jordan took all these loose ideas in my head and gave them something to cohere to. A beacon, if you will.

They spoke something into the Void, and I listened.

Fun fact: Jordan even jazzed up the original logo I made for VOID 1680 AM when that title only applied to the AM transmitter in my garage. Here's my original - you can plainly see the influence of Jordan's art on that O. It all really came full circle.

Those are the biggest ingredients in the stew that made VOID 1680 AM. It's fun to talk about stuff I like, but also I hope it might nudge someone - anyone - to get going on something they're after.

(That's you. I'm talking about you.)

A project finding its voice is a wonderful thing, but there's no real miracle to it, no outside influence that will tell you what to do. It's just things in your head magnetizing to each other until they got a shape that - with coaxing - can stand on its own.

See you on the dial.

[p0ochy]

lmao I'm surprised by Scntfc being my #1 artist for the year, but pleasantly so. His video game soundtracks are fucking solid

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7 & 11 for the music ask :D

three songs you didn't expect to like but eventually loved: i don't have specific songs but i do have artists; machine girl, björk and limp bizkit

three favourite songs from movie or TV series soundtrack: fuck i don't listen to movie soundtracks uuummm okay i'll give you something from game soundtracks.

alec holoway — witch dagger (night in the woods)

scntfc — epiphany fields (oxenfree)

mick gordon — rust, dust and guts (doom)

music asks

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Song: Beacon Beach Artist: scntfc From: Oxenfree

Listen on Youtube:

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Gaeapplehairline music dump

I initially started this to be a music blog but fandom is just to tempting. So back to my roots i suppose.

Origami Angel-Just dropped 2 new songs. They are positively amazing.

{song not artist} Bite My Tongue(ft. Oli Sykes)-You Me At Six. Come on who doesn't love something with Oli Sykes. But generally this song rocks and I wish I knew about it sooner.

The Fools Agenda-Also just dropped new music. It's definitely a bit of a stylistic change from their past music but I immediately liked it.

NEW CATEGORY--SOUNDTRACK--- If you know me you know soundtracks can make a piece of media for me. SO I'm making it's own section for these. Today's soundtrack is

OxenFree-Scntfc. I love this game SO much and the soundtrack does not disappoint. It just get's stuck in my throat and I end up coming back to it frequently.

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music tag woo!

list 5 song lyrics from different artists that represent/describe you:

(Oh how I've missed these. Listing things is my favourite thing)

ok so to establish first, because when is anything i do not turned into an unecessarily-long-winded-too-personal-ramble, there are two important things to note;

I have exactly 0 sense of self. what my personality is? what im like? couldnt tell ya

im not a big lyrics person, im more of a melody/rhythm/overall vibes kind of guy, so in that vein, there will be a mix of actual lyrics and ~~ v i b e s ~~

ANYWAY

Oceanside - scntfc

"I do it for Juno/pretend her life is on the line/manipulate myself into staying alive/for Juno/struggle up off of the ground/it's easier to care for her but I can't if I'm not around" - Juno, Cavetown

"Gotta get up, gotta get out/gotta get home before the morning comes/what if im late, gotta big date/gotta get home before the sun comes up/up and away, got a big day/sorry cant stay, i gotta run, run/gotta get home, pick up the phone/gotta let the people know im gonna be late" - Gotta Get Up, Harry Nilsson

Julia - Reeder

"You called me cerebral, I didn't know what you meant/but now I do, would it have killed you to call me pretty instead?" - Brando, Lucy Dacus

big ty to @ifeelsoweird for the tag ((sidenote, yours were so fucking interesting and cool))

i will tag! @themaevethcometh @maybe-memories and whoever else wants to do it, feel free to say i tagged you !!!!!

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pondering mysterious lights overhead // a wtnv playlist

for clear nights and pretty evenings in the desert town of Night Vale

1. lost (prologue) - scntfc // 2. the artist & the engineer - saberpulse // 3. eve - emancipator // 4. tankwa town - oliver koletzki // 5. emptiness - mattia cupelli // 6. a time for change - david housden // 7. ditmas - disparition // 8. outro (bonne nuit) - the noisy freaks

listen on 8tracks // listen on youtube

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music asks: every one with the number 3 in it :D

All the threes?? Ugh, fine, mom! i’m jk i love talking about music

3.    a song tied to a specific moment in your lifeCan’t Fight the Moonlight by LeAnn Rimes? When I was a kid I spent a lot of time in skating rinks and a lot of songs are in my head as Skating Rink Songs. I remember teaching my cousin to skate to this song.

13.   a song made suddenly precious because of a special someoneThis is a little silly, but Recess by Skrillex because I was hanging out with two of my best friends when it came on his play list and he was appalled that we thought the lyrics were “black titty cat fight” lmao

23.   a song that makes you want to dance on a table(Fuck a) Silver Lining by Panic! at the Disco!!!!! On a table, in a sequin gold jacket and leather pants and no shirt this song is a fucking bop

30.   a song 40 years older than youI had to google 1955 songs but Tutti-Frutti by Little Richard, classic.

31.   a song you wish your parents didn’t know the words to…it’s actually the inverse, my mom loves Chandelier by Sia but she doesn’t know any of the words and it makes me a little nuts.32.   a song whose lyrics shocked you once you were old enough to understand themI don’t know who let me listen to Semi-Charmed Life at like seven years old but when I got to high school and realized the lyrics I was horrified I’d sung that around my parents33.   a song you have ZERO patience for”I’m in love with the shape of–” NO. The replaying ruined this song for me, if I change the station 4 times and the song is still playing, it’s time to listen to a CD.34.   a song you’d like your favorite artist to coverBrendon Urie covered Bohemian Rhapsody and it was so good, I cried at the concert, it was embarrassing35.   a great song you discovered thanks to a movieDifferent answer than before! Go Big or Go Extinct from Pacific Rim (literally got goosebumps when it started playing I’m so stupid on this movie)36.   a great song you discovered thanks to televisionTEAR, Part 1 by Son Lux. It was on SYTYCD right before Lex won it was great.37.   a song you’re ashamed to have in your music libraryBold of you to assume shame and I are on speaking terms… But I acknowledge I should probably not unironically listen to Numa-Numa in the year 2018 as an adult human person.38.   ok what’s the song you were too ashamed to even post for #37…I should also not still listen to Carameldansen, shh, shut up, leave me alone.39.   the most played song in your music libraryChanges by the month, tbh. I’ve been writing to a lot of instrumentals lately though so The Beach, 7am by scntfc, I had it looping the other morning.

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get to know me better thing

tagged by @themasquedfox

not gonna tag anybody because i don’t really know anybody

Name: tom

Nickname(s): some people call me clown or gorilla, tom is usually what people call me irl since my real name is some foreign thing no one can pronounce

Zodiac Sign: gemini

Height: 6′4 and yeah i know i’m tall

Ethnicity: hungarian-romanian

Favorite Fruit: watermelon oranges or strawberry

Favorite Season: fall

Favorite Book: asoiaf series is pretty good

Favorite Flower: i know nothing about flowers so sunflowers

Favorite Scent: breakfast

Favorite Animal: i kinda like bears and bunnies i guess

Coffee, Tea, or Hot Chocolate: iced tea or hot choc

Cats or Dogs: don’t have any pets, probably cats though

Dream Trip: i actually dont have plans for any trip, but maybe id go visit the grandparents

Blog Created: like 2011 but i didn’t use it till 2016

Number of Followers: no idea

What Do I Post About: 99% ladybug 1% various other things i like on this blog, 50% shitposts 50% catpics on my main blog

Do I Get Asks On a Regular Basis: i don’t even get asks on a weekly basis

Aesthetic: no idea what this means

Favorite Band/Artist: see-saw, madeon, daft punk, ramin djiwadi, darren korb, justice, jim guthrie, scntfc

Fictional Characters I’d Date: none really

Hogwarts House: slytherin

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Tracklist:

Beacon Bay • Black Lantern • The Beach, 6AM • Operation Downfall • Better Not Go Alone • Towhee Grove (Beatless Version) • Operation Olympic

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greatrunner’s favorite albums and soundtracks of 2016 (in no particular rank/order):

The Last Guardian: Composer’s Choice Edition - Takeshi Furukawa | December 6, 2016 | Recommended Tracks: “Falling Bridge” - “Victorious” - “Overture Lore” - “Sentinel I” - “Finale I Apex”

Furi (Original Soundtrack) - Various artists (Waveshaper, Danger, Carpenter Brut, The Toxic Avenger, Lorn, Scattle, Kn1ght) | July 5, 2016 | Recommended Tracks: “- Something memorable” (Kn1ght) - “You Are the End” (Waveshaper) - “You’re Mine” (Carpenter Brut) - “6:24″ (Danger)

Quantum Break (Original Game Soundtrack) - Petri Alanko | April 5, 2016 | Recommended Tracks: “Beth” - “An Old Friend” - “A Whisper” - “A Suite for Time Machines” - “Dodging Bullets”

Abzu - Austin Wintory | August 2, 2016 | Recommended Tracks: “To Know, Water” - “Delphinus delphis” - “Their waters were mingled together” - “Then were created the gods in the midst of Heaven”

Virginia (Official Game Soundtrack) - Lyndon Holland | September 29, 2016 | Recommended Tracks: “Sojourner's Truth” - “Main Titles” - “Consequences” - “Flashforward” - “Conflict of Interest”

Oxenfree - scntfc | January 15, 2016 | Recommended Tracks: “Beacon Beach” - “Towhee Grove” - “ Days Past” - “Kanaloa”

[part one] [part two] | [2015]

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iam8bit releases soundtrack to Old Man's Journey on Vinyl!

The fantastic 2017 mobile game, Old Man's Journey, is getting the vinyl treatment! Last year, the tragically beautiful indie mobile game, Old Man's Journey, came bursting onto the App Store and quickly garnered praise from players and critics alike for its storytelling and amazing visual design. Today, iam8bit and Broken Rules have announced that the limited edition Old Man's Journey Vinyl Soundtrack will be coming later this year! Read: Old Man's Journey: Everything you need to know! The game won the 2017 Apple Design Award, and now you can order the cute, whimsical, and moving music that is featured in the game! "Featuring music by composer SCNTFC (Oxenfree), the Old Man's Journey soundtrack spans across two 10" vinyl records packaged in a jacket designed by artist Arno Kiss that mimics a nautical captain's book and is elegantly cloth-wrapped. The package will also include a digital download code and Old Man's Journey postcards." There will only be a 1000 copies mad of th... https://goo.gl/eRfT1w