NelsonWright.co.uk
Web Games
I made these
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Robot Battle
A game involving maths, robots and evil! Written in Director, so it requires a Shockwave plugin.
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The Legend of Jando
This is an HTML/Javascript work in progress, but it's playable. It's an RPG where you can choose between being a man, goose or chicken.
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The Grasshopper game
This is a game written as a Java applet, created as part of my Multimedia Technology Degree coursework.
Bands
The Wright Brothers
Two faintly camp over forty-somethings playing miserabilist acoustic pop. C'mon, what's not to like?
Actually, this project is currently "on hold", as we're both wildly popular with young attractive people, who will demand our time.
Flowers For Algernon
An acoustic/electric band of varying numbers of members throughout it's erratic and colourful life. Formed in 2003 as a duo (Nelson & Jim), we expanded to a six-piece, before playing our last gig in January 2006.
I played acoustic and electric guitars, the occasional harmonica, and did a few backing vocals.
Here's what some people thought:
"One of the best folk-influenced pop bands in Edinburgh, if not all of Scotland" - Barry Gordon, Daily Record 13 January 2006
"A curious cross of folk and The Smiths, their 'New PC' EP is clever without being smug" - Rick Fulton, Daily Record 16 September 2005
"As good - if not better - than their peers Aberfeldy, their simple-to-follow folk-pop tunes come as a breath of fresh air to the Edinburgh music scene". Evening News, 2005
The Circus
The Circus was a jazz-inflected folk-pop band from c 2004 - 2007, with songs written by Nick Rowell. Dave Series provided the jazz guitar, I hit percussion, or honked on a harp.
One the most good-natured bands I've ever played in. Dave went on to playing professionally in jazz bands, Nick went on to do a PhD in astrophysics.
The Hairy Apes
A traditional four-piece guitar band, that traversed the terrain between "pop" and "heavy-ish" like a nimble young mountain goat.
