Description
The Regal City would be a narrative-driven adventure game, inspired by titles like The Wolf Among Us and Heavy Rain. It would be structured into three episodes, with a storyline influenced by the works of Edgar Allan Poe and Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer. Its visual aesthetic would draw from Tim Burton’s films, as well as artistic movements such as the Cuzco School and the Limeño Baroque.
One of the most important elements of the game is its setting: the city of Lima, Peru, in the year 1909.
At that time, Lima was known as The City of Kings, serving as the most important cultural and economic hub in South America.
However, this wealth and cultural prestige had two faces. Spaces of power were dominated by a Creole elite descended from Europeans and Spaniards, while Indigenous Peruvians were pushed to the margins of society.
The plot begins during the festive season, when a series of mysterious murders start to unfold. This is where the story of Amadeo and Umberto begins:
Amadeo, a young Creole from Lima’s aristocracy, and Umberto, a doctor with a questionable reputation.

The Regal City / La ciudad de los Reyes: Main Theme (2:55 min)
Genre: Orchestral
A reimagining of the classic Limeñan piece La Concheperla, traditionally danced as La Marinera — a coastal dance that balances strength with grace, often performed as a ritual of courtship and elegance.
In the Lima of yesteryear, summer meant music, open-air soirées, and refined gatherings. La Concheperla became a staple of these festive days.


The Regal City draws from this tradition, not as a direct homage, but as a musical journey through the many faces of Lima — solemn, proud, and ever-evolving.
The piece opens with Amadeo at the piano, evoking the refinement of Lima’s old aristocracy — a delicate waltz through crystal-lit salons and whispered conversations.
Enter Umberto’s bandoneon: earthy, raw, and deeply human. He takes us below the surface — into the working-class quarters and rural outskirts, where his character moves as a doctor, healer, and passionate soul.
A cello solo emerges, painting the pulse of daily city life: the crowded plazas, the rustle of newspapers, the clamor of street vendors — a Lima always in motion.
Then the oboe appears — refined and restrained — offering a glimpse into Lima’s elite. A city of rituals and hierarchy, steeped in Catholic tradition and class consciousness.
At last, the strings rise and give way to the brass — the city erupts. A dramatic crescendo reveals the collision of all these worlds, each revealing its true essence in a moment of shared reckoning.


A Single Step / Un paso (02:20 min)
Genre: Peruvian Creole Waltz and Tango fusion
A Single Step is designed as diegetic music within the game and captures an intimate moment in Amadeo’s story. The title, translated into Spanish as Un paso, alludes to the saying, “del amor al odio hay solo un paso.” (“there’s only a single step between love and hate.”)
Despite his conflicted relationship with Umberto, Amadeo begins to realize that he is falling in love with him. Their affair is a beautiful, passionate, and provocative flirtation — yet also deeply melancholic, as Amadeo knows, deep down, that it cannot be. Not for him — not with an arranged marriage looming, and not within the highly Catholic and conservative society in which he lives.
The song is a fusion of Vals Criollo and Tango — Amadeo is represented by the piano and the vals, while Umberto is embodied through the bandoneon and the tango. The shifts in rhythm, along with the playful entrances and exits of the instruments, evoke a continuous and flirtatious dance between the two.

Message from the artist
I feel that thanks to this jam, I was able to explore a lot of my own culture and dive into new musical genres to compose and tell stories. It’s truly been a challenge, and I’m very grateful to all of you. :3

Theme

How does it fit the theme?
The entire story unfolds during the summer celebrations

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/rizzi-371116489/la-ciudad-de-los-reyes
https://soundcloud.com/rizzi-371116489/un-paso

Number of tracks
2

Genre

Soundtrack use permission