From Jam to Published: Tides Under All
It all started out with the OST Composing Jam #7. I, along, 649 other applicants, were prompted with two choices, the words "Inside My World" or the picture : Immediately the picture stood out to me... where is this underwater world, who is the girl, and who is the bubble girl she's talking to? I gravitated to themes of nature and exploration. As such I decided to create a soundtrack with themes of "botanica" music. Botanica is a subgenre of electronic ambient music that I've been exploring. Essentially it focuses on nature sounds, foley, synths, organic instrumentation and textural glitches. The style of botanica I've been exploring also takes inspiration from Hip Hop and Hyperpop drums, with loud bass and sporadic hihats. Next was actually making the soundtrack. My idea was to use one file to seamlessly transition from different ideas. Ideas such as exploration, a fight scene, a reward scene. All basic game events one might come across. For the actu...
