Nicholas Brantley

Now Live: The Sonic Radio by Soundtest.FM One of the main pillars from the original plans for Soundtest.FM was a feature for listening, discovering, and learning about video game music through curated "stations" that play music centered aroun...

Like Sonic the Hedgehog? Tune in to our Sonic Radio, live streaming nonstop Sonic music, 24/7!

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#sonic #vgm #videogamemusic #gamemusic #sonicthehedgehog

06.07.2025 18:04 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

How to Use Surround Sound on Nintendo 64 Nintendo's leap into full 3D gaming was with the Nintendo 64 in 1996. But did you know it also supported 3D sound? Yes, even back in the 90's you could enjoy this extra level of immersion. That is, if...

Did you know the Nintendo 64 supports surround sound audio? See how to get it working here:

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#nintendo64 #retrogaming #retro #90s #nintendo #n64 #gameaudio #surroundsound

14.06.2025 21:07 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Starting on a High Note Video game music — there's something … magical about it, you know? The atmosphere it adds, the interactivity of a dynamically layered track, the nostalgic memories of youth, the hype it gives to a rev...

If anyone interested in video game music sees this, my site @soundtest.fm just launched with its blog covering news, reviews, guides, and more on VGM. Excited to have this outlet after a long time planning.

First post below, more to come!

#videogamemusic #vgm #webdev #websites #gamemusic

12.06.2025 19:22 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Starting on a High Note Video game music — there's something … magical about it, you know? The atmosphere it adds, the interactivity of a dynamically layered track, the nostalgic memories of youth, the hype it gives to a rev...

The start of something special: a new video game music resource! Kicking it off is our blog, where we will be posting vgm-related news, guides, reviews, and more.

Read our first post here:

soundtest.fm/blog/posts/1...

#gamemusic #videogames #vgm #videogamemusic #soundtracks

12.06.2025 19:08 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Release v12.14.0 · laravel/framework [12.x] Support useCurrent on date and year column types by @nicholasbrantley in #55619 [12.x] Update "Number::fileSize" to use correct prefix and add prefix param by @Boy132 in #55678 [12.x] Update...

After 8 years of using #Laravel, I've been able to contribute back with my 1st accepted pull request, released with 12.14.0. 😁

Date & year columns now support the useCurrent modifier in database migrations.

#mysql #postgresql #sqlserver #mariadb #sqlite #opensource #php #databases

13.05.2025 22:27 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

An old school style cartoon character who is a prospector/train conductor.

“The Prospector”
~ 2024, made with Procreate 🎨 🖌️

This is a character I designed for a pinball table concept. Would love to make a real hombrew table for it one day.

#painting #procreate #cartoon #oldschool #art #illustration #digitalart #artwork #digitalpainting #trains #mining #pinball

17.04.2025 17:15 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A blue banana in front of repeating text that says “BLUENANA”

“It’s a blue banana... a Bluenana, if you will”
~ 2024, made with Procreate 🎨 🖌️

#painting #procreate #blue #banana #art #illustration #bold #digitalart #artwork #digitalpainting #fruity

17.04.2025 03:43 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

@larscandybars.bsky.social Hey there!
Any plans to resubmit Symmetrica to the iOS app store? Was sad to see it removed when restoring my phone since I play it alot. 📱👀

27.03.2025 22:19 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Road Kings pinball table with most playfield parts removed

Teardown of Road Kings Pinball parts laid out on a Styrofoam sheet

Been putting it off for a while, but I've finally started the Road Kings teardown for cleaning and installing a playfield protector. Looking forward to seeing how it plays after.

Also, Styrofoam sheets are great for tracking screw and part locations!

#pinball #arcade #80s #retro

19.02.2025 02:46 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A stylized digital illustration of a Sprite can.

"The Best Drink for an Upset Stomach"
~ 2020, made with Procreate 🎨 🖌️

#painting #procreate #soda #art #illustration #sprite #popart #digitalart #artwork #digitalpainting #fizzy

17.12.2024 04:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A digital illustration of a tree against a windy, cloudy night sky.

"Tempest Night"
~ 2020, made with Procreate 🎨 🖌️

This was the first illustration I made messing around with Procreate and an Apple Pencil.

#painting #procreate #stormy #art #illustration #tree #nature #digitalart #artwork #digitalpainting

17.12.2024 04:33 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Appreciate the feedback, I still need to record demos of the last 2 features and add them to the help page.

I might still add more to the home page, too. I think some redundancy is good.

04.12.2024 04:31 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

MagiDock's macOS app icon

After years of only using Adobe Illustrator for vectors, trying out Affinity Designer for MagiDock's icon was very satisfying. The tools are fun to work with.

I wish it had some missing features like extrusion though.

#art #affinity #vectorgraphics #macOS #illustrator #app #ui #dev #appicon

02.12.2024 17:52 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

MagiDock - Enhancify Your macOS dock A free macOS app that unlocks hidden settings for the dock in an easy-to-use interface.

I'd like to introduce a new, free macOS app for power users that want more out of customizing their OS: MagiDock! Unlock hidden dock settings with an easy-to-use interface.

App, website, and icon created by me. ✍🏼

Download for free here: magidock.app

#macOS #Swift #SwiftUI #Laravel #TailwindCSS

02.12.2024 04:21 — 👍 16    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Hello Bluesky! I'm Nicholas Brantley, a NASA Software Engineer with a focus in web development.

I enjoy creating ✨stuff✨ across different mediums, which I will be sharing here. 😊

02.12.2024 03:58 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

When you do the repairs (like the relay) that you mentioned, will you consider making a video of your repair process?

11.09.2024 22:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0