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Manwe
@manwe-sands.bsky.social
Product designer, Video game music composer, Hacker, Demoscener, Digital artist linktr.ee/matchugovsky
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October 30, 2025 at 1:55 PM
#MODtober – 'From A Long Distance'.
This song was composed by me in 1994. My friend Tarh and I recorded the demo of this tune on two acoustic guitars. Shortly afterwards we formed the music- and #demoscene group called 'The SandS': thesands.ru.
In 2005 I recorded this song in form of #Amiga MOD
October 30, 2025 at 7:48 AM
#MODtober
'To Far Away Friend' composed and recorded in 2003. Released on 'PostMODism' musicdisk www.pouet.net/prod.php?whi...
October 29, 2025 at 11:44 AM
#MODtober
Composed by me in 2010s with #Renoise tracker for a video game. Acoustic guitar samples were played and recorded live.
October 26, 2025 at 12:25 PM
A compilation of several 64-kilobyte intros I created in the 2000s
#demoscene
October 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
#MODtober – Okay, Let's Track It!
100% acoustic home made record. Piano and harmonica recorded to AKG 1000s mic. Matchbox shaking, hands and fingers clapping, plastic bottle punching, bunch of newspapers kicking and even wrench ringing. Bass, solo and rhythm guitar recorded from their pickups. 2005.
October 21, 2025 at 7:25 AM
'The Song Of Peace' – I composed this tune in 2001 after 9/11 when the war against Iraq was started. In 2005 I recorded it for the 'PostMODism' musicdisk, in 4 channels using Amiga ProTracker. Since then, the song of peace has remained highly relevant.
amp.dascene.net/downmod.php?...
#MODtober
October 20, 2025 at 8:00 AM
DEC PDP-11 compatible 16-bit home computer from 1990, designed in USSR.
Soyuz-Neon PK-11/16.
It runs RT-11 operation system and has VGA-like graphic modes (up to 832x300).
Of course, I have coded a few intros for it :) #demoscene
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
'A Little Piggy Walking to the Shop' – 4-channel Amiga MOD composed by me in 2005. Released on 'PostMODism' musicdisk (can be found on pouet.net). Also was used in '3 funky speculators' demo by Storm Studios.
#MODtober #demoscene
October 18, 2025 at 11:37 AM
«Sinsonido Bass Etude» 4-channel Amiga MOD composed by me in 2004, when I bought my first bass guitar.
#MODtober
October 17, 2025 at 7:28 AM
‘This Bamboo is Longer’ – Amiga ProTracker MOD composed by me 20 years ago for the ‘PostMODism’ musicdisk (can be found on pouet.net)

youtu.be/X8eKzSQ3PXc?...

#MODtober
Amiga music: This Bamboo Is Longer
YouTube video by Manwe
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 6:42 AM
"Cannon Fodder" game soundtrack by Jon Hare and Richard Joseph. #MODtober: tracker tunes in MOD format, this October.
October 13, 2025 at 3:55 PM
We won #Assembly 2025 oldskool demo compо. Viva #demoscene and thanks to all participants for your amazing entries! Greetings to Mindlapse and Desire, BRZ, Rustbloom, Extream, Conspiracy and everyone at the party!

youtu.be/C2GWvm4uMrM?...
DEMODED demo by 7dump and SandS
YouTube video by Manwe
youtu.be
August 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Reposted by Manwe
NEON HAWK, work in progress for Vectrex, by Finnish maestro Mikko Huovinen (The Reap, Boarder Zone, Max Payne 2, Alan Wake, Quantum Break)
April 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
In Yandex’ museum of computer history with my PONG Charged game for Elektronika BK 0010 (fully 16-bit Soviet home computer designed in 1983).
February 19, 2025 at 8:08 PM
I haven't used paints and brushes in a long time. First attempt after a 20-year break. And first time with acrylics.
February 18, 2025 at 5:03 PM
My 2024, according to Instagram
January 5, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Believe it or not, it’s fully 16-bit, but only 3-colour (plus black) home computer designed in USSR in 1983, running my 4 kb program: www.pouet.net/prod.php?whi...

#Demoscene #PixelArt
November 21, 2024 at 12:42 PM
ZX Spectrum Next is finally arrived
November 6, 2024 at 11:55 AM
Why do half of today’s games look like they were made in Macromedia Flash in early 2000s?
#gamedev
September 30, 2024 at 4:24 PM
Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #1,744,176!
September 17, 2024 at 12:20 PM
"Sad Child Song" from "MODest disk" released by SandS in 2003. All sounds were recorded live by me and Tangerine. www.pouet.net/prod.php?whi...

P.S. my first video here, I'm trying to figure out the BlueSky's limitations. 50 Mb max size, 60 seconds max duration, upload is working on desktop only.
September 16, 2024 at 2:11 PM
Modern games: run on the latest Apple M3 processor with 24 gigabytes of memory and a fast solid-state drive, look like OutRun from the 80s, weigh 5.5 gigabytes, freeze during races (probably due to map loading), skip frames, and don't even have the option to reduce resolution.
How?
September 11, 2024 at 7:25 AM
In light of the Oasis' reunion, I decided to listen to the best of. This time the youtube adverts overflowed the cup of patience and I finally bought a premium subscription. Congratulate me :)
Music is power.
September 5, 2024 at 4:09 PM
Atlassian Jira is phenomenal. You see the modal window with 2 action buttons: Cancel and Close. The action you actually perform is called Done, while the window’s header say Close.
That’s why so many ugly interfaces around: designers and developers use Jira on daily basis. Their brains are infected.
August 28, 2024 at 5:32 AM