Creative challenge
Create a layered system that could move from calm settlement-building music into more intense battle material as enemies approached.
Case study
Open Pop
Adaptive music for medieval RTS play
- Studio
- Openfun Games
- Role
- Composer / Music Designer
- Type
- Game Soundtrack
- Year
- 2019
- Genre
- Medieval RTS
The Music
Open Pop is a medieval strategy game built around settlement building, resource management and real-time combat. The music was designed to respond to changes in gameplay rather than simply sit underneath it.
Musical approach
I created a layered system that could move from calm settlement-building music into more intense battle material as enemies approached. This was an early project where I began exploring adaptive music and the relationship between gameplay state and musical structure.
Under the Hood
Implementation
The score uses adaptive layered music to respond to settlement-building, resource-management and combat states.
Adaptive System
- Adaptive layers
- Settlement-building state
- Combat / siege intensity
Soundtrack
Listen on Spotify
Credits and links
- Composer / Music Designer: TKIMUSE / Tom Kinsella