Requiem for a dream

Simogo’s sixth game has an eclectic mix of influences, ranging from Tom Waits to Electroplankton, but none as significant as that of regular Simogo collaborator Jonathan Eng. He composed the delicate acoustic melody that soundtracks the game’s teaser trailer, a song that Flesser says was the inspiration for The Sailor’s Dream. “Jonathan [played] me that in early 2011,” he says, “and it’s been in my head since then. We’ve talked back and forth during the years [since] about how to make a game that captures the feeling of that song. It’s the only piece of music that has not been newly produced for the game, but it felt like a complete circle to have it in the reveal trailer.”