Dream Machine's main world, Abstractia, is home to many environments. One of these is the Sugar Plum Desert, a vast expanse of colored sand and glowing cacti. It may not be as hot as a real desert, but it's about as dangerous as one.

Trekking through this place is no joke, so much so that there are countless outposts and small "villages," all in varying states of upkeep.

I've been using AI to generate these images for my songs, and I think to compensate for that I'm going to start adding proper worldbuilding to these descriptions.

Dream Machine - Sugar Plum Desert

The rocky ceiling drips... something... onto the ground, collecting in prismatic puddles. You think you recognize the scent? It has a slight funk to it. The sound of your footsteps bounces around the cave walls as you venture further. The air feels thick, cold, wet. You feel watched.

The Mind's Bowels

This was actually the first cave song I made. It sat as a barely started project for months, until finally I sat myself down and actually expanded on it. The final result blew me away; the phrygian mode perfectly encapsulated the slightly eerie feeling of the environment, and the chiming, OOOOH THE CHIMING

If you couldn't tell I'm a big fan of this track. This song gave me the inspiration for more with the cave vibe, which is why a lot of the other tracks in this EP share at least one instrument with this one.

Tunnels Of Slumber

Why not make spelunking a little more funky? I'm absolutely in love with this track.

Sure, the Insomniac Caves are filled with freaky darkness and the occasional cave critter, but also HOLY SHIT COOL GLOWING CAVE. The saxophone(s) in this song was(were) a bold move for me, and it so paid off. Imagine exploring an underground tomb in a video game and THIS SHIT PLAYS? I'd be jamming.

Spefunking

Your cavern opens up to a massive area, with a small body of water in the center. "Sunlight" streams in from above, casting rays onto a single tree in the center. It looks like it could be safe.

Stone Oasis

I love Pokemon Black and White, and Chargestone Cave has always been such a cool environment for me. The glowing blue crystals, some of them floating as if by some magnetic force, electricity arcing between rocks. Just something about it stuck with me as a kid, and this song tries to mimic something similar. I didn't base it off of the Chargestone Cave music at all, as is probably obvious. I wanted something that gave off an "electrified" feel.

Electric Precipice

I love being able to nail a vibe when I make a track. Cave vibe, high altitude vibe, "I'm in a world beyond my comprehension" vibe...

I'm going to try to do art for every upload/EP/Album from now on, to get myself into doing art again. If you didn't know, the amazing art here was done by yours truly.

Stalagmite

I love Pizza Tower, especially the OST. Thousand March is one of my favorite tracks, and I wanted to try to recreate it with the same style as Dream Machine. I've never tackled music like this, and I'm definitely not the best at remixing, but I think this one came out pretty great.

Thousand March (Pizza Tower OST) - Dream Machine Remix

This is the music for the first boss fight of Dream Machine. Janus guards your key to unlocking access to new realms, and he's not letting you get through without a fight.

Face-Off

Just experimenting with some new sounds and styles. Shoutout to Glorb btw!

Dunkin', a Fake Hip-Hop instrumental

Hi there! I'm Cookee, an aspiring VGM composer. I started out as a "writer" (fanfiction) and an "artist" (doodles) and eventually actually became good at writing and art somewhere along the way. I began making music in 2020, and have been improving my craft ever since.

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