Clio Montrey (artist name: Clio Em) is a composer, writer, singer, multi-instrumentalist and gamedev who weaves imaginary worlds. She is the producer for Dungeons of Hinterberg (Microbird Games, 2024) and recently composed the OST for Canvas of Thoughts (Bandaloop). She is passionate about game worldbuilding and wrote the chapter Building Fantasy Worlds Through Music for the book The Magic of Games (Edition Donau-Universität Krems). She has presented on musical worldbuilding in games at various conferences, such as Coding Medieval Worlds (University of Vienna) and Game Dev Days Graz (University of Graz). She was also on the research team of Barbara Lüneburg’s project TransCoding/What if?, a project about participatory art, based at the Kunstuni Graz (KUG).
Baroque Music and Astronomy Through the Lens of Games
FROG 2026 – Talk
I present the Proof of Concept and an analysis of my upcoming game Arc of Venus, where musician and Astronomer Rosalia makes her way through Baroque Europe in order to act upon her own astronomical discovery, which could shake the foundations of her era’s science. By investigating how the arts and sciences are portrayed and implemented in games, I examine the links between the arts, the natural sciences, and gamified experiences. World building is considered through the lens of historical events and creative works. I expand upon the links between game development, art, museums and collections, and academic institutions – how these can be resources for game developers, and conversely, how games can become resources for these institutions.