Main menu - “Lucid”

Project Overview

Originally conceived as a 10‑minute modular loop for a rapid game jam, Lucid puts you in the wings of Margarine Walker, a time‑traveling butterfly who must resolve the residents’ problems before the timer expires. The butterfly effect grants up to three counter‑resets, offering strategic replayability.

Now evolving into a full 3D exploration game, Lucid will expand from the initial 10‑min looping soundtrack to 30‑min adaptive score loops, supporting cozy aerial navigation and emergent narrative beats.

Ravir de te revoir or Main Menu/Intro Music Loop OST for “Lucid”

Ravir de te revoir or Main Menu/Intro Music Loop OST for “Lucid”

Composer’s Role & Musical Design

• Modular Composition: Crafted the core 10‑minute loop "Déjà Vus" consisting of ten 1‑minute segments at 120 BPM. Each segment introduces a new layer or variation, building from a delicate jazz piano to an ethereal orchestral‑jazz climax.
• Thematic Structure: Starts with a floaty piano motif, progressively adding ambient pads, brass, rhythm section, bass, and guitar every 60 beats, culminating in an orchestral jazz–inspired bridge for the final four minutes.
• Adaptive Sound Design: Designed with FMOD‑friendly stems to enable seamless layering and real‑time variation based on player actions and time‑travel resets.
• Production: Mixed and mastered the demo track for clarity across both in‑game playback and standalone listening.

Tools & Techniques

• DAW: Ableton Live 11 with Max for Live layering scripts
• VSTs & Plugins: NI Studio Drummer, FabFilter Pro-Q & Pro-L, Audio Modeling SWAM series, Spitfire LABS Glass Piano
• Live Recordings: Bass and electric guitar recorded directly in my studio
• Organic Textures: Processed field recordings layered under the mix
• Middleware Prep: Exported as discrete stems and tempo‑aligned markers for FMOD integration