Xi Dai

Composer · Arranger · Orchestrator

I compose across contemporary concert music and interactive media, exploring atmosphere, storytelling, and emotional pacing.

Selected Interactive Works

Pogo Rogue

Composer 2024

Pogo Rogue is a roguelike action game released in Early Access on Steam.

Created original music shaped by driving rhythms and evolving textures to match the game’s high-energy atmosphere.

Cat Carried Butterfly 衔蝶

Co-Composer & Co-Sound Designer 2025-2026

A narrative driven game set in Republican-era Shanghai, following a young girl’s return to her childhood home and the discovery of long-buried secrets.

Created original score cues and environmental sound elements that shaped key story moments and defined the game’s overall sonic identity.

Limited 2 Space

Composer & Sound Designer LUDUM DARE 54

Limited 2 Space is a one-button arcade experience centered entirely on spacebar interaction.

Composed over seven minutes of original music and designed the full soundscape, shaping a rhythmic and minimalist audio identity that drives the game’s core mechanic.

Don’t TOUCH Me

Composer & Sound Designer CIGA GAME JAM & GMTK GAME JAM 2023

A two-player platform-jumping game with chase as its core gameplay, in which two players will play as patients and doctors in a mental hospital. Exhibited at the “好Yeah!文化节”.

Composed all original music and created the full sound design, developing a sonic identity that balances tension, absurdity, and dark humor.

BALA!!!

Composer & Sound Designer LUDUM DARE 53

BALA!!! is a management game focused on food inspection and quality control within a fast paced kitchen setting.

Composed the complete score and designed the full soundscape for the project, shaping a vibrant and rhythm-driven audio identity that reinforces the game’s energy and pacing.