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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Correlation to theme | #12 | 3.942 | 4.214 |
Quality | #44 | 3.675 | 3.929 |
Composition | #48 | 3.608 | 3.857 |
Overall | #52 | 3.514 | 3.757 |
Impression | #70 | 3.274 | 3.500 |
Creativity | #97 | 3.074 | 3.286 |
Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Year-Long Journey is an action-adventure game where you play as a brave young girl Misty and her little dog named Jack.
One night, a mysterious person who looks like no one you've ever met comes to your village. They say that in exactly one year the village will be struck by a disaster. They then give you a piece of paper and leave.
People in the village don't seem to believe this story and quickly forgot about it, however, something tells you that person wasn't lying.
There is a legend about season spirits that have been helping people around the world since ancient times...
That piece of paper turned out to be a map with four locations marked.
Believing that there is still hope for the village, you and your dog go on a year-long adventure to find each season spirit and convince them to save your village from the mysterious disaster.
I tried to keep the same leitmotif in each song to make them feel connected, like one whole story.
I didn't have enough time to make an ending song, so the game's ending is free for interpretation :)
Every song is made in FL Studio.
Four songs represent a home of each spirit:
Winter - chilly ice castle
Spring - abandoned clock tower
Summer - sunny beach
Autumn - enchanted forest
Theme:
How does it fit the theme?
I think this OST fits the theme and picture perfectly, since the story is about a girl finding season spirits.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/polyternity/sets/year-long-journey-ost
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Comments
Really proficient use of orchestration to define the different seasons while having enough in common to tie the work together. Very impressive.
Thanks for the feedback!
very nice soundtrack! the composition is very competent, nice work
a lot of the tracks remind me of something that'd be in A Short Hike!
Thank you, Short Hike soundtrack is great for sure
Very well executed idea! The tracks quickly bring out the environments, scenarios and sensations they evoke!
Thanks!
Nice choice of instrumentation for each season and great orchestration overall. The intro song totally feels like the start of a journey. And I think it ends happily ever after :)
Thanks! Actually, I had an idea for the ending theme but didn't manage to finish it in time
I love this so much! I can see the characters really clearly in the music and I want to hug them. The themes, orchestration, and the mixing are all so pleasant I had to listen through a couple times. I wish it were longer, you did a great job!
I'm glad you liked it! I wish they were longer too, the orchestration has always been a long process for me
Wonderfully evocative of the four seasons!
Thank you!
Nice piano work!
Thanks!