the more we learned about what's "needed" to "properly" compose game music, the less we felt that we were up to the task.
that, combined with general energy loss, means... no music

that was the case for our games, too.
but we're doing games again now, when head's clear enough.
so... hope?

@kitsch what kind of games are you working on?

@fae all our games are simple personal hobby projects, right now we're at the start of a puzzle platformer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bjpHUrCYBDc

@kitsch so like with the disclaimer that i'm very time constrained and kind of flaky and have never done game music (all my recordings have been mostly-acoustic vocal-centric songs), i could try making a track if you like? XD

@fae ohhhh nooooo i didn't intend to, like, guilt people into teaming with me, if that's any factor into this.
but i'm happy at the offering!
if you want to make a thing, on your own or like more involved, i'd be happy to use it in this game project... with my own disclaimer that i have only a vague idea where it'd go from here.

@fae i'm notsure what you have in mind or if you want to show off your other works, or what kind of response or guidance or information you're looking for, but
i'm happy enough to just give you an excuse to Make Music, if that's something you want ^^

@kitsch my very-non-game original music is at beadysea.bandcamp.com, the guidance i'd need for a demo track would basically be what format and like, examples of the genre / mood you'd want to aim for ^^

@fae i'll have to listen to your stuff after i get home in another five hours, but i can try to answer those guidance questions right now if you'd want that?

@kitsch sure ^^

(i mean, reiterating i'm time constrained / have a child / etc but it sounds fun to try and i have a bit of free time today :D)

@fae alrights,
i think the general soundtrack mood i'd had in mind was unworried, wistful, mostly positive, adventurous but steady and casual? the characters are supposed to be kids who are partially goofing around if that helps with getting ideas or insight.

(i don't really understand genres unfortunately ><)
for format, you mean file format right? any standard mp3 wav ogg should be fine, i've got audacity to convert it if my game software is picky.

is that, does that tell you what you need to know?

@kitsch that works! genres meaning like, 8-bit / chiptune vs electronic vs gamey acoustic, vague instrumentation? i can try something from just this but if you can think of any specific games or tracks that have a rough audio aesthetic you like, that helps