Video game score

After the projects WiFi Angels and The Modular Body, Rutger Zuydervelt teams up with Floris Kaayk again. This time it’s a video game, which Floris developed together with Tijmen Meijer. It’s the second game for me to score, after the hugely succesful Astroneer.

In Microtopia the player manages a colony of robot ants, designs a network of transport trails, explores unique environments, and expands settlements. The goal is to reproduce, to create young
ants that will fly out during the nuptial flight to spread out to distant lands, starting the cycle anew. Click here for a game-play video, to get an idea of the look and feel of Microtopia.

Compared to Astroneer, the music in Microtopia is more atmospheric, and a bit darker. Each biome (worlds the player explores) has its characteristics, including its own soundscape. This sound reacts on the player and develops and morphs as the game progresses. On the soundtrack album though, the tracks are obviously presented as fixed versions.

Microtopia on Steam
Stream and/or buy the Microtopia score on Bandcamp