The music is fun and high-energy and it feels like it would fit the gameplay, but it feels to heroic for a necromancer to me. I think it would be a better fit for more of a heroic fantasy game.
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Necro Swarm Soundtrack Pitch - For IGA June Challenge Jam's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Overall SFX | #1 | 3.889 | 4.125 |
Overall | #4 | 3.329 | 3.531 |
Fun | #5 | 3.418 | 3.625 |
Creativity | #5 | 3.536 | 3.750 |
Overall Music | #10 | 2.475 | 2.625 |
Ranked from 8 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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- I liked the music! It had a bit of fun chaos to it! Your SFX though - UnderAttack is so jarring, but appropriately so! All three really fit the Necro vibe perfectly. I enjoyed the use of voice, which has been different from the others I've listened to so far. I agree that Roar could be just a little shorter, especially if it's a sound we'll hear often enough in the game. Well done!
- Music - very adventurous, somewhat wholesome too. I believe you might be somewhat quoting/alluding to Prokofiev's Dance of the Knights? A little Brahms 4 too! It feels fairly positive, I think because of the instrumentation. There are moments of darkness/danger, but the glockenspiel sort of softens that (which may be the intent) The mix is a bit chaotic but it doesn't bother me - I like feeling all these things popping around. It's a little muddy, but the variety of timbres happening I think reinforces the game's theme SFX - The SFX are all really nice - they bring me back to Dungeon Keeper a bit. I think they all three work well, like not a single individual is making the sound, but it's a collection of thousands of creatures. That communicates very well. BUT I'm not sure it totally works with the music? The music is light and playful, and the SFX are more just....DARK. I would probably darken the music (more electronic than orchestral?) or lighten up the SFX. Of the two, I think the SFX feel more cohesive, so you might start there. Thanks! Nice work!
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