Lastly, for something I've been asked about often over the years: Delphinium's Steam page is UP!!! 🩵✨ I'd be honored if you'd check it out and consider wishlisting the game! store.steampowered.com/app/2943330/...

delphinium demo at gdc 🥹 ahh

We’re excited to announce Delphinium, a bittersweet cozy farming sim coming soon! 💙🌿 Follow the story of Haiyan as she returns to the quiet mountain village she once called home. Meet its residents, grow crops, and build connections that may shape an uncertain future. youtu.be/-J5G36uYNTg

hello #whatagamedevlookslike 👋 i'm starling, a freelance composer and instrumentalist (oboe/cor and more) based in vancouver bc! i love to play and work on indie games, especially those with a narrative focus ✨️🌱🥹 sadly not at gdc. at home with cat and midi keyboard. but happy to connect!!

my arrangement of wielder temple from chicory 🎨 where there once was sadness, fear and butts, now might there be joyful wishes 🖌️✨ www.youtube.com/watch?v=QibV...

well well well if it aint my ass talking about being filipino again www.ign.com/articles/pok...

jellycats are just jealous cats

it's me... honoured to be on this arrange album with many other talented arrangers and performers (including lena herself 🥹). out march 7!! 6 7

get excited for march 7th when you'll hear the digifu stylings of @invertedsilence.com, the beautiful woodwinds & arrangement of @starlingoboe.itch.io and way-better-than-me-at-piano: carol gao in Chicory: A Musical Tale!!

Our totally random Yuri On Ice EP is now out! arr. from the piano book @gynxzero.bsky.social randomly bought me in 2017, @animevivi.bsky.social on viola, mmhashbrowns' cello on Passacaille. Here's my fave track on the OST, the titular piano-forward main theme Yuri on Ice (youtu.be/RY84PE-WFD4?...)

if i could live this life again i would not choose you, oboe (why are reeds)

Return to Picnic Province in #Chicory: A Musical Tale! Releasing March 7th. Made in collaboration with @lena.fyi and Wishes Unlimited (@greg.style), experience 32 brand-new arrangements across four discs. Pick up your brush and join us as we paint the world with sound!

so excited to share this wonderful project, i love lena's music + chicory is such a special game full of colour and love 🥹 (and you can hear me on cor anglais in this teaser clip and maybe an arrangement later on too?!) 🎨

been listening to ocean mixtape since 2020 and here it is out now 🥹 congratulations to @zorsy.bsky.social and team!!! ✨🌊

dishwasher with that 2/2 to 6/8 time signature switch up.. foamy hemiola fun

💵 MONEY for GAME? In 2026??? 💵 There have been more and more successful-game-devs-turned-game-funders popping up, so here's a lil' thread of some of the more recent ones I've seen. Hopefully this helps you get some $$$! 🔽

favourites of 2025~ ✦ game: afterlove ep (+ letters to arralla) ✦ film: in the mood for love ✦ tv show: nevertheless (+ the katseye documentary) ✦ book: crying in h mart by michelle zauner ✦ concert: distant worlds (ffxiv and ffxvi) ✦ album: cobalt core ost by aaron cherof ✦ artist: pink pantheress

On behalf of the Vancouver Game Audio group, @jamieleesounds.com and I made some free sound effects packs. Enjoy these holiday gifts from us! #sounddesign #gamedev #gameaudio ☄️ Anime Sounds Pack adriantalens.gumroad.com/l/AnimeSound... 📜 Lore Sound Pack jamieleesounds.gumroad.com/l/loresoundp...

the winter solstice has come once again... it's time to eat tong jyun ⛄ npckc.itch.io/tongjyun

my #VNSS2025 gift for @starlingoboe.itch.io ft the beautiful bird of reasonable knowledge (and fluffiness) :> big thanks to @crescence-studio.itch.io for hosting!

hemlock 🌿 a fansong for 'at the poison's edge' for @natashaluna.itch.io #VNSS2025 🩸 hosted by @crescence-studio.itch.io “did you pretend to love me… so that i’d kill you?” ((sorry about my vocals lol 🥲 )) on.soundcloud.com/NRrXICwnFe1x...

Hi #TeaseYaGame! #SugarplumCafe is a cozy merge game with no time limits or microtransactions! You can craft desserts and host tea parties for fashionable ladies 🍰🎀✨ It's still early in development, so join my mailing list for monthly updates - 🔗 in bio!

Snowdrop Festival 2025 is now on YouTube! Thank you everyone for making this year's event so special 🩵 youtu.be/shn58OkJ4o0

BITS & BOPS IS OUT NOW! 🎶 🎮 Over 20 original rhythm mini-games! 🎵 Catchy music! ⚡ Snappy gameplay! ✨ Gorgeous 2D animation! PLAY IT NOW ON STEAM! 💕

if you haven't had the chance to watch previous snowdrop festivals, definitely tune in this saturday!! easily one of the most inspiring music / creative events i've attended 🥹🥹 and i'm so honoured to be part of the lineup... so much talent all in one place

Rhythm Doctor 1.0 is out NOW on Steam! 🎵 Act 6 and the finale of Story Mode has been added 🎵 5-3N added to Physiotherapy Ward 🎵 The game is now available in French! 🎵 English Audio Descriptions now available for Story Mode! Have fun! store.steampowered.com/app/774181/R...

PSA!! almost everything that is uploaded to streaming services can be bought from qobuz! unless they SPECIFICALLY excluded it. i buy a ton of kids stuff from there: danny go, ms. rachel, super simple songs... amazon music also often sells the mp3s. (but qobuz sells flacs and pays artists better)

There's just one day left in Delphinium's Kickstarter campaign, so now is your last chance to back the game! Thank you all so much for getting us to more than 200% FUNDED!! 🩵 🩵 #gamedev #indiedev

the best vital presets, their functionality cannot be underestimated, a service and boon to our community, the pillars that hold up our soundscapes and irregular time signatures, there is no ceiling to their peak

academic rivals to lovers trope ... a list of my faves - kare kano (anime) - kaichou wa maid sama (anime) - kaguya-sama love is war (anime) - butterfly soup 2 (game) - i hope this doesn't find you by ann liang (book) - love, theoretically by ali hazelwood (book)

i want plushie...

visited a bunny cafe yesterday!! this bun had one ear up, one down 🥹

A noble lord brings two squires along on a hunt. One is a gentle boy who should not exist. 🌟 The other is a girl who dreams of plunging a dagger into her master’s heart. 🗡️ Trail of Stars, my short, (bitter)sweet fairy tale visual novel, is out on steam! 🌟 store.steampowered.com/app/4006140/...

that one cellist practising elgar concerto passionately, soloistically during your chinese orchestra rehearsal break

🥹🤩!!!! thank you to everyone who backed our kickstarter so far... funded already.... i'm cry

Excited to be part of the #GamesUnder5Hours event happening on Steam. There are some amazing games participating so be sure to check it out! store.steampowered.com/publisher/De...

the best part of the Kickstarter campaign: getting to share more of Starling's incredible music!!! 🎵

the delphinium kickstarter is now live!! support our small team + glimpse a beautiful world 🫶

“How do we establish our future in a world that doesn’t feel like it’s progressing? The answer is with community.” Will a cottage in the woods really will fix you? @cinnadev.bsky.social 's Delphinium is all about building connections FEATURE @juiceboxcat.bsky.social www.sifter.com.au/post/delphin...

time for work/income restraints due to family commitment is something i’ve never heard discussed in my circles of media composers. i suspect it has a lot to do with composers who perform maternal roles in their families being a rarity. i only know two other than me. one had to give up her career.

CREEPY CRAWLIES, our first single, is out now on youtube! (link in bio!) with an incredible lyric video made by @adibabidan.bsky.social @minty-marcus.bsky.social , @babblingbirdart.bsky.social , @mossmushroom.bsky.social ! Watch it now!!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkNa... #WAMmusic #newmusic #funk

Check out all the nominees for the Best Music for a Video Game or Other Interactive Media category in Australia's 2025 Screen Music Awards, including @starlingoboe.itch.io's amazing soundtrack for Pinball Spire! 🎹🎶✨ The awards ceremony is just days away (Oct 28!). #music #vgm #ost #gamedev

pictures from panel on 'seeds of emotion in sound' with @pongball.bsky.social & @emaudible.bsky.social at vancouver game garden last month 🌱✨ last year's garden was my first encounter with the local games community + i felt so welcomed & inspired 🥹 so happy to be involved as a speaker this yr!!

Upcoming show in SF! Wisdom Waveform 🎹🎻🍂 Nov 9 @ 2pm We'll be performing with our friends @jasonyu.me, @roninopf.bsky.social & @sixthstationtrio.bsky.social in an afternoon of classical fusion music & local art! Hosted by @syzygysf.com 🤎 🎨: Meena Vempaty Tix: syzygysf.com/events/wisdom-waveform

played some tin whistle for this cool arrangement ✨️🌊 such a lovely melody!

　 . ★⋆. ALBUM RELEASE . ★⋆. stutter is out now ٩(ˊᗜˋ*)و ♡ 🖇️ ⋆｡「 linktr.ee/laryssaokada 」 this record is a reflection of my innermost thoughts & pains over this past year. my god it's been a long one. but despite the world's horrors, we must persevere & create art. we must maintain our whimsy!

Huge congratulations to @starlingoboe.itch.io for her nomination in the Best Music for a Video Game category in the Australian Screen Music Awards! Hiring Starling for the Pinball Spire soundtrack was one of the best decisions I made on the project. Very well deserved! 🥳

excited to share that my score for pinball spire has been nominated for a screen music award in the video game category 🥹✨ thanks to the folk at @apraamcos.bsky.social for the nomination!!!

✨ just a reminder that my game is going live on kickstarter next month!! i'd be honored if you'd consider following the campaign page before then, even if you don't plan on pledging, following still helps a lot! 🥹🫶 #gamedev #indiedev

Letters to Arralla is OUT NOW on Steam with a limited time 20% launch discount!! 🏝️💌 After 5 long years of development and lots of fruit & veggies eaten to power our developers, this cheeky game is finally ready to be delivered directly into your hands!! ☺️ Play now on Steam! youtu.be/7GbGTEpsoIM