Taskforce News

A big change to our premiere sound effects software, SFXEngine, today.

The core program is now priced at $19.99 rather than $100, with different 'bolt-on' DLC for the various engines/plug-ins, allowing you to customise the program for your needs.

A new Engine Reference Guide is included, a list of all program engines, and some new engines make a first appearance: The hyped-up sample player Proteus, the time and space bending Zeitraum, Fuzz Compression, and more.

Existing SFXEngine customers automatically receive all Bolt-on DLC, plus the new engines.

SFXEngine now ships with 13 basic engines: Sample, Pulse Wave, Saw Wave, Sine Wave, Static White, Triangle Wave, Amplitude Modulator, Basic Pan, Low Pass Filter, Basic Delay, Single Tap Delay, Simple Reverb, Basic Distortion.

Here is a complete list of all of the SFXEngine engines (* = included in core program):

SFXEngine Bolt-on: Sample Engines:
Proteus, Sample*, Sample Loop, Stereo Proteus, Stereo Sample, Zeitraum

SFXEngine Bolt-on: Analogue Engines:
Breath Wave, Grey Wave, Mono Grey Wave, Pulse Wave*, Pulse Wave Adv, Saw Wave*, Saw Wave Adv, Sine Wave*, Sine Wave Adv, Static White*, Static White Adv, Triangle Wave*, Triangle Wave Adv

SFXEngine Bolt-on: Amplitude Engines:
Amplitude Modulator*, Fuzz Compression, Noise Gate, Stereo Amplitude Modulator, Wire Compression

SFXEngine Bolt-on: Pitch Engines:
Arpeggiator, Pitch Modulator

SFXEngine Bolt-on: Pan Engines:
Basic Pan*, Delay Pan, Mono

SFXEngine Bolt-on: Filter Engines:
AnalogueVCF (DLC), Band Exclude Filter, Band Pass Filter, High Pass Filter, High Shelf Filter, Low Pass Filter*, Low Shelf Filter, Peaking Filter

SFXEngine Bolt-on: Delay Engines:
Basic Delay*, Chorus, Combed Chorus, Everlooper, Flange, Long Period Delay, Long Single Delay, Mono Delay, Mono Single Tap Delay, Phaser, Single Tap Delay*, Tuned Flange

SFXEngine Bolt-on: Reverb Engines:
Ironverb, Nitroverb, Oxyverb, Simple Reverb*, Simple Reverb II, Simple Reverb III

SFXEngine Bolt-on: Distortion Engines:
Band Distortion, Basic Distortion*, Maximized Clip, Reflective Clip

SFXEngine Bolt-on: Special Engines:
Derez, Engram Recall, Engram Store, Monotone Derez, Oscillator Synchronisation, Positor

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2438590/SFXEngine/

Enjoy creating,

Mark

Greetings Starpilots!

22nd December 2023 marks exactly 20 years since the release of the first Flatspace game.

To mark the occasion, Flatspace IIk is on sale with 69% off for duration of the Steam Winter Sale. All DLC, and even the official soundtrack albums, have 25% off. Here's the main game page:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/585430/Flatspace_IIk/

For soundtrack fans, there are just two copies of the original 2003 CD version of the Flatspace Soundtrack remaining. These will never be reprinted in this format (plain paper laser-printed artwork). These are real rarities:
https://marksheeky.bandcamp.com/album/flatspace-the-official-soundtrack

Our other games Taskforce, Future Snooker, Future Pool, Radioactive, and Yinyang, are also discounted from today until Jan 4th.

Happy playing and listening!

Mark

The 2023 Steam November Sale is now active and all Cornutopia Games are taking part! Flatspace IIk and Taskforce have 38% off, with discounts on all DLC too.

Future Snooker, Future Pool, Radioactive, and Yinyang are all in the sale too. All links on the Cornutopia Developer page, but here are a few links:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/585430/Flatspace_IIk/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1291150/Taskforce_The_Mutants_of_October_Morgane/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1019370/Radioactive/

Sale ends November 28th.

Mark

Another little update for SFXEngine today. A few upgrades and fixes this time. Most of the changes are in the background to prepare to future multi-language support, and some more content for DLC too.

Specific updates include:
-Lots of text upgrades to facilitate future multi-language support.
-Fix to modulator menu being ghosted incorrectly when replacing a sound, or replacing or deleting an environment.
-Set Conversion Matrix now explicitly clears old matrix settings before setting.

The update is now live for the full and demo versions. Find it here:

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2438590/SFXEngine/

Enjoy creating,

Mark

Greetings Starpilots!

It's the 20th anniversary year of Flatspace, and today marks two special events.

First, Flatspace IIk is on sale with 69% off for the next 10 days. This is the biggest discount in years and the perfect time for new players to get the game.

Secondly, it's the release day of my latest music single 'AI and Celebrity' from my forthcoming album We Robot. To accompany this there is a new Flatspace IIk We Robot Music Pack, with exclusive instrumental edits of some of the tracks. Initially, two unique versions of the single and it's B-side (the tongue-tingling Hydroxychloroquinine Aspartame). When the album is released on October 27th, the pack will be updated too, with more music from the album.

The Flatspace IIk We Robot Music Pack is free and available now, possibly for a limited period. Get it here:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2594330/Flatspace_IIk_We_Robot_Music_Pack/

We Robot will be my first album to feature full length videos for all tracks. If you'd like to watch and listen as each become live, you can follow my music channel here:
https://www.youtube.com/@marksheekymusic

Happy playing and listening!

Mark