Enemy Encounter Music Jam #1

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A jam submission

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Submitted by rowan_pierce — 11 hours, 37 minutes before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Quality	#13	3.623	3.800
Creativity	#17	3.337	3.500
Composition	#19	3.146	3.300
Overall	#22	3.337	3.500
Correlation to theme	#24	3.242	3.400

Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Theme (Ennemy)

Correlation to theme
He's a sad vintage computer, surviving by his sword and by avoiding firmware updates. He should probably stop overclocking his CPU and go to therapy. I used a lot of tracker and chiptune styled sounds and sequences for the acid-y first half. The second half brings all the sad undertones to the forefront and is much more dramatic. Poor guy was doomed the moment he stepped off the assembly line.

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Blue LavaSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

These synths give a cool and distinct sound that make this feel like a smooth and fast-paced internet battle. These specific drums and synths are a solid choice for this electronic enemy. Your music has lots of similarities to Vangellis, music that I really like listening to! Thank you for sharing!

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Hell-venly Behemoth

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Nick SchuitemakerSubmitted1 year ago

Quite nice! I see the common 'keep introducing instrument' method being used. Usually I like it, but I feel like boss fights want you to get straight into the action - thus, I kind of missed the thunder, the bang, the fight! Lastly, I think you might repeat your measures a bit too much - 4 minutes for only 2 repeating themes (even with incremental introduction) is a bit much I feel.

But that's enough of me being an ass: besides a bit of a lack of power and a bit too much repetition, I do really like your song (especially those tubas in the second section, damn)! You should be proud of yourself :D

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Enemy Encounters

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rowan_pierceDeveloper1 year ago(+1)

All fair criticisms. I wanted to do more with this one (more automation through the repetitions, work on the fx, mixing, sound design, etc.) but I was xtreemly limited on time. I figured there would be a lot of high-energy, hard-hitting compositions for this character so I wanted to try something with more space. Alas, I didn't have the time to make it hit the way I'd intended. I appreciate the feedback and I'm glad you enjoyed the listen! :)

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Nick SchuitemakerSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

No problem :D! I completely understand the time-constraints - we all have that, so definitely don't take my criticism too harshly. You made a nice product with lots of potential, good job :)

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TheSnowlyHost1 year ago(+1)

Really cool composition, with great little ideas like the (idk if it's really a choir but) cycling choir in the second part. But I feels like all of this is more of a build up for the real fight song, by the calmness of the song I couldn't Imagine it being played in a fight! But overall great song nonetheless!

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grasstypefireSubmitted1 year ago(+2)

I like the second half of the music more than the first half, I think it nails better with the sad and doomed vibes to the character.

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Tail of Justice - Rival Theme

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A bored cubeSubmitted1 year ago(+1)

Very cool!

Sounds like GD music to me.

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Music jams

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