Given my focus on 3D, texturing, and animation, you'd think modding for a game like Faster Than Light would be... "setting the bar low" so to speak. But it's actually turned out to be a fantastic inspiration, and in a completely unexpected direction.

Now yes, the game is basically just PNG sprites and XML events written up in a bastardized HTML-type syntax, so it's shockingly easy to mod _{(where stuff isn't hardcoded in, anyway)}. My core talents are more towards texturing than sprite-work, but I've still managed to produce some worthwhile stuff. "Turning the Tide" in particular is getting a pretty warm reception, despite being barely more than functional. But what's really got me excited lately is my "Incursion" Total Conversion. It started out as a minor ship mod, but a suggestion from one of the forumites planted a little brain-bug that ended up snowballing the project to ridiculous proportions.

And that's where things get interesting.
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You see those? That's music folks. MUSIC. Moreover, music I'm genuinely happy with. Now I'll grant you they can be better. The Incursor Theme has already been improved a bit for the final mod release, and Planetfall needs some fine-tuning and a less abrupt ending, but right now I just don't give a damn. I am literally giddy that I've finally managed to find a stride with producing music. For the longest time I've always considered audio to be the weak link in my creative pantheon - something I could just barely manage if I really struggled with it for hours and days. But this... these Incursor soundtracks are just flowing. Flowing like a goddamn waterfall right out of nowhere.

I never want it to end...