Music Power Up
musicpowerup.bsky.social
Music Power Up
@musicpowerup.bsky.social
I am Gilles, game dev, making Music Power Up, a game where you play as a musician in the 1980s, creating soundtracks for early video games.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2246370/Music_Power_Up/
Future hit game alert! Fakutori, made by Antoine Latour, a friend from our local game dev fellowship in Strasbourg :-) will be published by Mythwright.

I love that new trailer. Wishing you tons of success @antoinelatour.bsky.social ! 🚀
We are super excited to announce that we are publishing Fakutori!

✨Laid-back automation game
🌌Combine elements & collect them all!
🏗️Build sprawling production lines

Watch the new trailer & wishlist mythwright.gg/Fakutori
June 24, 2026 at 4:49 AM
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I've got a fun announcement!

I'm EXTREMELY EXCITED to officially reveal my work on WillOWing! A precision platformer being developed by @studionullgames.bsky.social for which I'm composing the soundtrack! As a treat, I've uploaded the first track!

youtu.be/jh20MR8xfHA
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May 27, 2026 at 5:32 PM
Music Power Up will have a full original soundtrack by Matt Gray! 12+ tracks and 50 minutes of music so far (maybe we will make a bit more :-) ). Full post here: steamcommunity.com/app/2246370/...
Original soundtrack by Matt Gray! :: Music Power Up General Discussions
I am happy to announce that Matt Gray has been working on Music Power Up's story mode soundtrack for more than a year now! If you don't know him, Matt Gray started his career creating video game music...
steamcommunity.com
April 30, 2026 at 2:03 PM
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Did you catch us on Second Wind? We're thrilled to officially announce KNUCKLE PARADISE, after 5 years of hard work!! 🥊🐔🔥 youtu.be/Syu6TZ7xVE8
Knuckle Paradise - Teaser trailer
A pixel-powered, combo-packed character action game starring Jane (a retired boxer) and her sidekick, Cocotte (a warrior… chicken?). Fight everybody. Learn combos from a pirate. Fight harder. Level…
youtu.be
April 23, 2026 at 10:30 PM
New Music Power Up teaser showing the tech behind the piano roll!
April 1, 2026 at 9:55 AM
For #WishlistWednesday here is a new Music Power Up trailer I started working on a while ago. I want to develop it more so consider it unfinished. There is a lot more stuff I would like to show in it... need to complete those features first!

store.steampowered.com/app/2246370/...
March 4, 2026 at 3:08 PM
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It's #WishlistWednesday 📢

We're sharing After the Wane, our studio's upcoming game. Don't forget to add it to your wishlist.

Wishlist: store.steampowered.com/app/2742720/...

#indiedev #gamedev reply to show us your #indiegame! Then we can all support each other! 🎮

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March 4, 2026 at 10:08 AM
I will be doing a microStudio workshop during FOSDEM Junior,
in Brussels, on January 31st. Come and meet me there!

MicroStudio is my FOSS online game engine, available at microstudio.dev, which I use to develop Music Power Up!

Come and meet me there! Link to the event:
fosdem.org/2026/schedul...
microStudio - Game Engine
microStudio is a free, open source game engine, easy to learn and packed with features. It offers 4 programming languages and includes a sprite editor and a map editor.
microstudio.dev
January 22, 2026 at 12:46 PM
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The definitive review of 1988 Captain Blood on authentic vintage computers, ZERO emulator footage, only real CRT display and scanline pixel magic!
Featuring Atari ST, Amiga 500, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, IBM PS/1...
Full video here youtu.be/p9AlAnz-7_I
January 18, 2026 at 9:45 PM
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wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage
January 15, 2026 at 1:47 PM
My favorite retro artist of the year performing a full length Bolero with a bunch of C64s, printers, disk drives and the Commodorion. Just amazing.

youtu.be/kMGbGGllQoE?...
8-bit Boléro (The World's Most Ambitious Chiptune?)
YouTube video by lftkryo
youtu.be
December 20, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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Despelote is currently 35% off. You know what to do (if you haven't done so already). store.steampowered.com/app/2367820/...
December 3, 2025 at 6:20 AM
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Boom
November 28, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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In Cosmic Holidays, there are no collectibles, no bosses, no violence, and no overwhelming list of powers.
Instead, you explore an unknown world and embark on a journey designed to bring you joy, emotion, and serenity.

Don’t wait, wishlist it now ❤️

store.steampowered.com/app/2190640/...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The best introduction to MIDI, coming straight from 1986! youtu.be/aADkqmvy44o?...
1986: MIDI and the MUSICAL MICROS | Micro Live | Retro Tech | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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November 23, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
So excited that the Amiga is making a comeback. I never had one but it looks like I will be able to preorder my first Amiga on November 10th.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4aG...
THEA1200 - Announcement (EN)
YouTube video by Retro Games
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:42 PM
🎸 The Fastloaders are coming to Leicester on November 8th!
Get ready for a rocking night of C64 music classics from legends like Rob Hubbard, Martin Galway, Ben Daglish, Matt Gray, Fred Gray, Tim Follin, and more!

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fastloader...
FastLoaders - Commodore 64 Rocks - Live
FastLoaders bring a powerful, tight rock sound to videogame music Commodore 64 classics like Commando, Last Ninja & Monty on the Run!
www.eventbrite.co.uk
October 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Ema Zamboni continues his exploration of old DOS games music in their different flavors (MT-32... or mono square wave beeps): youtu.be/jisWKvWYOUI

Also the video includes an interesting midroll sponsor 😊
How MORE Old DOS Games ACTUALLY Sounded (If You Had Money)
YouTube video by Ema Zamboni
youtu.be
October 8, 2025 at 12:42 PM
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Now on Bandcamp: an all-star cast including Matt Gray, Allister Brimble, Rockstar's Will Morton, Chris Huelsbeck, Matt Furniss and LMan combine SID, Jarre and Vangelis in various combinations. Check out Matt Gray's "Zoolookologie" and "Zoolook" covers! #jarre #vangelis #c64

A hidden gem!
Project Sidologie: Remixes, by Various
14 track album
c64audio.bandcamp.com
September 20, 2025 at 9:09 PM
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Just released on Bandcamp: a 24-track arcade covers album: Gradius and Ghouls 'n Ghosts with an 80 piece orchestra, Outrun in normal and disco form, some very quirky Road Runner, Paper Boy and 720 Degrees, and a load of other Sega Classics! #vgm #sega #arcade
Arcade Classics - Special Edition, by Chris Abbott
24 track album
c64audio.bandcamp.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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New fighting game background discovered in Edinburgh
September 8, 2025 at 12:00 PM
I can't stop watching this: youtu.be/BjNm04oCdYc
Bad Apple - An Atari Demo (2017)
YouTube video by PG
youtu.be
September 7, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Quote post your worst placeholder art.

This is the current title page of a minigame in Music Power Up. Yes, I’ll fix it… eventually.
August 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM