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starling 🦆
@starlingoboe.itch.io
composer + arranger ☁️ // oboist, woodwinds, cello, keys, (erhu) ✨🍵

vancouver, bc 🇦🇺 | starlingoboe.com
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hello! i'm starling, composer for games + media ⭐️ nice to meet you!

i also record oboe + cor anglais, tin whistle, recorder + cello/keys 🎻

RTs appreciated if you like what you hear 🩵
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💵 MONEY for GAME? In 2026??? 💵

There have been more and more successful-game-devs-turned-game-funders popping up, so here's a lil' thread of some of the more recent ones I've seen.

Hopefully this helps you get some $$$! 🔽
January 8, 2026 at 8:09 PM
favourites of 2025~

✦ game: afterlove ep (+ letters to arralla)
✦ film: in the mood for love
✦ tv show: nevertheless (+ the katseye documentary)
✦ book: crying in h mart by michelle zauner
✦ concert: distant worlds (ffxiv and ffxvi)
✦ album: cobalt core ost by aaron cherof
✦ artist: pink pantheress
January 1, 2026 at 2:27 AM
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On behalf of the Vancouver Game Audio group, @jamieleesounds.com and I made some free sound effects packs. Enjoy these holiday gifts from us! #sounddesign #gamedev #gameaudio

☄️ Anime Sounds Pack
adriantalens.gumroad.com/l/AnimeSound...

📜 Lore Sound Pack
jamieleesounds.gumroad.com/l/loresoundp...
December 24, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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the winter solstice has come once again... it's time to eat tong jyun ⛄

npckc.itch.io/tongjyun
December 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
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my #VNSS2025 gift for @starlingoboe.itch.io ft the beautiful bird of reasonable knowledge (and fluffiness) :>
big thanks to @crescence-studio.itch.io for hosting!
December 19, 2025 at 11:36 PM
hemlock 🌿

a fansong for 'at the poison's edge' for @natashaluna.itch.io #VNSS2025 🩸 hosted by @crescence-studio.itch.io

“did you pretend to love me… so that i’d kill you?”

((sorry about my vocals lol 🥲 ))

on.soundcloud.com/NRrXICwnFe1x...
hemlock (a fansong for 'at the poison's edge' #vnss2025)
forested eyes, flowers bloom in your chest i burned inside with searing love for you the fire turns cold what did you do? what did you do? still i wonder, with this effervescent soul waiting for answ
soundcloud.com
December 20, 2025 at 12:40 AM
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Hi #TeaseYaGame!

#SugarplumCafe is a cozy merge game with no time limits or microtransactions!
You can craft desserts and host tea parties for fashionable ladies 🍰🎀✨

It's still early in development, so join my mailing list for monthly updates - 🔗 in bio!
December 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Snowdrop Festival 2025 is now on YouTube!

Thank you everyone for making this year's event so special 🩵

youtu.be/shn58OkJ4o0
December 16, 2025 at 2:01 AM
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BITS & BOPS IS OUT NOW! 🎶

🎮 Over 20 original rhythm mini-games!
🎵 Catchy music!
⚡ Snappy gameplay!
✨ Gorgeous 2D animation!

PLAY IT NOW ON STEAM! 💕
December 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
if you haven't had the chance to watch previous snowdrop festivals, definitely tune in this saturday!! easily one of the most inspiring music / creative events i've attended 🥹🥹 and i'm so honoured to be part of the lineup... so much talent all in one place
— EVENT —

Snowdrop Festival 2025 🌸🔬
Sat, Dec. 13, 1pm Pacific

Our fourth annual virtual music festival, celebrating yet another year of outstanding music and art with friends and our community! 🎶

More info: infloresce.com/snowdrop-festival-2025

Poster by @aggelicyiok.bsky.social + @aiviwave.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:22 AM
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Rhythm Doctor 1.0 is out NOW on Steam!

🎵 Act 6 and the finale of Story Mode has been added
🎵 5-3N added to Physiotherapy Ward
🎵 The game is now available in French!
🎵 English Audio Descriptions now available for Story Mode!

Have fun!

store.steampowered.com/app/774181/R...
December 6, 2025 at 11:51 PM
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PSA!! almost everything that is uploaded to streaming services can be bought from qobuz! unless they SPECIFICALLY excluded it. i buy a ton of kids stuff from there: danny go, ms. rachel, super simple songs... amazon music also often sells the mp3s. (but qobuz sells flacs and pays artists better)
i buy songs on bandcamp when im able but My God i sure wish kinda-big-artists would start selling their songs Anywhere. the number of artists that have their songs listed on ONLY spotify/youtube/apple music is sad. let me buy your songs!!!!!!!!
December 5, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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There's just one day left in Delphinium's Kickstarter campaign, so now is your last chance to back the game!

Thank you all so much for getting us to more than 200% FUNDED!! 🩵 🩵

#gamedev #indiedev
November 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
the best vital presets, their functionality cannot be underestimated, a service and boon to our community, the pillars that hold up our soundscapes and irregular time signatures, there is no ceiling to their peak
tancla.dog Tancla @tancla.dog · Nov 24
OKAY they're OUT ✨🎉

~ 5 Years of Vital ~

175+ FREE presets counting just the new ones, adding the rest there's a total of 470!!

Hope you like them and make cool stuff with them :)

🔽🔽 Links below 🔽🔽
November 25, 2025 at 12:09 AM
academic rivals to lovers trope ... a list of my faves

- kare kano (anime)
- kaichou wa maid sama (anime)
- kaguya-sama love is war (anime)

- butterfly soup 2 (game)

- i hope this doesn't find you by ann liang (book)
- love, theoretically by ali hazelwood (book)
November 21, 2025 at 8:39 PM
i want plushie...
there's just ONE WEEK left to order our adorable and only semi-murderous Watcher plushie... so let's do a ✨ giveaway ✨

to enter, just follow @makeship.bsky.social and @sunsetvisitor.studio and repost this post!

the giveaway ends in 2 days! hekki grace and good luck!!
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 PM
visited a bunny cafe yesterday!! this bun had one ear up, one down 🥹
November 17, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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A noble lord brings two squires along on a hunt. One is a gentle boy who should not exist. 🌟

The other is a girl who dreams of plunging a dagger into her master’s heart. 🗡️

Trail of Stars, my short, (bitter)sweet fairy tale visual novel, is out on steam! 🌟

store.steampowered.com/app/4006140/...
November 13, 2025 at 7:06 PM
that one cellist practising elgar concerto passionately, soloistically during your chinese orchestra rehearsal break
November 8, 2025 at 5:12 AM
🥹🤩!!!! thank you to everyone who backed our kickstarter so far... funded already.... i'm cry
Delphinium is FUNDED in less than 72 hours!

Thank you all so, so, SO MUCH 🥹🩵
October 31, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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Excited to be part of the #GamesUnder5Hours event happening on Steam. There are some amazing games participating so be sure to check it out!

store.steampowered.com/publisher/De...
The Games Under 5 Hours Event Is Live! 🎮
October 13–27: Looking for something you can actually finish? Explore a curated selection of extraordinary short games that prove great experiences don’t need endless hours.
store.steampowered.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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the best part of the Kickstarter campaign: getting to share more of Starling's incredible music!!! 🎵
if you click on the kickstarter you can also listen to four full new tracks from me, written for the game 🌱 i have been pouring my heart into this soundtrack over the past year and i'm so excited to finally share some of it! 🥹

www.kickstarter.com/projects/cin...

soundcloud.com/starlingoboe...
Delphinium OST - Teaser Collection
Delphinium: a bittersweet cozy farming sim in which cultivating connections with those around you matters just as much as growing crops- sometimes even more so. (Developed by CinnaDev) Kickstarter: h
soundcloud.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
the delphinium kickstarter is now live!! support our small team + glimpse a beautiful world 🫶
Grow new connections in the middle of nowhere with this bittersweet cozy story. Delphinium is now LIVE on Kickstarter 💙🌿
October 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
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“How do we establish our future in a world that doesn’t feel like it’s progressing? The answer is with community.” Will a cottage in the woods really will fix you? @cinnadev.bsky.social 's Delphinium is all about building connections
FEATURE @juiceboxcat.bsky.social www.sifter.com.au/post/delphin...
October 26, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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time for work/income restraints due to family commitment is something i’ve never heard discussed in my circles of media composers. i suspect it has a lot to do with composers who perform maternal roles in their families being a rarity. i only know two other than me. one had to give up her career.
October 25, 2025 at 4:49 PM