Ibanez SDGR 750, Custom Fender P, Squier Bass VI, Lyle Acoustic 6, Ibanez Acoustic 12, 2 unbranded project guitars, PJB Session 77 Amp

It is a progressive song composed of 6 layers that will evolve along the player progression. You can listen to a demo here.
The whole song in Waveform
If you want to know more about it, I've documented the process in a devlog.
The short version is: I'v started this year to work solo on Sound Horizons, a minimalist rhythm game with procedural generation. It creates rhythmic melodies on the fly, and every player's actions make musical notes. Along with a progressive soundtrack, the game aims to provide a unique interactive musical experience!
It is actually the remake of a game I have already made some years ago in Godot. The goal of this version is to have an improved version, with better 3D graphics, a richer soundtrack, and better accessibility. Back in March I was able to recreate the first game with Unity and Wwise. Well, it still lacks the visuals. But here is basically how it plays:
The circle in the center is both a progression bar and a health bar
With the prototype working, I've spent the last few months working on the music. Making the music this early might seem odd, but I believe it makes sense for a rhythm game. Because composition has a direct impact on the difficulty, it's basically level-design. Plus, as you might have guess, this game has a strong focus on music, it will make most of its identity. For visuals especially, the way I work is I need to set a mood in order to create art that reflects the music. I don't know if I'm the only one prioritizing music and sound-design? Or maybe it's because most of my games involve generative music.
Anyway, it's almost the first time I work on a song of that scope! It's pretty short (4 sections of 8 bars each), but since it has several layers, there was a lot of variations to find and instruments to use. I usually write short loops for one mood, so it was a pretty cool exercise to play the same chords in several different ways! My main inspiration was Jaga Jazzist, particularly their song Oban. The idea was to have a piece with strong rhythmic, but slow motifs, so that the game feels intense but not too fast. Most instruments you hear play background chords or rhythmic patterns: the melody will mostly be played by the player themselves!
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I'm very happy with the result, so I had to show it somewhere. ^^' Now I have to export it and implement it in Wwise. I already have every logic in place, so I know what I'll have to do. It will mostly take time… And then I will finally be able to work on the visual aspect, which should finally allow me to share more interesting screenshots of the game! :D I hope you found this reading interesting.

I play an Ibanez Mezzo 32” Sea Foam green Bass. The 32” scale is much easier on the hands in my opinion. It doesn’t require so much stretching from the hands especially playing the low notes and playing chord type things.
I added an Aguilar OBP-3TK preamp. If you are installing a preamp I recommend getting it pre wired. That will save a lot of time and heart ache. I added Dimarzio Relentless P bass pickups. These are very high output. Combined with the preamp. This bass is a high performance machine. I have crafted my tone over the years to be a exactly the way it is now.
I still want to put a silver jazz bridge pickup in. Right now it’s just some old extra pickup I had laying around. And I want to add silver knobs and Hip Shot Ultralight for tuners eventually. At that point I think the Bass will be finished.
Unless your Bass sounds fantastic right out of the box i recommend everyone change out everything on your Bass to make it precisely to your specifications.