Escape Puzzle: New Dawn

Escape Puzzle: New Dawn was a mobile puzzle-adventure game developed by Big Giant Games, an independent game studio focused on creating fun, high-quality games. The game invited players to infiltrate a secret research facility, solve puzzles, uncover clues, and find the vaccine that could save humanity. Big Giant Games described the premise as exploring the facility, finding useful clues, and joining Samantha and Gordon in a new puzzle adventure.

I composed original gameplay music for the project, creating a score that supported the game’s mystery, tension, and escape-room-style puzzle solving. Because the game was built around investigation and discovery rather than constant action, the music needed to provide atmosphere without overwhelming the player’s focus. The goal was to create a sense of suspense and forward momentum while still leaving space for players to think, search, and solve.

For the creative direction, I leaned into the game’s setting: a mysterious research facility tied to a high-stakes mission. The music needed to feel cinematic enough to support the story premise, but restrained enough to work during puzzle gameplay. I used a droning gated-pulse synth to create movement and suggest deep concentration, while orchestral strings entered in waves to slowly build tension. A questioning piano melody helped release that tension, adding a more human and investigative quality to the score.

Rather than pushing the player too aggressively, the music framed the environment with tension, curiosity, and the sense that something larger was unfolding behind each room and clue.

Escape Puzzle: New Dawn was released on mobile platforms, with Big Giant Games promoting it for both iOS and Android. The studio’s current website lists the game with the description, “Infiltrate a secret research facility to find the vaccine that could save humanity,” and notes that it reached over 100,000 downloads.

Overall, Escape Puzzle: New Dawn represented my work as a mobile game composer, creating original music for a story-driven puzzle adventure built around mystery, environmental exploration, and high-stakes escape gameplay.