Description
genre: ambient, drone
Software used: Recorder app, Audacity


Game idea:

You are lured by a Lovecraftian creature to its nest, as you sail though a misty forest river.

Mystery horror game about some creatures luring you thorugh river in the forest area. It is cold. Heavy mist. The siren song is more of a distant echo, a feeling that hypnotizes, rather than anything audible or "song-like".

The sound is a background track that plays on loop with occasional intense sounds (scare jumps, violin) depending on the aria: for example, a window suddenly opens due to wind) or a creak in a bad floor.

It is supposed to give a general vibe of the gameplay, while you're early in your adventure and get introduced to the story thorugh the environment interactions and object information etc.





Composition:

Recordings:

* random badly played violin sounds

* local construction with occasional seagulls

* metal lid that sounds like cymbal

* rain

With mostly all recordings I changed speed, pitch and tempo. For example, I took a sound of construction (just even noise) and slowed it down to make it 4 minutes as well as lowered the pitch. In the final track it is the continuous background sound that sounds like some kind of echo in a cave.

Due to changing the original recording format to fit DAW requirements, I also got a random noise track because the didn't converter didn't convert it properly. This sound is also added as a part of background.

The "cymbal" sound from metal lid after editing in Audacity turned into some kind of water noise in a cave.

Violin sounds lower than original. It imitates "scare jump" sounds and creaking steps on a ship board. There are multiple sound recordings that sometimes overlap. They are all differently played: loud long notes, bad mute notes, short melodies.

Theme

Inside my world

Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
Inside my world: you are entering a creature's world by being hypnotized with its siren's call

Picture theme: invisible figure you're getting in contact with; underwater/open water themes, water-0based creatures, being lures (so "happy to see them")

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/vitaliadev/alllure

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDdy19V_Bfs

Number of tracks
1

Genre

Soundtrack use permission