From db4ad73837d4a69342c05d343b6a408515145249 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Cummins Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 09:41:14 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Overdue update with recent projects and awards --- projects/bit-awakening.mdx | 32 +++++++++++++++++++ projects/dungeons-and-dining-tables.mdx | 2 +- projects/music-with-motion-down-under.mdx | 2 +- projects/pixelated-symphonies.mdx | 2 +- projects/rocs-odyssey.mdx | 2 +- projects/the-lion-and-the-mouse.mdx | 2 +- projects/wcb-senescence.mdx | 29 +++++++++++++++++ .../awards/2026-community-impact-sagia.mdx | 7 ++++ .../awards/2026-local-legend-mark-butler.mdx | 7 ++++ .../nathan-cummins-bit-awakening-1.png | 3 ++ .../nathan-cummins-wcb-senescence-1.jpg | 3 ++ .../nathan-cummins-bit-awakening-1.png | 3 ++ .../nathan-cummins-bit-awakening-2.png | 3 ++ .../nathan-cummins-bit-awakening-3.png | 3 ++ .../nathan-cummins-wcb-senescence-1.jpg | 3 ++ .../nathan-cummins-wcb-senescence-2.jpg | 3 ++ .../nathan-cummins-wcb-senescence-3.jpg | 3 ++ .../nathan-cummins-wcb-senescence-4.jpg | 3 ++ 18 files changed, 107 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) create mode 100644 projects/bit-awakening.mdx create mode 100644 projects/wcb-senescence.mdx create mode 100644 src/assets/awards/2026-community-impact-sagia.mdx create mode 100644 src/assets/awards/2026-local-legend-mark-butler.mdx create mode 100644 src/assets/img/project-heros/nathan-cummins-bit-awakening-1.png create mode 100644 src/assets/img/project-heros/nathan-cummins-wcb-senescence-1.jpg create mode 100644 src/assets/img/projects/bit-awakening/nathan-cummins-bit-awakening-1.png create mode 100644 src/assets/img/projects/bit-awakening/nathan-cummins-bit-awakening-2.png create mode 100644 src/assets/img/projects/bit-awakening/nathan-cummins-bit-awakening-3.png create mode 100644 src/assets/img/projects/wcb-senescence/nathan-cummins-wcb-senescence-1.jpg create mode 100644 src/assets/img/projects/wcb-senescence/nathan-cummins-wcb-senescence-2.jpg create mode 100644 src/assets/img/projects/wcb-senescence/nathan-cummins-wcb-senescence-3.jpg create mode 100644 src/assets/img/projects/wcb-senescence/nathan-cummins-wcb-senescence-4.jpg diff --git a/projects/bit-awakening.mdx b/projects/bit-awakening.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fb06812 --- /dev/null +++ b/projects/bit-awakening.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +--- +title: Bit Awakening +role: Composer and Sound Designer +type: Video Game +date: 2026-07-22 +slug: bit-awakening +ongoing: true +description: "A spark flickers in the waste. A world half-forgotten, secrets buried within. Which hand truly turns the gears of fate?" +keyFigure: + - title: Developed by + name: Ember League + href: https://emberleague.com/ +frontPage: + order: 1 +images: + { + "hero": + { + "src": "nathan-cummins-bit-awakening-1.png", + "alt": "The main playable character of Bit Awakening, Bit, standing on a jetty." + }, + "other": "bit-awakening" + } +externalLinks: + [ + { + "name": "Website", + "href": "https://bitawakening.com/", + "icon": "mdi:web" + } + ] +--- diff --git a/projects/dungeons-and-dining-tables.mdx b/projects/dungeons-and-dining-tables.mdx index 3f7cad8..823a9c9 100644 --- a/projects/dungeons-and-dining-tables.mdx +++ b/projects/dungeons-and-dining-tables.mdx @@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ keyFigure: - title: Developed by name: Catalyst Games frontPage: - order: 1 + order: 3 images: { "hero": diff --git a/projects/music-with-motion-down-under.mdx b/projects/music-with-motion-down-under.mdx index b496a24..5c4b8af 100644 --- a/projects/music-with-motion-down-under.mdx +++ b/projects/music-with-motion-down-under.mdx @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ keyFigure: name: Woodville Concert Band href: https://www.woodvillecb.com.au/2025/music-with-motion-down-under/ description: "Music With Motion: Down Under is the largest ever celebration of Australia's video game soundtracks, performed live by a full wind orchestra and synchronised in real time with stunning visuals on the big screen. Premiering all-new orchestrations created especially for this event by award-winning Artistic Director Dr Nathan Cummins, the performance showcases music from games developed across the country, including several from right here in South Australia. Many of these games have never had their music performed live, and you'll be among the very first to hear it." -frontPage: { "order": 3 } +frontPage: { "order": 4 } images: { "hero": diff --git a/projects/pixelated-symphonies.mdx b/projects/pixelated-symphonies.mdx index 0bdb523..adbdf2e 100644 --- a/projects/pixelated-symphonies.mdx +++ b/projects/pixelated-symphonies.mdx @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ type: Concert date: 2025-03-09 slug: pixelated-symphonies description: "A symphonic exploration of video game music with 14 commissioned arrangements. Experience the magic of these legendary symphonic video game soundtracks like never before! Join [the Adelaide Wind Orchestra] for an unforgettable concert of musical enchantment as video game industry insider and composer Dr Nathan Cummins and AWO take you on a wild ride through this iconic music. From the epic adventures of Super Mario to the heartwarming melodies of The Legend of Zelda, immerse yourself and be swept away by the brilliance of Australia's leading symphonic wind orchestra." -frontPage: { "order": 4 } +frontPage: { "order": 5 } keyFigure: - title: Performed by name: Adelaide Wind Orchestra diff --git a/projects/rocs-odyssey.mdx b/projects/rocs-odyssey.mdx index e0c10d4..6e5088d 100644 --- a/projects/rocs-odyssey.mdx +++ b/projects/rocs-odyssey.mdx @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ type: Video Game date: 2025-02-21 slug: rocs-odyssey description: Explore vast landscapes and get lost in a beautiful yet dangerous world in Roc's Odyssey. Filled with intense combat, strange allies, platforming, enemies, treasures, secrets, upgrades, friendships and lore this hand drawn action adventure will have you hooked! -frontPage: { "order": 6 } +frontPage: { "order": 7 } keyFigure: - title: Developed by name: Sunshine Festival Studios diff --git a/projects/the-lion-and-the-mouse.mdx b/projects/the-lion-and-the-mouse.mdx index 635fe20..5dea940 100644 --- a/projects/the-lion-and-the-mouse.mdx +++ b/projects/the-lion-and-the-mouse.mdx @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ keyFigure: - title: Performed by name: Woodville Concert Band href: https://www.woodvillecb.com.au/2024/the-lion-and-the-mouse/ -frontPage: { "order": 5 } +frontPage: { "order": 6 } images: { "hero": diff --git a/projects/wcb-senescence.mdx b/projects/wcb-senescence.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4db5288 --- /dev/null +++ b/projects/wcb-senescence.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +--- +title: Senescence +role: Conductor / Artistic Director +type: Concert +date: 2026-05-16 +slug: wcb-senescence +keyFigure: + - title: Performed by + name: Woodville Concert Band + href: https://www.woodvillecb.com.au/2026/senescence/ +description: "Bringing together video game music and classical works, Senescence: The Passage of Time is an invitation to listen across eras and reckon with time itself—how it shapes us, how we shape it, and how music allows us, if only for an evening, to feel its passage." +images: + { + "hero": + { + "src": "nathan-cummins-wcb-senescence-1.jpg", + "alt": "Nathan in a dramatic conducting pose in front of the Woodville Concert Band." + }, + "other": "wcb-senescence" + } +externalLinks: + [ + { + "name": "Website", + "href": "https://www.woodvillecb.com.au/2026/senescence/", + "icon": "mdi:web" + } + ] +--- diff --git a/src/assets/awards/2026-community-impact-sagia.mdx b/src/assets/awards/2026-community-impact-sagia.mdx new file mode 100644 index 0000000..612b598 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/assets/awards/2026-community-impact-sagia.mdx @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ 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