Game: itch.io
Listening: Bandcamp, YouTube
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Every now and then I’ll skim through some tags on itch.io and play some random games. So here’s voidCAT();, a li’l cyberspace Metroidvania with a neon aesthetic where you’re a cat and you run around doing cat things like meowing and double jumping. If you expected a game with those characteristics to have a synthwavey soundtrack, you’d be half right, though the music is a little more ambient (no drums) and sinister than that. I’m sure there’s a micro subgenre this falls into, but the Bandcamp tags are just “ambient” and “electronic” so let’s just generically call it ambient electronic. Nothing super fancy, but the darker sounds and melancholy melodies invoke the intended feeling of an abandoned virtual world pretty well.
Recommended tracks:
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“Whispers” feels like an intentional Metroid item room homage (it also plays in item rooms)
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“Mausoleum of Memory” features an erratic light mallet synth loop and a couple of spicy harmonic movements
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“The Astral Project” has the loneliest melody on the soundtrack
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