For the final game, I updated the classroom music piece, School Days, removing and adding different sections to sound less dramatic/epic/sinister and instead be more curious and full of wonder. I wanted the piece to be more orchestral than the other tracks as there is a sense of formality and order that comes with going to school.

Apr 7, 2023

For the Early Childhood Room, I composed a track called Robot Rhapsody that uses more unnatural and robotic sounding synths to possess a video-game sound. I wanted to create a sense of playful adventure and carefree imaginary worlds, while also bearing elements of soft and sympathetic emotion and compassion that a 6-8 year old child would have.

Apr 6, 2023

For the baby room, I composed a track, Dreaming Baby, predominantly made of soft instruments such as the harp and flutes to reflect the tranquil and dreamy state of the room with its floating clouds and cot. I wanted to capture the freedom and airy nature of dreaming in the musical melodies.

Apr 3, 2023

I composed this piece, Classroom Extravaganza, for the class room which seeks to communicate the adventure, exuberance, pressures and unpredictability that going to school brings to a child’s life. It can also be switched for the Early Childhood room if preferred as its sense of adventure could fit that to.

Apr 3, 2023

I composed this track for the Adolescence Maze room. I wanted to communicate the ever changing emotions of being a teenager trying to make sense of their place in their world and being challenged to grow emotions amongst feelings of angst and sadness as the losing the innocence and wonder of childhood while being uncertain of what is to come as they grow up.

Apr 3, 2023

For the toddlerhood/toy room, I made the following track, Imagination Playstation, to represent the energetic, excitable and hype imagination of a child. I wanted the hyperactive melody to capture the mischievous, curious and waddling nature of a toddler.

Apr 1, 2023

I composed the following tracks for the Mid Adulthood Room which sees the player in a dark office, an abstract and gloomy environment with no colour. The emotions in the first track, Lonely Office Life, are that of a deeply unhappy and demotivated individual in a mundane job with their condition hanging over them and deeply affecting their self worth.

The next track, Falling Apart, is for when the room falls apart when the player recovers the object. It is particularly dramatic as it represents the character’s mental collapse under the stress and strain of balancing his unhappy working life with dealing with his condition.

Mar 31, 2023

I composed the following tracks for the Early Adulthood Room which sees the player make their way through a beautiful forest. In the first track, titled First Love Forest, the mood is happy and relaxed to fit both the natural and peaceful environment and the blossoming relationship of the main character, full of positive wonder and potential and, above all, brimming with young love.

There is also another track, titled Unhappy Household, for when the player enters the house that is situated in this forest. I sought to represent the now melancholic aspect of the player’s relationship as their Alzheimer’s condition has led them to forget things and put on a strain on this loving relationship as feelings of loneliness and sadness creep in.

 

Mar 31, 2023