August 13, 2026
During the past few days, I have been focusing on stories, concepts and lyrics mainly. Writing lyrics for Cyclothone means figuring out the stories as well. Sometimes I have parts of the lyrics first and figure out the story based on them. But sometimes it’s also the story which exists first and then gets turned into lyrics. And once I have the lyrics written, I work on the singing melody. 🙂
Besides writing lyrics, I have also been making some concept sketches. Every song/story in Cyclothone features a different creature. The cat like demon is part of the song Descension for example. Now that I have all of the creatures defined, I will make proper paintings of them next. I know this doesn’t look like gamedev stuff, but it’s all gonna be part of the game. I want to show you this process too and let me tell you: It will get more technical later!
At the end of July and beginning of August, I also visited Wacken and ConQuest, which felt very inspiring. Going out, experiencing live music and meeting new people always helps with the creative process! Now I’m getting ready for Gamescom. 👀
