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A jam submission

King MountainView project page

The King of Mountains
Submitted by emscottish — 2 hours, 38 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Listenability#94.0004.000
Execution#123.8333.833
Composing Quality#133.7783.778
Overall#143.7783.778
Correlation to Project Description#163.7223.722
Overall Uniqueness/Creativity#183.5563.556

Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Link to Streaming Service
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3rZ9fT5nqveFsqkl5squaNGD74sf8H7x

Description
Mountain that's a king.
(All tracks made from scratch for this btw)

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Comments

HostSubmitted(+1)

I like the opening. Clear, nice, has a nice vibe. It would definitely be fun to be playing a 2D game to this. It has a nice impressionistic vibe as well, and the mood isn't too heavy. It fits for the vibe. Very nicely done.

I would say the tracks still have a somewhat "clicked in" sound, the sound of midi where you are writing it while clicking in MIDI notes. It's good, but I feel like it has that sound. I pretty consistently recommend improvisation to people to improve on this. What saves is is that I can generally tell that you are hearing it in your mind first and clicking it in, but I think when it gets more complicated, that's when I can hear what sounds like there's a little less intuition about how to resolve some of that, but again, improvisation is one of the best ways to practice this.

Really solid work overall regardless, the vibe is awesome.

Developer

Thanks for the input! could you clarify what you mean by improvisation? 

HostSubmitted

Play an instrument and make up music in real time. You start out bad at it, and then as you progress, you develop more fluency in musical composition, so that you understand it in the moment as it happens.

Submitted(+1)

I enjoyed all three tracks. To Da Mountain was especially gorgeous. Great work!

Developer

Thank you! that's the one i spent the most time on.

Submitted

The mood is retro and chill; it was very nice to listen to!

Developer(+1)

Thank you! It was fun to make.

Submitted(+1)

To da mountain : I like the arrangement it a nice composition you have good ideas. The first pad I think it would make more space if it wasn't holding the note all the way through, let it breathe a little bit. The drum sound a bit "MIDI" I would suggest you seperate the drums in all different parts, kick, snare, hats, crash, toms, etc, and pan accordingly, it will help you have a way better audio spatialisation in the mix.

Chill hiking : I think the melody is very nice only somethings the voicing in the left hand can get some work, you can open the chords a little bit  because somethings the left hand note are clashing a bit with the melody. You can also probably use other piano samples, there is a TON of free amazing pian plugins.

Holy ground : Sound holy indeed, good job on that, I like the arp, just watch out for the reverb getting too much muddy in the mix especially in the mid-low mid, if you cut some verb frequency to around 500hz (tricks by Ty) you'll get a mix alot clearer.

Might seem a brutal comment but since its unranked I went all in to give my opinion, so don't be offended it seems alot but its some nice tracks overall :)

Developer(+1)

thanks for the input.

Submitted(+1)

Your artwork is stunning. Congratulations on your creativity

Developer

thank you! It was fun to make.

Submitted(+1)

Really enjoyed the vibe, good work!

Developer (1 edit)

thanks!

Submitted (1 edit) (+1)

Very nice arrangements.  Your choice in instruments seems carefully chosen, as though you were avoiding things becoming too dense.  And it works out really well.  The piano seems to be the star in these songs, taking a different role with each tune.  The piano with all the reverb in "Holy Ground" being used as a background sound effect was really cool.  "To Da Mountain" gave me super retro 80's, vaporwave vibes.  Holy Ground had that 90's JRPG temple feeling which I love.  Your chord progressions sounded mostly non-functional, which I like a lot, it kept me guessing and created surprising moments.  Nice work!  You really know how to nail that "old school" vibe.

Developer

Thank you! I just got Fl studio just before the jam started. I'm relived to hear I'm getting the hang of it,  so thanks!

Submitted(+1)

I like "Chill Hiking" the best, it is a nice tune that would sound good with some more fleshed out orchestration as well!

Submitted(+1)

Love Holy Ground! A very retro Zelda/Donkey Kong sound going on but maybe with more jazz harmony in there aswell. Nice work!

Developer

Thanks! That one reminded me of Majoras Mask while making it.