Sidequel

Three Stories of "The Event"

Let me explain "The Event".

Gaia, our planet Earth, has had enough of humanity—like an irritating rash crawling over her surface. In response, she orchestrates a comet collision, making the Earth's surface uninhabitable. As humanity faces this impending disaster, they must make swift decisions to ensure their survival. From this crisis emerge three distinct stories:

1. Love in Space: This tale follows those who escape to live under the ocean. (This game.)
2. Diamonds in Space: This story focuses on the people who establish a settlement on the moon.
3. Rock in Space: This narrative centers on those who venture into space to find a new habitable planet.

I've already written "Rock in Space" as a musical concept album, and I had some specific musical ideas that I wanted to explore.

Inspirations from My Childhood

Growing up with an Atari ST while my cool friends had the C64 with its endless array of games was a formative experience. The Norwegian Atari ST market was limited in its supply of games, but I absolutely loved the sounds of both the Atari ST and the C64. These sounds fueled my imagination, and I believed I was hearing an entire orchestra, complete with effects like reverb and echoes, emanating from these—by today’s standards—primitive computers.

For a long time, I've wanted to create a chip-tune album using authentic chip sounds, filtered through my childhood imagination to recreate what I thought I heard back in the 80s. I envision this album as a concept album with a storyline that threads through all the songs, reminiscent of the narratives in those old games.

Rock in Space is also available on my bandcamp page and on Spotify :) Enjoy.