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Andrew (Ape)

@specialagentape.bsky.social

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Musician of @Torch60.itch.io (play Astra Hunter Zosma on Steam!) agentape.bandcamp.com Romhacker (PMD Wii Translation, GB->GBC conversions, others) DK Vine staff! Idaho Crew streams most Tues (twitch.tv/dkvine) & Wed (twitch.tv/specialagentape) 5PM PST

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Andrew (Ape) @specialagentape.bsky.social · Nov 14

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I'm Andrew (or Ape, depending on what circles you know me in). I'm a freelance musician, primarily for @torch60.itch.io -- check our games out on Steam here: store.steampowered.com/search/?publ...

and listen to most of my soundtrack/music work old and new here: agentape.bandcamp.com

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Hajimeli @hajimeli.net · 2d

The Soma Union Collaboration is coming on November 1st, 2025!
Two remixes of @specialagentape.bsky.social's tracks from the original game will be playable in vivid/stasis.
"ABSOLUTION (A-Saph Remix)"
"Crusader Mk.III (Stelli Edit)"
Let's discover what's on the horizon together!

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Andrew (Ape) @specialagentape.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah that's about what ours looked like. Sucked, but we got there!

Andrew (Ape) @specialagentape.bsky.social · 5d

flight was out of Texas. So we flew to Texas and then back north over Idaho, then west!

Andrew (Ape) @specialagentape.bsky.social · 5d

Be lucky yours was only 13, ours was around 20! :P

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Andrew (Ape) @specialagentape.bsky.social · 6d

Both Advance games also have better postgame, even though the main game of FFT is better. FFT has always felt like a game that has a very final endpoint which feels worse in a game where you invest so much time building your units

Andrew (Ape) @specialagentape.bsky.social · 6d

The FF Tactics remake is super good. I wish they would give Advance and A2 this treatment too because most of those games' problems are a result of clunky UI from bad screen real-estate. Every time I replay Tactics I honestly get the urge to replay all 3

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Andrew (Ape) @specialagentape.bsky.social · 7d

MMW1 and MMW2 were my work, thanks for shouting it out :)

Andrew (Ape) @specialagentape.bsky.social · 7d

I happen to have done a few, definitely give the mega man world games a go!

Andrew (Ape) @specialagentape.bsky.social · 7d

The Deku hop is a bit annoying though, but it just means the player should do a spin before hitting the water. Don't know why they did that

I don't care about the boss fights everyone whines about, they were never good anyway

Andrew (Ape) @specialagentape.bsky.social · 7d

Counterpoint: I ain't got time to wait when I can now song of double time to a specific hour

Most of the gameplay changes people complain about are also relatively inconsequential to the actual gameplay. The zora swimming people complain about is honestly better for the dungeon design.

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Andrew (Ape) @specialagentape.bsky.social · 10d

Brave Hero Yuusha was my first soundtrack and even though I was inexperienced and still practicing, my friend took a chance on me and now we've made a lot of great games together. I'm happy to work on these games and keep improving my music for as long as we're still having a blast with them :)

Torch60 @torch60.itch.io · 10d

Ten years ago this week, we first journeyed across a broken story with an unlikely hero, a hapless demon lord, and a firebrand princess. Together, they retold a tale for the ages.

Happy 10 years to Brave Hero Yuusha!

(art by @theflyingdustman.bsky.social !)

Brave Hero Yuusha 10th Anniversary Artwork.

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Sgt M @sgtm.bsky.social · 10d

Happy 10 years to Brave Hero Yuusha! The first original game I developed along with @specialagentape.bsky.social and the beginning of many more stories to come.

Torch60 @torch60.itch.io · 10d

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Andrew (Ape) @specialagentape.bsky.social · 12d

It's great! Legit a classic. DK64 is more beloved even though it actually is not fun and sucks the joy out of anyone who plays it, but DKC3 is actually very good. Land 3 is also good & worth playing (if you wanted to dm me on discord I have a small QoL hack for it that will make it more fun too :P)