Happy #PortfolioDay! I am a music composer for cozy video games! Some of my recent credits include: 💅 Barbie Rewind 🪴 Leafy Corner 📱 Focus Friend by Hank Green I also worked in the music dept for Toy Story 5, Hoppers, Disclosure Day and Avengers Endgame 🎼🎶 🔗: www.samanthavandersluis.com

Here's a little audio preview of the upcoming cooking game, Farm & Feast! I compose and implement all the music using FMOD 🎶

100,000 wishlists... exactly one month before launch~ It feels unbelievable as we're just a married duo making the game on our own. Every plant, asset and feature has been made by us with lots of care, so seeing so many plant lovers genuinely interested in our tiny game is incredibly heartwarming 💚

🌟 BIG ANNOUNCEMENT 🌟 I had the absolute honour of working on a game from a franchise close to my heart - Barbie Rewind from Atari and Digital Eclipse Entertainment Partners! This was a blast to work on and make powerful feminine pieces of music!

WORLD PREMIERE: Create beautiful, lively spaces inhabited by adorable characters in Hokko Spaces. Unlock cute residents and watch them hang out together, do some gardening, and enjoy the spaces that you build for them. #WholesomeDirect2026

I've been working on music for this incredibly adorable game, Hokko Spaces from Wonderscope Games and @team17.bsky.social, which just had its premiere during the @wholesomegames.com Direct as part of #SummerGameFest2026! 🐹🐨🐻

I'm working on the adaptivity of gameplay music in FMOD and it has a total of 562 trillion different ways it can be played 🤓 Meaning if you were to listen to every possible combination it would take ~17.8 million years 💀

I am working on the score for this delightful, charming game, "Bottled by Bears" developed by monoii studio 🐻🐝 ~Join a family of bears and run the buzziest little honey farm! Collect and discover rare bees, bottle honey jars and expand your farm~ Thank you for watching! 🎵

Huge shoutout to @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social for the awesome new soundtrack!! finn-truong.itch.io/life-and-lem... #gamedev #solodev #indiegames

I am so excited to finally be able to announce the latest additions to the talent behind our upcoming animated pilot, Go Time!! @itsbethpierce.bsky.social as Jenny @sam-vandersluis.bsky.social as our Music Composer

Not at GDC because I’m in the middle of moving, but this is #WhatAGameDevLooksLike ✨🎮🎵 I’m Sam a freelance music composer and have worked on indie games including: - Love, Ghostie - Petit Island - Focus Friend - The Regreening - Islands & Trains I’m currently open to work as of March 24th!!

I finally gathered the courage to create a video and show my face (it’s such a weird thing to talk to a camera) This video touches on how I arranged a theme from the game “Love, Ghostie” into a Gameboy version which includes the 4-channel limitations. I hope you enjoy it!

Happy New Year! Here's my first video of the year! This is the sixth video in my "From Score to Game" series and features music from "Love, Ghostie" (which recently had its release on the Nintendo Switch platform 🎉) Full video on YouTube: youtu.be/sH8c9pJGmcA?...

Experiencing crunch time in both the film and game industry right now and it’s rough 😅😮‍💨

I wrote some digital fusion music and it’s going to be showcased at this year’s Snowdrop Festival hosted by @infloresce.com! ❄️🎶

Focus Friend by Hank Green won Google Play’s App of the Year!! 🥳 I’m so fortunate to have composed the music for the app! I’m so glad it has helped so many people. We’re here because we’re here because we’re here ❤️

The Regreening is a cozy simulation game about restoring nature in a soilpunk fairytale 🌾 🌱grow plants to create living ecosystems 🦉become friends with ancient spirits 🛠️make your own upcycling hub 🤗and hug ALL the animals! Follow us so you don't miss the demo! Thank you #PitchYaGame <3

Hey #PitchYaGame! In Leafy Corner, you run a cute little plant shop filled with real plants like Alocasias or Monsteras! 🌿 - features more than 60 houseplants! 🍃 - casual and cozy 💚

GameSoundCon 2025 was a blast!! It was fun hanging out and chatting to both old and new faces ✨🎶

📢 Love, Ghostie is coming to NINTENDO SWITCH on OCT 1!! 📢 Be a ghost matchmaker and explore 60+ combinations of couples! 👻💘 I did the port myself, so sorry it took so long and thanks for your patience! Greatly appreciate any shares/help spreading the word!!

I wrote the music you hear in the new app by @hankgreen.bsky.social, “Focus Friend”! 🎶 You adopt a little bean who will help you focus and set goals ✨

Flowers and Favours by @irismisk.bsky.social is out now!! 💐 The soundtrack is also available on all streaming platforms and bandcamp 🎼 (I really enjoyed working on this!) Play as a florist and decorate bouquets for various customer requests - there's also a creative mode 🌻🪻🌺

I've created a cozy music asset pack to use in your projects! ✨ The pack contains 15 loopable wav files in the style of Pikmin, Disney Dreamlight Valley and Tales of the Shire. This provides an affordable way to use my music! Thank you for the support 🥰 Link below ⬇️

Sushi On Wheels has a Steam page! 🎉 It was super fun to work on the music for this charming game! (I made a lot of homemade veggie sushi while working on this 🍱)

I've had a few people ask, and YES the music in this pack can be used during streams and YouTube videos without being flagged for copyright! 📺🎙️

I've created a cozy music asset pack to use in your projects! ✨ The pack contains 15 loopable wav files in the style of Pikmin, Disney Dreamlight Valley and Tales of the Shire. This provides an affordable way to use my music! Thank you for the support 🥰 Link below ⬇️

🎼 From Score to Game 🎮 (VIDEO 5) It is now the fifth(!) video in this little series I've created!! In this video, I showcase the music of an upcoming cozy game, "The Regreening" as well as all the behind the scenes and FMOD implementation 🌱 youtu.be/RD4_hUeVCRc?...

I wrote the music you hear in the new app by @hankgreen.bsky.social, “Focus Friend”! 🎶 You adopt a little bean who will help you focus and set goals ✨

🚨⚡️RELEASE DATE ANNOUNCEMENT⚡️🚨 I know you’ve been waiting for this... Flowers And Favours is launching on August 29th! 🌸 #indiedev #indiegame #gamedev #cozygame

Flowers and Favours was featured on today's @dames4games.org showcase!! Thank you @irismisk.bsky.social for the unbelievably kind words and MY BIRD WAS ON IGN 😂🦜❤️

Happy #PortfolioDay! I'm Sam, a music composer for cozy video games! I'm looking for more work in the game industry and also have experience in film with credits including Star Wars IX, Avengers: Endgame, Toy Story 4, and Frozen 2. 🎵: linktr.ee/sam_vandersl...

So I made silly music today, which snowballed into drawing a silly crab, then making a silly video. So I hope you enjoy the "Crustacean Convenience Store" 🎶🦀

I am working on the music for this beautiful game! 🌱💕 It's a project I hold incredibly dear to my heart as nature is one (if not, -the-) most important thing to me.

🎼 From Score to Game 🎮 (VIDEO #3) In this video, I break down a piece of music I wrote for the newly-released cozy game, "Islands & Trains"! I'm blown away by the creativity I've seen from the community - we appreciate all the love it has received ❤️ I hope you enjoy the video and happy building! 🚂

The Cozy & Family Friendly Games Celebration 2025 starts today and Love, Ghostie is currently 25% off! The @cozycelebration.bsky.social takes place from May 29 until June 2! Make sure to check out all the cozy games and discounts: store.steampowered.com/sale/CozyFam...

Islands & Trains is OUT NOW along with the soundtrack!! 🚂🎮 It's been a joy to be a part of this project and to see it come to fruition. I hope you enjoy creating your own little islands bustling with trains, flora and fauna! Links below ⬇️

🎼 From Score to Game 🎮 (VIDEO #2) I had so much fun with the first video, I decided to make a second! This time it features music from an upcoming game, 'Zi: The Three of Hearts'. I talk a little more about the adaptivity in this track. Hope you enjoy it!

🎼 From Score to Game 🎮 I've uploaded a video on YouTube which showcases the MIDI of my game score for Petit Island. There are annotations in the video discussing my composing process and influences, which I hope are helpful, inspiring or just enjoyable to learn about!

Here's a brand new trailer for a game I'm scoring, Blockfeet! I wrote music for the trailer too and I'm really excited about working on this project with Jellycube Games 🥰🎵 Wishlist onSteam: store.steampowered.com/app/2566830/...

I worked on the music (alongside Chopin, you may have heard of him) for this cute little animation, "A Neighbour Duet", by Veda Lee, now streaming on YouTube! 🎶 youtu.be/Rq3p-il8Uyc?...

Received Petit Island goodies in the mail today all the way from Bali 🇮🇩 It was wonderful to be a part of this journey and write the score for the game 🎶🎼 Thank you kindly to Irfan and the team at Xelo Game Studio for having me onboard! I'm very proud of what we created together 🏝️

BAFTA Game Awards just aired and I can share some exciting news! I was invited to be on the jury for this year's Music category along an esteemed panel of colleagues whom I wholeheartedly look up to. It was a pleasure to be a part of this and sink hours into multiple games!

I’m very grateful to have @julieelven.bsky.social singing on this score for a game project! Your voice adds so much beauty to the piece 💜✨

#GDC2025 exceeded all my expectations and was such a magical time! ✨ I had so much fun meeting some faces in person for the first time! I cannot speak highly enough of the people I met, I am so incredibly grateful for all of you. Thank you tremendously for making me feel loved and welcomed.

Petit Island by @xelogames.bsky.social physical edition released today!! This is so exciting, it’s the first game I’ve worked on to have a physical release 🎉 Thank you for supporting our little game ❤️

Can’t wait to share the music for this one! ☺️🎵🚂

for some wild reason, I wrote music that kind of reminded me of a clueless goblin building a house. So then I drew a silly goblin and put the music with it. It made my husband and I chuckle at least 😅

After I played (and loved!) Love, Ghostie by @janbehchanbeh.bsky.social, I happened to find another game that the composer (@sam-vandersluis.bsky.social) worked on! Say hello to Petit Island by @xelogames.bsky.social! I get to play a cat and ride around on a bananallama.

I'm working on music for an upcoming game called Blockfeet! Here's the spring time music I wrote last year. The steam page went live today! 🎶🌱

Received a cute keyring today for writing music for The Songbird Guild by @yurisoftgames.bsky.social! 🩷