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submission for Impressions Composing Jam: OST #3 hosted by KaleOverlord for Itch.IO November 2025 The text prompt for the jam was "Realms Unseen" I used the concurrent rules for jams to re-use Melty Balrog set in different instruments for the Prologue of the 3-piece set. And then the 2nd and 3rd pieces are careful rearrangements of each other with cut/paste/insertions and some new bridge piece … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vladyčьstva Nevidęštaa (The Invisible Realms of Sovereignty).

Submission for Broken Telephone #10 Jam on Itch.IO June 2025 A streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/tale-of-edgar-barozek-04-broken-telephone-... The MuseScore Score PDF has different instruments because MuseScore is far more limited in instrument tones than the Roland FA-08's full tone library. Due to overlapping timeframes, per concurrency between jam… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tale Of Edgar And Barozek 04 - Rendezvous At Carina's & Showdown At Herbalist Isle (Broken Telephone Beta).

The Broken Telephone jam series alternates music prompts to make art, and the winning art is used to make a prompt for the music in the next jam following. Therefore this winning art piece from BT-1 is a cute scene with a dragon-like animal and its human friend in a placid environment. I decided to go with sort of a bouncy positive sounding track, in consequence, rather parallel to let's say the c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gentle Dragon.

submission for Composer Weekend Jam #5 hosted by Joe Chris (ScoringTech.NET) for Itch.IO October 2025a streaming link has been provided below:https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/march-of-the-long-gones This was a rather complex idea, I noodled a main backbone in piano, then copied that backbone to 2 songs internally to the FA-08 then gave them 2 different studio sets of instruments. Then back … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to March Of The Long-Gones.

Assembly Opcode March submission for Tiny Music Jam #2 hosted by Aurora595 for Itch.IO September 2025 a streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/assembly-opcodes-march-60sec Note that per usual the outside-Itch-facing version of the track (for example in SoundCloud for our link) is 60 seconds because it has to hit the minimum length requirements for Distroki… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Assembly Opcodes March.

submission for Friendly Music Jam 4 Sampling With Friends hosted by Gullo July 2025 The premise was to use at least one sample from 3 or 4 other people and we were free to distort or mod the samples however forbidden to use our own donated samples and then from there to add material that wasn't any sample but manual performances or DAW stuff to stitch an overall collage of a composition. So my a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to William Tell Should've Known Better / Chocolate Dipped Chocolate.

Submission to Impressions Mystery Jam #1 hosted by KaleOverlord for Itch.IO June 2025 Instrumental chronicling when Barozek was training with Krodar in Settlestone's Citadel area, before getting whisked away from Jord, later to return to Old Thalos. The loop end-point is simply the end of the piece, it is intended to cleanly loop to the piece's start. A streaming link has been provided below: … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Barozek Trains Under Krodar Thunderhammer.

Ballad of Midgaard's Finest Newbie, Edgar The Horrible! The jam called for more of a full album treatment but it was a hard week so I only have the one track. It's decent length though because implicitly it's going to be part of that French jam that has to do with tabletop RPGs which is due in about 12 days (and which also kind of has the concept of a multi-track submission).  Due to concurrency… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ballad of Edgar The Horrible (Abridged).

The text prompt for the Itch music jam was "1000 Pigeon Army" : this led to thinking of Liszt's "St. Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds" (composed 1862-1865) for piano. inspired by the saint’s legendary sermon to a flock of birds, which often included doves or pigeons in art and lore. The piece’s delicate, fluttering passages suggest a mass of pigeons taking flight. The slower passages are … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Pigeon General Staff.

My first breakcore piece, created for the Amen Breakcore Music Jam hosted by Ray Nexus for Itch.IO April 2025 I am just a newbie at this but since the genre itself is very freeform I may get away with what I made being basically in the bounds of breakcores rules(?) You be the judge! a streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/0978_doug-stoothoff_wombatDougl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wombat Glitch.

submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam #35 hosted by emscottish for Itch.IO September 2025. The text prompt for the jam was simply "Cafe". Properly this would have gotten a bass string instrument and some soft tsch tsch tsch drumming cymbals very softly but i looked over and had only 65 minutes left at the end of doing just the piano portion. a streaming link has been provided below: https:/… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Frother You Are From Me, The More Ristretto I Get.

A thought about crystals floating on ice floes in the Outer Seas of Ardasubmission for Weekly Note Composing Jam #31 hosted by emscottish for Itch.IO August 2025the prompt for the music jam was simply "Crystal Caverns" But I morphed it into a character study of the frustrations of Ulmo after Gondolin falls and he goes to the other Valar.  Video sequence would be something like: he travels from th… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ethereal Tsavoritic Raxëlutta.

Submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam #28 hosted by emscottish for Itch.IO August 2025, the text prompt for the jam was simply "The Desert" The first track of Mъdrъ / Mudru draft album It's titled Part II but only about 5% is from before, to stay within the Jam's rules. a streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/stutterin-bob-dropped-the-rocket-launc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stutterin' Bob Dropped The Rocket Launcher Part II.

A Shiny Non-Euclidean Sarabande - submission for Composer Weekend Jam #3 hosted by Joe Chris of ScoringTech.NET for Itch.IO July 2025 – exedexes1 a streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/a-shiny-non-euclidean-sarabande The music jam prompt was to go find a piece of graphic art and be inspired by it. I chose to take a tour of being slightly influenced (for… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to A Shiny Non-Euclidean Sarabande.

submission for One Little Agony jam hosted by M-112 July 2025 a streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/film-at-eleven This is approximately tied with Foul-Mouthed Parrot for being the longest vocal track I've ever done, both are approx 9min 20sec This thing in my own assessment is strong in the early to middle but cringe at the end  because of Time constr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Film At Eleven.

Main website:https://exedexes1.com/The 2nd extended lyrical version of Be More Worried If She Says Yes,  Submission for Music Revision Challenge game jam hosted by 8 Bits To Infinity for Itch.IO in April 2025 This makes it the 4th iteration in the series The full lineage as it were, is as follows: Release XXIX on Rhombus album, on May 20, 2023 https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/be-more-wor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Be More Worried If She Says Yes (2nd Extended Lyrical Version.

Extended-play album version of my submission for Impressions Composing Jam : OST #2, hosted by KaleOverlord for Itch.IO for March 2025.  It comprises 5 tracks, each one of which corresponds to a painting by Cole in the 1830's-1840's chronicling each historical stage of Empire.   Usual caveat that the MuseScore PDF's have different instruments due to that app's limitations compared to instruments… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Palimpsest of Fallen Hegemony.

Out in the wider world beyond itch this (release CCCLXXIX) is the first track of SebēšEšrā album that is not an Alpha Remix of an earlier piece from an earlier album.  In the sense of having a lead-synth contrapuntally darting around (and doing so effectively, and on-the-beat for the most part with very little flaws) this track could be said to be a remote spiritual successor to Fat Bard Contortio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Crystal Castle - submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam 4 hosted by emscottish.

Ambient 2 Game Jam is about making a banger ambient piece. This Jam's theme prompt called for "Lost City" to be evoked by the music. The MIDI and the MuseScore are of v2 because they are tied to that version - the final, v3, entailed stretching and compressing sections of the aggregate WAV file -after- the multitrack was loaded to the DAW and proper alignment mastering was done and then reassemb… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lost City - submission for Impressions Ambience 2 Jam hosted by KaleOverlord January 2025.

Okay, I think I need to explain what the heck's going on here. I like to write music. You wouldn't know that from my itch.io page, which mainly consists of continually-in-development games and the rare engine plugin, but music theory and composition is a much-beloved hobby of mine that I've spent many, many hours learning about. (And when I say learning about, I mean watching video essays and goin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Day Trip.

77%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:music, emotional

Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, atmosphere

75% User Score Based on 120 reviews

Critic Score 83%Based on 2 reviews

Virtual Reality musical sandbox, allowing live looping, recording, and limited editing in rhythm-reactive environments If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Virtuoso.

Submission for Composer Weekend Jam #11 hosted by JoeChris and ScoringTech.NET for Itch.IO February 2026 Amazing things are happening in the realm of 'how badly can I butcher stanza 4.' This is a chunk of the Eärendillinwë in Old English. Dirhaval was killed in the 3rd kinslaying (Sun-Year 538, as Elrond and his twin brother Elros were 6 years of age) as the First Age of Middle Earth was almost… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Something In Remembrance Of Poor Dírhaval.

submission for OST Album Jam hosted by Grunt October 2025The last piece of the 5 tracks (Eternal Canticle) is where I have the double-challenge of the piece only being a piano piece and an attempt at a Chaconne structure, the other four are not involved in the sub challenges.  The first 3 have mixing issues but I was paranoid with the server troubles and decided to submit a full day early.  There'… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Smells Like Terran Spirit.

submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam 14 prompt was "Shop Music" went for a whimsical stop and start rhythm with gaps Probably the closest personal inspiration for this is Boltac's Trading Post in the 8-bit NES of Wizardry I : Proving Grounds Of The Mad Overlord YouTube of Boltac: a streaming link is provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/elysian-armament-bazaarDouglas … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elysian Armament Bazaar.

submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam 18 hosted by emscottish for Itch.IO May 2025 The prompt for the game jam was simply "Elevator Music" A streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/brass-button-blues-submission-for-weekly-n... The public-domain status of the track art is below: Year book of the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brass Button Blues.

The jam called for music involving the final fall of a hero like they are dying after losing a fight.  My treatment has kind of the minute or two before the fight begins and then a jump scare and then i went with a short battle sequence and an electric guitar solo reminiscent of when Flash Gordon in the 1980 film was being executed with the poison gas (unsuccessfully as it turned out) to close us … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hero's Fall - submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam 5 hosted by emscottish.

Judges: the 60 second file was necessary so it can go out on Distrokid.  There is no -new- material past 20 seconds it's just repeated 2 more times. A streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/exedexes1-hells-bells Hell's Bells - submission for Tiny Music Jam #1 hosted by aurora595 for Itch.IO August 2025The submission called for a 20-second composition with … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hell's Bells.

Round 3: Team Bird Squeak Incantatum: This is a character theme for the magical rat student, Squeak, created by Snowly for Round 3 of Snowly’s Music Festival Jam. This is a character theme that can also serve as the main theme for the imaginary game “Squeak Incantatum”. The added challenge that I selected for this track was to only use 3 instruments playing at any given time. I took great care t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Squeak Incantatum (Snowly's Music Festival Jam Album).

submission for Composer Weekend Jam #4 hosted by JoeChris of ScoringTech.NET for Itch.IO August 2025 This was begun starting at 5:20pm on the submission day and it was due at 9pm including formatting all the output lol, it probably bears that fact in the quality level but I gave it what I could. a streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/sets/alternate-pensi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alternate Pensive Metroid 1 In A Hurry.

exedexes1's Jam This Album! submission for Itch.IO June 2025 arranged into a four-track EP mini album - the themes chosen were to jam Oxygene by Jean-Michel Jarre from 1978 and the tabletop is SlothMUD had precursor tabletop inspirations in the late 80's before it went live in 1991, regarding Diku to be tabletop because it's so archaic a thing that it is scrolling text based and therefore allowed … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tale Of Edgar And Barozek.

submission for Broken Telephone Jam #8 a streaming link is provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/lilypad-croak-canticle-submission-for-brok...Douglas P Stoothoff main site: exedexes1.com/ exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZC…ub_confirmation=1 www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0BaYj4…ub_confirmation=1 itch.io profile link: exedexes1.it… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lilypad Croak Canticle.

submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam #16 hosted by emscottish for Itch.IO May 2025 art square provenance: the image is a Pixabay public domain royalty free image. a streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/sempiternal-skid-canticleDouglas P Stoothoff main site: exedexes1.com/ exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sempiternal Skid Canticle.

A submission for Crunchtime 04 hosted by LoneRabbit for Itch.IO The bulk of the game is conceived as a strategy game preparing to assault Morgoth in Angband between Mereth Aderthad and the Dagor Bragollach (the test of how well the player has prepared their forces).  The prologue has Annael talking to Tuor about how the Long Peace unfolded, and also what happened to Tuor's mother, Rían, after the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to To Rule There A Realm At Their Own Will.

The game jam's prompt was "Stepping on a Lego" a streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/neon-brick-scream-submission-for-wncj-13-h... Douglas P Stoothoff main site: https://exedexes1.com/ https://exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZCySWQ-wAQ0GMtXag?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neon Brick Scream.

Submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam #12 hosted by emscottish April 2025. A streaming link is provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/dissatisfaction-expands-to-the-available-s... Okay this one goes way back because the original instrumental track is only the -sixth- in the line up (VI) released in March 2023. I assert that fact that the original is so tiny, it doesn't really… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dissatisfaction Expands To The Available Space (Extended Lyrical Version).

57%Game Brain Score

Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics

Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability

92% User Score Based on 13 reviews

Bunny Bar Talk is a quick and fun command-input mini-game. Get to know the girls at Bunny Bar! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to BunnyBarTalk.

https://itch.io/jam/friendly-music-jamuary-2026Link to streaming service: https://soundcloud.com/grunt7517/sets/untitled-works For this submission I had a few goals in mind: 1.) Try out some new software. In this case - Logic Pro. 2.) Explore different sounds & instruments in each track while maintaining a sense of cohesiveness. 3.) Try out different production/mixing ideas on each track. Thi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Untitled Works.

submission for Gullo's Jamuary 2026, early February 2026 deadline This was a highly structured jam with daily development steps. idea: Sarcastic space marine soldier like Private Joker who sails the seas and roasts zerglings soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/sets/thats-you-only-because-jamuary YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m6HGCYEPlO-lTm-6IB1on5Om83k… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to That's-You-Only-Because.

submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam #37 hosted by emscottish October 2025 It's maybe messed up a little by the MixCraft 10.6 global effect i chose at the very last minute with like 20 minutes to go:  but just pretend its like "We're in the late 70's at a Jarre concert in France and we're way at the farthest worst seating in the venue and theres crappy echo on everything. LFG!"  Approached in… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ferromagnetic Frolic.

The idea of the game jam's prompt was to evoke a cave. Doesn't specify what kind, could be spelunking alone but I went with a joke that it's a D&D thing where the the adventurer is in the one place that isn't deadly and stuff is closing in. Gelatinous cubes in all directions etc.A streaming link has been provided below:https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/rumbling-cave-submission-for-weekly-note-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rumbling Cave for WNCJ 3 hosted by emscottish.

Two mp3's are provided the first is the acoustic draft with the piano. The second is of the same length and is the final layered version with synth voices. a streaming link to each is provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/moments-before-disaster-submission-for-wee... https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/moments-before-disaster-submission-for-wee... Douglas P Stoothoff main si… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moments Before Disaster - submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam 2 for Itch.IO hosted by emscottish January 2025.

Submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam #25 hosted by emscottish for Itch.IO July 2025 This was a relatively straightfoward assignment, obviously honky tonk piano and maybe simple strings like a banjo seemed to be indicated. A streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/buntlines-overcompensated-six-shooter-rag-... The text prompt for the jam was simply "Old … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Buntline’s Overcompensated Six-Shooter Rag.

The prompt for this jam was simply "Rainy Weather" A streaming platform link is provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/quagmires-gnomic-rivulet Douglas P Stoothoff main site: exedexes1.com/ exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZC…ub_confirmation=1 www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0BaYj4…ub_confirmation=1 itch.io profile link: exedexes1.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quagmire’s Gnomic Rivulet.

The prompt for this game jam was "Quartic Harmony" A streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/el-que-no-transa-no-avanza-ii-weapons-grad... The "fourness" diagram in this music track's cover art is adapted from: Nikolsky, A. (2016). Evolution of Tonal Organization in Music Optimizes Neural Mechanisms in Symbolic Encoding of Perceptual Reality. Part-2: Ancie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to El Que No Transa No Avanza II + Weapons-Grade Irrationality II.

The text prompt for this game jam was "Underwater" A streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/gloomtide-abyssal the art square base graphic element URL for copyright is creative commons because it is JPL which is NASA which is US Government: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia23173-enceladus-organics-on-grains-of-ice-ill...main website: https://exedexes1… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gloomtide Abyssal.

NAIAD is an open-world adventure exploration RPG game made to life through music by yukiakino. It has 8 tracks, each representing it's own experiences and feelings. The genre of this whole submission is orchestral.ᯓ★STORY SYNOPSISThe story is about our main character (the girl in the jam photo theme), and her yearning about her best friend. Her best friend died at a beach in their hometown, and sh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to NAIAD.

submission for OST Composing Jam #8 hosted by lonerabbit for Itch.IO September 2025 Vaguely this game is kind of a black and white or sepia tone visual novel of a 1940's style neo noir where a wife has sabotaged her husband's yacht to blow up but her guilty conscience keeps having her coming back to the pier like some Lady MacBeth type reaction she doesn't hide it very well but nobody has reason … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Age & Treachery.

Playtalons the Uncommon Lover is in honor of Tarn Adams's original Guitar and Flamenco piece which servedas the background for the early versions of Dwarf Fortress prior to it going onto Steam. The name refers to an artifact forged in one of my sessions about nine years ago, an adamantite restraint of the topmost quality level possible in DF. (Usually restraints are used to hold animals to one sp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Playtalons The Uncommon Lover.

My submission for the ambience composition jam #2!https://itch.io/jam/impressions-composing-jam-ambience-2Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/nova-607800663/sets/core_the_lost_citySo, a lost city theme! I had the idea to go for something fun (sonically speaking) and do a crunchy, arpeggio heavy take on 90s / 80s background music as the inspiration for this soundtrack. Hopefully it came through… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to _core:_:the_lost_city.

Soundcloud link : https://soundcloud.com/foxhyode/forevers-edgeSubmission for Impression Game jam #2 https://itch.io/jam/impressions-composing-imagination-2 For this track, I aimed for something special. While the composition itself may not seem extremely impressive at first glance, the way it was created is quite unique and rooted in video game music techniques, though with a twist. This 3 minu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forever's Edge.