This is a story and soundtrack to a game that does NOT YET exist...
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Assume "You" = Onei
This is Onei's chapter. Shortly after a mysterious manifestation, he, a dark, humanoid, cat-like being, drifts through outer space until he discovers and is drawn towards a rift to the Astral Plane, a mindful realm of pure abstract wonder. Entering the rift, Onei would curiously explore the Astral Plane, causing mischief and undergoing all sorts of shenanigans along the way. Soon he would be met with heavy backlash from the native astral beings, but will that be enough to deter his sheer enthusiasm?
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The full story is told in order of each song's description. The descriptions receive edits and clarifications on occasion, so be on the lookout!
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This soundtrack was a labor of love and passion that amounts to over 2 years of work, and 3 years including the extras (82-91), all in my spare time. Keep in mind that that time has been padded with breaks from working on the soundtrack as well as other things. If It were my sole focus musically speaking, I think I might've been able to make it all in around a year's time more or less. Looking back, a lot of flaws have become very apparent to me, but it all tells another story of my own personal growth as a music artist!
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Primary inspirations:
#1 | Kirby (Jun Ishikawa, Hirokazu Ando, etc.)
#2 | Undertale & Deltarune (Toby Fox)
Anamanaguchi
Cave Story (Daisuke Amaya)
Rise of the Obsidian Interstellar (Disasterpeace)
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Art for songs 3-10 created by the lovely @shmoop . I made the art for the rest of the soundtrack, including the album cover and logo!
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Please support the release on Bandcamp: (link is only visible to registered users)
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I'm not sure when or if this will become a game, but I hope you'll enjoy what I have to present right now :)
A good amount of these songs are pretty outdated; I'll eventually replace, add, remove, or augment some songs.
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Im listing to this through for the third time now, and its just
its so full and well-rounded, genuinely such good story telling here
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All of the lore has been updated, enjoy my dear minority of people who bother to read it LMAO
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Holy Frick. Dude your Litteraly insane. I love your stuff your so determined and Hard working its honestly admirable. I strive to be able to do stuff like you do because your creations are so unique and so amazing like It just blows me away every time I hear your stuff. I would love to see this as an actual game and I would pay a lot to play it lol, @Jetdarc Idk how you do it but don't stop because this stuff goes so hard. Love you man.
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alot of inspiration for me here but i could never make anything this crazy xD.
Tho doing something like this now and seeing the time and effort you put into this world.
I totally understand the addictive nature of adding more.
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when the game comes out its gonna break the internet
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If you don't mind me asking, how do you envision the ideal end product for Astral Aurora? Is it a combat platformer, an RPG, or something else? What artstyle would you want it to have?
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I always saw it as a kind of pause-ahead like gimmick platformer with multiple versions of the level you're playing running at the same time. Like, you have to manage enemies or obstacles on multiple fields that you can switch between (but themed as switching between dimensions!)
I love albums that fuel creativity like this. I've always had them ask for me to envision a movie, though. Never a video game! This has always been impressive @Jetdarc
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I forgot to reply, but it'd be some kind of sidescrolling action-adventure game with high-resolution pixel art (to the point where you'd have to look closely to notice that it's still pixel art)
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Finally gave this the description it should've had a long time ago.
Thank you all for listening
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man i thought i faved this
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What happens if there's less playtime than soundtrack time?
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I can't believe i'm STILL working on this soundtrack lol, but I enjoy it so damn much
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Okay, I kind of figured that was the case. Good luck with this project, though! It's insane!
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@Lighter Green Music Sorry bro, only astral aurora songs that I've made myself and have deemed canon make it into this album
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Hey @Jetdarc ! I'm working on my first attempt at Chiptune right now, and it's going great! Could you include it as the soundtrack to a post-credits boss fight? I'll publish the track sometime in the next few weeks/months. If you don't like it or don't want it, I totally understand. This is your game and you should be making the decisions about it. I'm just a fan trying to help you out!
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holy shit this'll take all night
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Yeah uh I am not expecting anyone to listen to the full thing, so if you want, here are my personal highlights from the soundtrack (I WILL USE TRACK NUMBER TO SAVE SPACE, EXCLAMATION MARK MEANS MANDATORY -- LISTEN OR DIE):
1 !!
7
10
17
18 !!
19
21 !!!!!
22 !!
27 !!!
30 !!!
37
39
40
43 !!
44
48
52
53
56
57 !!
59
60
63
64
65 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
70
72
76
77
81 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Don't quote me on this, but this could be the largest solo project on AT. Definitely going to have to take a day to just listen to the whole thing.
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all this time
Now Astral Aurora is finally complete
#blessed
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bro wrote a whole essay
lol
