My New Podcast: The Phosphene Catalogue

Presenting The Phosphene Catalogue, a new serial fiction podcast by me, Tris.
New episodes every two weeks from January to March. Subscribe now on Spotify, iTunes or via RSS on your favourite podcatcher:
phosphenecatalogue.com
Writing, music, and production by Tris Oaten. The show is performed by Wolfie Thorns.
The Phosphene Catalogue is a Namtao Production. namtao.com

[@SynthSoundscapes]

Fascinating stuff. The atmosphere the music creates is subtle but exceptional!

[@NoBoilerplate]

Thank you! I write all the music to perfectly sync up with the story :-)

[@abbasalhashimi9]

Very touching, most precisely; the forest spirit plot. It reminds me of the magical worlds I visit when I experience lucid dreaming, and I turn my most scary nightmares into moments of spiritual awakening.

[@Luniy5_]

I usually don't listen to podcasts but this one really caught my attention, great work!

[@FlameForgedSoul]

Flavors of Archive 81, Within the Wires, and The Magnus Archives. We like.

[@TheSast]

This is interesting. May even push me to finally stop procrastinating on setting up an RSS feed.

[@NoBoilerplate]

RSS is a WONDERFUL standard, and podcasting is such a great way to use it! If you're looking for a feed reader, inoreader is how I consume 100 articles a day without going insane, it's got REALLY great granular filters. If you're looking for a podcatcher, Pocket Casts is my favourite, has been for many years. Dedicated podcatcher apps provide a much better experience than spotify, because they're tailored to podcasts. Automatic silence removal is a feature spotify doesn't have, for example. If you're looking to set up your own podcast feed, Soundcloud provides a free way to do that (dig into the settings hard enough!) but I am happy with Spreaker.com for my hosting. Of course, you can do it programmatically for free with a static site generator and github pages - it's easy build your own RSS xml, and there's libraries for every language! As you would expect, rust has you covered: lib.rs/crates/rss

[@TheSast]

@@NoBoilerplate Thanks for all the info! When using new things, I usually start by using something popular to then go and later find what suits me best, usually something more niche or sometimes self-written. This will be a very interesting dive!

[@11rchitwood]

Does anyone know why rss feeds for video aren’t popular? Like I would love to consume this channel via a RSS reader for video.

[@NoBoilerplate]

@@TheSast exciting! Come talk about it over on my discord if you want ideas or feedback 🙂

[@NoBoilerplate]

@@11rchitwood I adore RSS, and I have good news for you, here's the feed for my channel kzbin.infovideos.xml?channel_id=UCUMwY9iS8oMyWDYIe6_RmoA you can switch in any channel ID (not human-readable name) and subscribe to anyone you like. Most RSS readers allow you to search for youtube channels directly, so you don't need to remember kzbin.infovideos.xml?channel_id= You may also like siriusmart.github.io/youtube-tui/

[@taigaengel1527]

I sounds Interesting, the format and story reminds me of "The Magnus Archives" which I really like so I think I might like this one too if I ever get into audio media again.

[@NoBoilerplate]

Huge influence on my writing for this show, certainly. Sprinkle in Welcome To Night Vale, Within The Wires, Modem Prometheus (my friend Neil's writing on that is amazing) and the million World of Darkness games I've played over the years!

[@MentalSideBeats]

This is amazing!

[@NoBoilerplate]

Thank you! Do subscribe to the show wherever is best for you, so you get a ping when season 1 starts in January! (links on phosphenecatalogue.com/)

[@pc2753]

I enjoyed this so much. Thank you

[@NoBoilerplate]

You are so welcome!

[@pc2753]

Came here ages ago for Obsidian. If only I'd stayed to watch the Rust vids instead of messing around with JS 🙄

[@pc2753]

@@NoBoilerplate kind of telling that you left software. Good luck

[@hamzadlm6625]

I cannot not click on your videos, amazing content

[@NoBoilerplate]

Thank you! I hope you like the show when I publish in Jan :-)

[@IanSGI]

I want a friend called "Wolfie Thorns"! Her voice... delightful!

[@NoBoilerplate]

Just released the re-written pilot as episode 1, listen again and find the NEW SECRETS kzbin.info/www/bejne/r2Tah6l6l697qLc

[@Neptunade]

What an impression from an alternate probability stream, i.e. your imagination.

[@NoBoilerplate]

Thank you!

[@Antonio-yy2ec]

Excellent!

[@NoBoilerplate]

Glad you liked it!

[@Antonio-yy2ec]

@@NoBoilerplateI will always love your content! any plan on uploading your videos to Odysee too? I will really love to see you there too.

[@NoBoilerplate]

@@Antonio-yy2ec It's looking like Odysee is going to shut down due to the LBRY lawsuit stopping the underlying network. [1] For Odysee users who like decentralisation, it is time to ask themselves how one company shutting down could kill a whole 'decentralised' network. I have stopped taking blockchain companies and apps seriously, the track record is laughable. Blockchain appears to be good for exactly one thing: Extracting money from gullible investors. I may consider a federated option, like PeerTube [2], I've already switched all my projects' accounts to mastodon (which uses the same protocol), and I'm very happy with what I have seen so far! [1] odysee.com/@lbry:3f/theendoflbryinc:d [2] joinpeertube.org/

[@Antonio-yy2ec]

@@NoBoilerplate PeerTube will be even better!!!! Thanks!!!!

[@piotrp6793]

Hi Bo Boilerplate! Did you ever encountered a mobile game "NEW ORBIT - Episode 1"? For me it is hidden gem and provided me with similar feeling as some of your "fiction podcasts". I has original physics based ship movement and great story! One of the best games I have played on my phone. Recommend you guys try it! I'm not associated with the author (one person) in any way.

[@btschaegg]

Interesting: I get strong Half Life/Black Mesa vibes from the background track. Especially the beginning reminds me of the ambient sounds of both… Was that deliberate? 🙂

[@NoBoilerplate]

HL and indeed Portal, are a HUGE influence on my other show, Lost Terminal, so though I didn't set out to write the music in this style, you've heard right, I bet! Have you seen Lost Terminal? If you like Portal and HL, it's got really similar vibes! I'd love to know what you think :-) kzbin.info/www/bejne/pmTFdXhvoNitg8U

[@btschaegg]

@@NoBoilerplate I am aware of LT, yes. I found it on Spotify a while back and enjoyed it very much! It's funny, now that you point it out I see the themes, but my mind didn't link LT with HL at all, while a couple of seconds of background music here instantly gave me a deeply nostalgic feeling for it 😊 By the way, as I'm sure this doesn't get said often/explicitly enough: Your shows are great. Thank you for all the work you do!

[@NoBoilerplate]

@@btschaegg You're so kind to say, I love making them, and my plan is to never stop!

[@skytech2501]

I am not seeing any new rust related contents from you. you are the reason I learned Rust 😊

[@NoBoilerplate]

I appreciate that! I'm still using rust every day, teaching it to my Patreon Mentees, and building all my project's websites with my custom Rust static site generator - TPC's website is here, for instance github.com/0atman/ThePhospheneCatalogue I'm sorry that I'm not the pure programming KZbinr you perhaps want me to be. You've not seen the last Rust video of mine, don't worry! But I'm a musician, a producer, a writer, as well as a programmer. I'm too excited about too many things to just talk about one thing in every video :-)

[@skytech2501]

@@NoBoilerplate appreciate you for what you do. There are only a few content creators that are good at stabbing right in the heart for teaching Rust and you are on the top. I wish more content creators would inspire new programmers about Rust ♥️

[@NoBoilerplate]

@@skytech2501 You're very kind - that's exactly where I see myself as helping most, getting beginners excited by Rust 🙂

[@JMW1906]

I've come for the Rust videos, too, and they've lead me to learning Rust, too. But I'm staying for the content which contains useful and interesting information, too. So while I'd love if the rust content doesn't end completely: Keep up with the good content you are producing and make what you like, @NoBoilerplate

[@NoBoilerplate]

@@JMW1906 Thank you 🙂

[@Jakob7539511]

Hey i love your stuff, and this sounds promising as well, but personally I think posting just the first episode on this channel would be enough, and the first three would be too much :(

[@NoBoilerplate]

That's actually a good point, the audience here isn't guaranteed to like the show, I might go with just the first one, maaaaaaaaaybe second, see how others react. Thank you! :-)

[@Amplefii]

this is a good point maybe a good compromise would be to just put it in as a card at the end of a few videos with a little one or two sentence pitch of what its about. I very much enjoy the atmosphere of this story btw great writing!@@NoBoilerplate

[@GaliaMinecraft]

Personally I would like one or two more. Sounds interesting, but not sure yet if it's my cup of tea yet.

[@NoBoilerplate]

@@Amplefii Thank you! Good idea too. I'm excited to show y'all this new world!

[@NoBoilerplate]

@@GaliaMinecraft Thank you. Yes, there's always some rewriting of the pilot before the first episode, there's a few things I want to change too. If you have any notes, I'd love to read them, that's what a pilot is for! 🙂