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Its Dark Inside There - Pixcele's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Sound quality | #1 | 4.263 | 4.263 |
| Impression | #2 | 4.105 | 4.105 |
| Overall | #3 | 3.832 | 3.832 |
| Composition | #6 | 3.789 | 3.789 |
| Creativity | #9 | 3.842 | 3.842 |
| Credibility | #24 | 3.158 | 3.158 |
Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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https://soundcloud.com/pixcele/its-dark-inside-there
Track description | Creative process
This theme is my re-imagining of the underground theme in Super Mario Bros for the NES, in a bit more of a modern style! I tried to mix some older ideas with the main instruments being a very tweaked 8 bit wave from Magical 8 Bit (i swear by this thing in everything) with some support from some soft pads which are actually just samples I took of my own voice, because why not.
Theme wise I wanted to take a different emotional approach to the level, instead of a more creepy and dingy atmosphere I wanted to approach this from a more wonderous perspective, I tried to infuse the song with more of a sense of adventure and curiosity through a building instrumental that goes from being more ambiguous to a much firmer positive energy, with still some room left to question as it fades into the loop.
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I really like your alternative approach to the level. Great mixing and sound quality.
Nice and very original take, the atmosphere you create is dreamy and suspended. Nice use of sfx too, good job!
A pleasure for the ears. ^^
I love this ! It's a nice and unique approach to the theme, with a more dreamy feeling, but still feeling underground with the percussions and little water drops sound, very nice composition. The melody starting at 1:40 is very sweet as well, I like the sound you chose for it. Very good job !
I remember hearing this in the Discord and loving it. I think you nailed the energy of adventure you described, I could see this being in the soundtrack of a Mario movie!
Very very nice to listen to even without the context of it being an alternate Mario soundtrack. This would fit well in a lot of games. Well done!
This was so pleasant to listen to wow. Also reminds me a bit of Stardew Valley
Opening with Lydian colors! Such a bright direction is a rare take on the theme but you pulled it off fantastically. Ooh that bass is sweet. The water samples are a great touch. The deceptively resolved V7/iii towards the end into was a nice surprise that perfectly nailed the "room left to question" in your writeup. Great work!
Really nice to listen to, enjoyed it, sounds like a Starbound vibe. Good job !
It is indeed wonderous! Very relaxing to listen to. Lovely sounds and the pads came out great!
the water splash as a percussion <3
also so much reverb! I really felt the wide, empty space, I think the fact you left a lot of space between phrases at the start really helped with that. That little dissonance to then drop the other instruments at the end was also a nice move.
Then my brained heard the ostinato more as a FTL sound hahaha.
Superb song <3