the course of empire, but from a different perspective.

SPOILERS: 

In turtle game, you play as a tortoise just trying to survive, when suddenly, humans settle in your area. They kill some animals and leave others alone, but that’s to be expected. It’s kill or be killed, after all. Overall, they still respect you and your fellow animals. Then they start destroying trees. Killing animals for food is one thing, but destroying their homes? Why? Eventually they destroy so much that the landscape transforms entirely. The dirt becomes marble. Trees become gold. Your greenery is gone. All that's left is white, and there's nothing you can do. After all, you're just a lowly turt- er, tortoise. With no other options, you make do with this and live just outside the new empire. All seems well, but one day, they start destroying it. They destroy their homes. They destroy their culture. They destroy their people. They destroy the very thing they worked so hard to build. They burn it all right to the ground, and the ones who are still alive leave. It seems absurd, but then, what do you know? This isn’t your story. You go to the ruins of what once was, and find the place you used to call home. It’s nothing more than a barren wasteland now. You lie down, unsure if you’ll ever get up again, and go to sleep.

made for the Impressions Composing Jam: itch.io/jam/impressions-composing-jam-ost-2

shoutouts to torcado for the free audio player: https://torcado.itch.io/scritch-editor

NOTE: this game does not actually exist, nor do I plan on making it exist. this soundtrack is purely conceptual. however, if you'd like to make something with these songs (or any other songs I've made for that matter), you are free to do so as long as I am credited.