Software label · est. 2024 · no notes

Software I wanted to exist.

Synths, effects, and games. The kind of tools and toys I wanted and couldn’t buy, so I made them.

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§ 002 / The catalog

Small catalog. Extremely on purpose.

01 / Sound

Cartridge

An 8-bit synth with chip-accurate voices, a modern polyphonic engine, and a step sequencer for pushing it somewhere new.

Meet Cartridge →

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02 / Games

Fortunes by Jeff

Jeff is a dude who may or may not be an all-knowing fortune teller, and circumstances leave you no choice but to trust him with your future. You pick your way to one of many endings. A MacVenture-style adventure for fans of Shadowgate, Déjà Vu, and Radical Castle.

Coming soon

03 / ???

The next one

Something new. It’s not ready to talk about yet.

Later

§ 004 / About

Hi, I’m smank.

I love music, art, and games, and the 8-bit era most of all. Cartridge is my love letter to those sounds. When I’m not making software I’m on a guitar or a synth, playing it or taking it apart. I set them up, rewire them, rebuild them, and solder things that were probably fine before I got involved. I build the tools I want to use, by hand, and there’s nobody upstairs asking me to put AI in a synth.

smank

§ 006 / Say hi

Bug, question, or just saying hi?

It comes straight to me. I read all of it, and reply to most.