Description
Genre: Ambient, generative
Length: 0:38:23

My idea of the game, while not very specific, is that of an adventure game, set deep within the ocean, starring a spirit of the water loosely based on the one from the image prompt.

The aesthetic aims to be cute but deep, pulling directly from my current styles and workflows. I imagine the game to be overall wholesome and charming, but both the prologue and the epilogue being of nostalgic sadness for a time bygone.

The specific purpose / meaning of each track can be found directly besides each title. On the Soundcloud descriptions you will find additional details.

The creation process involved starting each track with improvisation and generative patching, in a musical brainstorm of sorts. I did put a little bit more emphasis in deliberate motif composition than is usual for my current musical projects. Some of the tracks feature a leitmotif, made to represent the water-sprite's inner melancholy, or whoever is the object of such emotions.

I guess I've been influenced to do something cute from having recently obsessed over Baba is You, and also the image prompt might have given me a subconscious Ghibli inspiration. The surreal vibes of the ending area want to be like Earthbound's weird bits, although I haven't personally played it.

Software used: FL Studio, VCV Rack 2 pro, Caustic 3. Other software synths and effects.

Hardware: Polysynth, modular synth, electric guitar, effects pedals, mixer, VCA compressor

Message from the artist
Thank you very much for listening. Please, feel free to download, reupload, reuse, etc. I'd be glad to be given credit, and to be informed about any interesting projects that might want to use my work.

Theme

Inside my world

Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
I took heavy inspiration from the image prompt to conceive of an adorable sea spirit living beneath the ocean, having said goodbye to a motherly protector in the past, but living a happy life.

The text prompt inspired the whimsical and colorful tones, the emotionally-driven style of the story. I wasn't thinking consciously about it, but I had the idea that the final segment of the game would be a surrealist voyage into the inner self, accompanied with the more vanguardist track of the bunch; That, I'm just now realising, fits the text prompt so closely!

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/john-url-himself/sets/pacific-blossom

https://youtu.be/eONdCm9WEqE?si=qFiirkca8n2RIUQ7

Number of tracks
8

Genre

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (CC BY)

Any project