Description
Three years ago, Lucca's mother died deep inside the ocean during an expedition, they say she loved the sea. Lucca hasn't smiled once in the past three years. Ever since the incident, Lucca has been locking herself in her room everyday at 3pm, her mother's estimated time of death. She lies on her bed and closes her eyes, takes a deep breath... and then she starts imagining herself under the sea... let's see... so there's animals... algae... bubbles... stars... and water. Everyday she continues from the place she left off the day before, and three years later, she keeps searching.. searching for her mother in her own world, hoping that one day, when she reaches the bottom of the sea, she'll be able to see her again. Though, even she questions herself if what she's doing has any purpose at all, that's where Doubts come in.

Lucca's mother used to call her Lulu, and most of the game takes place underwater, hence the title!!


-- SONGS ORDERED --

- Someday I Will: Find her. Lucca is determined to find her mother, she really wants to see her again. This song is the main theme of the game and it would play in the title screen, and probably during some key parts of the game too.

- Submerge In: This serves as the background music for when you're just swimming around underwater while looking for Lucca's mother. I tried to make it very "underwater level"-ish

- Fight the Doubts Away: Along her journey, Lucca encounters these evil monsters called Doubts, in the form of red fish and sharks. She starts to wonder if she's doing all of this in vain. PD: Battles are turn-based combat, Lucca has different abilities based on her imagination to help her defeat Doubts. If she loses to Doubts, however, she'll lose her hope and determination and give up forever (Game over).

- She Used To Play This: A song Lucca's mother used to play in the piano when she was alive. At some point in the journey, Lucca starts to hear this song in the distance, could this mean her mother is somewhere nearby?!

- Today is The Day: Suddenly, a big red monster blocks her path!! It's the biggest of Doubts, it will take a lot of mental strength to defeat this enemy, but Lucca stays determined.

- And One Day I Did: After defeating the final boss, Lucca let out her first smile in three years, after finding her mother at the very bottom of the sea, inside her world.

Message from the artist
Once again, thanks a lot to everyone involved in making OST Composing Jams possible!! I had a blast, like always. With every OST jam I participate in I feel like I improved a lot from the previous one, it's always fun to push myself to try and make something better each time.

Any feedback anyone might have is greatly appreciated!! Especially tips for mixing/mastering because I feel like I need to improve on that the most.

Theme

Inside my world

Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
Well, the entire story takes place inside her mind, that's how I interpreted "inside my world". In the picture theme, everything looks like it's set in the ocean. The kid in the image is supposed to be Lucca, and there's also a bubble around the center that looks like a woman, that's Lucca's mom. The fish in the picture also look kinda like she's imaginating them, so that was also another reason why I went with an "inside her mind" adventure for this game.

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/fiumals-204391381/sets/lulu-aquatic?si=983761aa3e884fa6a7b5faa5a3cb6bfa&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

Number of tracks
6

Genre

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (CC BY-NC)

Any non-commercial project