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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #37 | 3.902 | 3.902 |
| Impression | #78 | 3.585 | 3.585 |
| Quality | #81 | 3.683 | 3.683 |
| Overall | #83 | 3.629 | 3.629 |
| Composition | #103 | 3.463 | 3.463 |
| Creativity | #123 | 3.512 | 3.512 |
Ranked from 41 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
A getaway towards the unknown. One can only wonder what the forest contains...
Theme:
Runaway
Picture theme
How does it fit the theme?
It follows an adventurer on a getaway, running away from the familiarities of the city into the unknown of the woods, unknowing of what they may encounter. Leaned into both the forest image, as well as the Runaway title theme.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLM6jJ1Ve8aIeSieHpwtUm93jZlEJvTwbd
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Great vibe. I like the drum loops behind it. The melodies are really soft and fit very well with the theme. Well done!
Thank you!
I love how varied each track is! They’re all unique, but with a thread that weaves through all of them! My favorite is “Guardian of the Oak,” it has a really fun melody with an interesting chord progression under it! “Runaway” is a close second. Great job!
Thank you! Had fun putting those chords together
I love how the vibe varies between pieces in the album! I can see the story. Also, I liked the atmosphere of Whisper Of The Forest. Well done!
Thank you!!
There’s a really cool feeling here of a classic 2D platformer. I particularly like Deep Woods (great hip hop beat—or correct me if I’m wrong; that’s not my genre) and Guardian of the Oak (love the bass, and the left-and-right panning on the accompaniment).
Thank you! Yeah, the drums were inspired by hip-hop and lo-fi.
Guardian of the oak was great! well done! each has it's own unique ID but still feel connected. Good job!
I really appreciate it!
This throws me back to old Motoi Sakuraba works, especially the choirs on "Whisper of the Forest", they remind me of Valkyrie Profile's OST. Also you manage to tell a compelling story with so few elements, keeping it simple and tidy. Would love a medley track.
Thanks! Motoi Sakuraba is my favorite composer, glad to hear it shows in my music!
Really nice atmosphere you created with the first three songs, and then Guardian Of The Oak was a real treat! Loved the driving kick and the melody playing over that energetic chord progression. And then when the vocals came in it was chef excellence. So fun!
Thank you! Really had fun working on that one.
I thought it was an overall great OST. I very much like your take on the picture theme and word theme. I liked all the tracks because they all had a wonderful charm of their own. I just wish they were longer, I wanted to hear more :) Great job.
Thank you! I try to keep the length down for OST Jams but I'll probably go back and develop them more.
I'm very amused how we both have a similar take about the deep woods but with a different style. Love how efficient the drum works! It really emphasizes a game soundtrack aspect imo.
I also loved how you deviated from predictable harmonisations surprise on some harmonisations as well!
Noticed that similarity too haha! And my favorite part is trying to pick unique chord choices!
Whisper of the forest has such a good melody! The rest is lovely too and quite diverse, nice job!
Thank you!!
Nice title and soundtrack! I especially like Deep Woods, very atmospheric. Great work!
Thanks so much!
Very nice tracks! Deep Woods is my favourite, good work!
Thank you!
Guardian of the Oak is lovely, nice melody and alterations between percussive moments vs airy ones :)
Thanks so much!!
There are some really creative chord choices, progressions, and a really smooth key change right at the beginning. Very nice!
Thank you!! My favorite part is always putting together a unique progression.
Nice work! ""Deep woods" is a bop, you had nice harmonies and tension going on on this one
Thanks, was definitely fun to put together that dark harmony!
Really nice composition throughout, I think my favorite entry was Runaway, I like how it descends into uncertainty. Great work!
Thank you!!
I really like how friendly skip and hop sounds.
My favorite is Whisper of the Forest. I really like the vocal parts in this and how friendly this track sounds. It just makes me happy. It also really sounds like we're going on a journey.
Deep Woods definitely gives me some ominous vibes. I quite like the beat here as well.
With Guardian of the Oak, I feel we're in a much safer place again. Again, really like the addition of the vocal. Also love those fast paced vibes and the bass guitar. I get a feeling of a victory song from this one.
Runaway is a nice reference to the theme and right up to the end I thought we'd be in the clear, but then that ominous chord! :o
Really nice! I think it would work really well as a video game soundtrack :)
Thanks for the feedback on all the tracks! Whisper Of The Forest was definitely my favorite to work on, glad you liked it.
Excellent base lines! Thanks for adding vocals without lyrics, as those are super distracting to me in a game.
Thank you! And agreed haha
I enjoy the combo of instruments in these pieces. They're all airy and simple. It's nice! I also like the vocal accent, it gives the songs a some character.
Thank you!!
Great writing! I love the progression of these tracks and the Lofi elements you incorporated. Nicely done!
Thank you!