There And Back Again

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About

This four-minute track is jam-packed with six vignettes that could serve a game not yet made!  "A journey to remember" isn't complete without some preparation and adversaries, and the pixel art included in the theme set out the perfect canvas for a display of 8-bit inspired synthesizers. 

Table of Contents

0:00 The World Awaits
0:38 Preparations / The Ropes
1:15 Leaving Home
1:46 The Adversary Awaits
2:13 Do or Die
3:06 "Goodbye, Dear Friends"

The Not-Yet Game

While "The World Awaits," your character is taking in the landscape; the roads, the forests, the paths that await.  In order to prepare and learn the ropes, your character goes through some basic training with some remedial weapons--just to be safe before heading out into the world.

In "Leaving Home," you're caught up in the excitement and hesitant to go all at once: maybe we're not ready or meant to leave. But it doesn't look like we have much of a choice: as you journey, you find that the true adversary among the pesky monsters awaits you.  All you have is the experience you gained and whatever weapons you could find for a foe you don't even know by sight or folktale; all you know is there is something behind that door. And all you have to do is open it, and battle. Do, or die.

For the farewell, I leave that up to you.