For this Background Blitz, let's try something unusual.
There won't be a written theme or visual cues.
Your only source of inspiration will be this music by Roald Strauss (MisthaLu on Discord):
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Musical_note_nicu_bucule_01.svg/2048px-Musical_note_nicu_bucule_01.svg.png) https://indiegamemusic.com/diskspace/mr_lou/Dreamer160kbps.mp3
Now, imagine this song in a game and give us the background that comes with it. Have fun!
Deadline: August 12th, 2023.
Voting criteria:
- Concept: Your background should tell us something about the place you have depicted.
- Playability: does it have clearly defined walkable areas, things to interact with, etc?
- Artistic Execution: does the image convey the wanted atmosphere? What's the feeling of the place?
Disclaimer: All music at Indie Game Music (https://indiegamemusic.com/) is free to download and listen to. But you need to pay a license fee (or request a freeware license) if it is actually used in a production.
This is a great idea! Don't know if I'll have time to enter, but I'll listen to the music and see if it sparks anything. :)
Great theme!
Picturing almost an 80s vibe... or even a bit of Blade Runner-esqe or Ready Player One.
I'll have to get creating!
Got an idea and did a quick sketch in my notebook. hopefully will have time to flesh out!
Done! I put in a lot of work because my entry last month was a twenty-minute pencil sketch. :-D
Hid it behind a spoiler so that other potential entrants can still listen to the music without having their reactions to it colored in any way by pre-existing entries. Maybe I don't need to worry about that, but why not?
Spoiler
(https://i.imgur.com/GQUKKZK.png)
There's definitely a story here, but I have no idea what it is!
Thanks for a great prompt,
@Creamy ! It's fun to create something without having any particular game or context in mind, and to just focus purely on composition and on conveying a feeling through an image. I could see potential for re-using this prompt without it feeling repetitive if the music is very different each time. (nod)
Interesting take
@RootBound. Quite different from what I expected but I can see where you're coming from.
Not really a submission since I host the contest, but here's the first thing that came to my mind when I heard the song:
Spoiler
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2 more weeks to let us know what it evokes you.
We reached the deadline.
@RootBound is the only entrant so far. Does someone wants an extension -
@Hannah_Banana maybe - or should I wrap this up?
What's the status here? Should I go ahead and pick a theme for next time at this point?
Please go ahead
@RootBound. I'm looking forward to your next theme.
Cool! Will do.