Short Circuits

I finally got the Magical 8Bit Plug in 2018: Short Circuits is the result. I was curious about 8-bit music for many years before, being a video game person long before a musician, so this was a great way to merge my interests. 

If you're so inclined, I encourage you to use this music for your project. It would be an honor! I kept thinking of an NES / SNES platformer; something cute and mischievous in the vein of Kirby or Mario, but use it however you see fit.

Most songs have a vaguely synthpop style. Mood-wise most are cheerful, playful or a little chaotic with some mysterious tones here and there (often thes ones involving nature or water, like Raindrop or Regrowth). I mix the 8-bit voices with various fx and external sounds too, often the bitcrusher. Even a piano here and there, including one ("Digitizing") that I think Celeste fans will enjoy. 

The loose premise I came up with while composing: 'A tiny gardening robot awakens among hills, rivers and mountains, not remembering an inkling of it’s functions and original purpose. And yet, something draws it to follow some unusually fussy glowflies and amphibians to the rocky mass of the Chrome Citadel, where it will rediscover just what it forgot..!' 

THE COVER:

A collage from Marilyn Roxie made largely from tch.io assets! Many thanks to this site for indirectly helping to make the album possible. 

• Aamatniekss - Free Pixelart Platformer Tileset: aamatniekss.itch.io/free-pixelart-platformer-tileset
• Crugger - 2d platformer resources c11: crug63r.itch.io/c11
• MamaNeZakon - Forest Tileset: mamanezakon.itch.io/forest-tileset
• Jaks - Pixel Nature: jaks.itch.io/pixelnature
• La Red Games - Gems Coins Free: laredgames.itch.io/gems-coins-free

• Gum Bot Sprites by GrafxKid https://opengameart.org/content/gum-bot-sprites