Hello!

For all who are interested in music: meet our really good ambient OST from the game Los Cactus: Trip with Nothing, made for LudumDare45 . The soundtrack is available on Youtube and Soundcloud:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhPVv6h52As

https://soundcloud.com/polten420/los-cactus-ost

Devlog of the soundesigner's work:

1st Day of the Jam: "Ok guys, we are making game about depressed man with a scary hallucinations, who have to cope with all shit and START WITH NOTHING his new better life..." - it was our first idea of the game we were going to create. As always, I have already known that we will change it to something completely different , therefore I haven't try to make any sounds this day.

2nd Day of the Jam: "Ok guys, we are fcked up and there are no ways to complete this idea in time. SO, we need something dumb and funny, c'mon! " - 1 hour later - "OK GUYS, we are making a game about Cactus in the desert, who has nothing to start moving, because it's fcking PLANT, OKAY?". The last thing I remember - is wild laugh and that meant we have found a decision. That evening I just have taken my guitar , connected it to my DAW and recorded "Song of the Desert". In the process of work I have been thinking about all western movies I have ever watched, about Red Dead Redemption and other western-like stuff. I played guitar with my fingers to make it sound more deep and blind. Also I have synthesized the sound of desert's wind, using white noise , filter, flanger and different modulations with them.

3rd Day of the Jam: After a hard period of disputes and discussions, we have managed to make a full plot , where the second location of our journee was oasis. And 4-5 hours later the "Oasis Song" has been made. I have used downloaded sound of water and sound of palm's leaves for inspiration. Firstly, I have imagined a timbre of water and tried to make melody, based on similarity with water drop. Secondly, I've made a deep , viscous pad sound for background and that's it!

All the SFX were made in process of development throughout all LudumDare45 Jam time.

Author @loudlout