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I make chiptunes with a cat in my lap. Find my stuff on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@sevencastleforest Sometimes I stream on Twitch! https://www.twitch.tv/sevencastleforest

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Check out the latest episode of Absolutely the Best Podcast, featuring a bit of chiptune I made!

18.01.2026 21:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Scarlet Galaxy - original Virtual Boy chiptune (Furnace)
Scarlet Galaxy - original Virtual Boy chiptune (Furnace) YouTube video by SevenCastleForest

Here's my latest original Virtual Boy chiptune composition, "Scarlet Galaxy." I wanted to make a fun piece about perseverance, and not giving up. The Virtual Boy's audio chip is so wonderful! I hope you enjoy, and have a happy New Year!
youtu.be/A1_dAUaoYjI

01.01.2026 01:47 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Metroid Prime "Menu Select" theme, Sega Genesis/MegaDrive remix (YM2612+SN76489)
Metroid Prime "Menu Select" theme, Sega Genesis/MegaDrive remix (YM2612+SN76489) YouTube video by SevenCastleForest

Here's my Sega Genesis chiptune remix of the main menu theme from Metroid Prime, made in Furnace. This was a lot of fun to make, and I really wanted to showcase the sound of both different sound chips included in the Genesis. Hope you enjoy!
youtu.be/6E6E-imVtxA

28.11.2025 20:05 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Listen to awesome chiptunes and support human rights while you’re at it

24.11.2025 03:48 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Wednesday, December 3rd, after @sevencastleforest.bsky.social and @gamersweekpc.bsky.social streams, I have a goal to go live on Twitch. The content is to be determined and will hopefully include guests. December is my birthday month!!

20.11.2025 17:30 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

We don’t want AI slop.
Stop sending us AI slop.
Stop wasting our time with AI slop.
It doesn’t sound good.
It’s antithetical to our core values.
You didn’t even make it.
Knock it off.

14.09.2025 05:02 πŸ‘ 6281 πŸ” 2282 πŸ’¬ 57 πŸ“Œ 56

im gonna say this really loud this morning

i really need everyone who thinks theyre being annoying about the things they love to do it more. do it louder. your happiness is so special and wonderful to witness and i hope you learn to love the space you take up in this world like we all love it

05.09.2025 11:48 πŸ‘ 2907 πŸ” 1608 πŸ’¬ 23 πŸ“Œ 48
City of Tears, from Hollow Knight - 2x Game Boy chiptune
City of Tears, from Hollow Knight - 2x Game Boy chiptune YouTube video by SevenCastleForest

I started this back in fall of 2023, then put it aside and picked it up again a few times, poking at it here and there in between other projects. With Silksong releasing, I circled back to finally finish it! Hope you enjoy my take on City of Tears from Hollow Knight:
youtu.be/XtIXbjrfhx4

04.09.2025 15:38 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Solo Dev Interview - The 2025 Adventure Game You Won't Want to Miss
Solo Dev Interview - The 2025 Adventure Game You Won't Want to Miss YouTube video by Bee hosting Drawesome Devs

New episode of Bee Hosting Drawesome Devs, where @diabeetes.bsky.social interviews the creator of upcoming point-and-click adventure Casebook 1899: The Leipzig Murders. (I wrote the little chiptune jingle during the β€œdrawing” segments in these interviews)
youtu.be/Lq9YnlWtFdk?...

02.08.2025 17:24 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Parasite Eve - "Urban Noise" Sega Genesis remix
Parasite Eve - "Urban Noise" Sega Genesis remix YouTube video by SevenCastleForest

Here's my Sega Genesis/MegaDrive arrangement of "Urban Noise," the world map music from Parasite Eve, originally by Yoko Shimomura.

I wanted to honor Shimomura's awesome original piece while still exploring that particular Genesis sound. Hope you enjoy!
youtu.be/72eM6AA16Zo

31.07.2025 18:41 πŸ‘ 41 πŸ” 13 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
Theme from Enter the Dragon (Main Title)
Theme from Enter the Dragon (Main Title) YouTube video by Lalo Schifrin - Topic

I only just learned that Lalo Schifrin died a few days ago. Folks will remember him for the Mission Impossible theme but this was the tune I loved growing up: youtu.be/0uNR_4UdfxA?...

01.07.2025 13:58 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ribby: The Game: The Demo: The Soundtrack, by megan 21 track album

Really enjoying this little soundtrack for a game that will probably never be released. NES and GB chiptune by the super-talented Megan! diamondthorns.bandcamp.com/album/ribby-...

30.06.2025 16:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Lunar: The Silver Star "Fighting Through the Darkness" NES chiptune (2A03+VRC6)
Lunar: The Silver Star "Fighting Through the Darkness" NES chiptune (2A03+VRC6) YouTube video by SevenCastleForest

Here's my chiptune cover of the intro song "Fighting Through the Darkness" from Lunar: The Silver Star on Sega CD! Made in FamiTracker NES chiptune with the VRC6 expansion.

The original song is only in the Sega CD version of this great game. Hope you enjoy my take on it!
youtu.be/Yub5zab9sAM

28.05.2025 18:45 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Check out this awesome pixel art by @lakakalo.bsky.social created in support of Game On to End Lupus on Twitch! #GOTEL

20.05.2025 19:11 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Check out Bee's new gamedev interview! (This video features my chiptunes as well)

09.05.2025 19:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Heart of the Ninja: Stage 01 - chiptunes for a portable brawler
Heart of the Ninja: Stage 01 - chiptunes for a portable brawler YouTube video by SevenCastleForest

Here's the Stage 01 chiptune music for a nonexistent Game Boy brawler, written in Furnace. Picture something like Streets of Rage, but portable, and starring a female ninja who gains cybernetic power upgrades along the way! GB pixel art thumbnail by @lakakalo.bsky.social

youtu.be/k-r8cAMsqyY

07.05.2025 23:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hmm. You DON'T get polyphonic output from a single pulse channel, that's not possible. Fast arpeggiation is a trick to squeeze a chord out of one channel but it makes a very distinctive rippled sound, often associated with C64 music. If you're talking about the warbling here, it's a vibrato effect.

12.04.2025 02:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But generally: the "main" voices of the melody are standard NES voices, while the faint backing chords (mostly represented as the thin little slender note lines scrolling downwards) are the expansion voices.

12.04.2025 01:54 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

If you look at the waveforms at the very top, they're color-coded to correspond with the notes they're currently playing. The ones that say "2A03" above them are standard NES voices, while the "VRC6" ones are an expansion chip (same extra chip included in Japanese Castlevania 3).

12.04.2025 01:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks! I'll do my best πŸ‘

11.04.2025 22:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
"Buzzing with Ideas" - original NES chiptune, FamiTracker 2A03+VRC6
"Buzzing with Ideas" - original NES chiptune, FamiTracker 2A03+VRC6 YouTube video by SevenCastleForest

New NES #chiptune written for indie gamedev interviews on @diabeetes.bsky.social's YT channel!

This tune plays during the little Pictionary segments in Bee's interviews. I tried to create a fun, playful vibe for these moments of creativity to play out. Hope you enjoy!
youtu.be/Lb0tomanuDg

11.04.2025 21:27 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Watch Bee’s awesome interview with point & click indie dev! Also this video includes new original chiptune from me, during the Pictionary drawing segments πŸ’›

10.04.2025 21:26 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Apparently @csmall451.bsky.social is better at promoting my music than I am πŸ˜… but yeah! Here's my NES chiptune take on "Get Back" by The Beatles!

02.02.2025 22:40 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!

27.01.2025 02:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Soon, my coworkers will ask how my little vacation went. I cannot hope to explain to them what it was like going to MAGFest for the first time ever, giving a panel discussion, and then playing my chiptune music on a stage with my heroes in the audience.

26.01.2025 18:13 πŸ‘ 12 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Super MAGFest panels today! 2:30 with @winterion.com and Alex Mirowski in panel room 3, and then again at 8pm with @ducksindisguise.bsky.social and @sevencastleforest.bsky.social ! Come on down and discuss teaching with us!

23.01.2025 18:09 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

Going to MAGFest for the first time ever, and not just as a fan. I’m speaking in a panel β€œTeaching Video Game Music to Non-Musicians” Thursday at 8 Eastern. Also maybe playing my chiptunes at the ChipSpace at some point! Far outside my comfort zone but I’m sure I’ll do fine πŸ˜…

21.01.2025 19:47 πŸ‘ 19 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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21.01.2025 04:30 πŸ‘ 66 πŸ” 14 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0

Most of the best creative stuff I’ve ever done involved a dumb mistake or something unintentional that led me to a discovery. Listen to failure πŸ˜…

25.12.2024 01:23 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0