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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Quality | #3 | 4.625 | 4.625 |
| Impression | #14 | 3.969 | 3.969 |
| Overall | #15 | 4.050 | 4.050 |
| Correlation to theme | #23 | 4.188 | 4.188 |
| Composition | #30 | 3.969 | 3.969 |
| Creativity | #58 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Ranked from 32 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
I composed ambient music for a puzzle game. One track is a seamless loop for the title scree. The track, "and the moon above" is the loop for the night cycle of the game and the track, "daylight" is for the day cycle, these loops have a fade out at the end. I used Logic Pro and Pro Tools. More details about the music are on my project page.
Message from the artist:
This is my submission to the ost composing jam #5. I have a detailed description of the music I wrote on my project page. I hope you enjoy.
Theme:
How does it fit the theme?
My submission fits the theme because in the narrative for the imaginary game I composed for, the player uses a stars power, or in other words, "wishes upon a star" in order to play the game. It also fits the picture theme because the game takes place in an ocean on a small sailboat as well. The music fits these themes because it is tailored to the game which fits these themes.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://on.soundcloud.com/Y3Jdt
Soundtrack use permission
For game jams only
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Comments
Awesome work! Each track kept my attention from start to finish, which doesn't happen to me often with ambient tracks.
Thank you for sharing, I'm glad they kept your attention!
Very relaxing! Very fitting for a puzzle game too, as this will not distract the player from focusing on the actual puzzles. Well done!
Thank you, I appreciate that!
Such pretty ambient tones. This would make great background for chill puzzle games.
Thank you! I'm glad it works with the puzzle game idea.
absolutely gorgeous, i would love your soundtrack both in and out of the game you described!!
“and the moon above” was my favorite for the high droning synths and noises in the first 90 seconds, so beautiful and intimate
Thank you so much! It means a lot that you would enjoy it in and out of a game.
In one word: "Peaceful" *_*
Well done :D
Thank you, I appreciate that!
The ambience of every track is awesome! Some parts of "and the moon above" reminds me Disco Elysium soundtrack. Good job!
Thank you, I appreciate that! I've never heard the Disco Elysium soundtrack, I'll have to check it out.
This is so lovely and relaxing - perfect for the theme and the kind of game that you intended it for. Great entry!
Thank you! I appreciate that!
I absolutely love the sound design in your tracks!!!!! very poetic and dreamy, which combines so well with the piano not overcharged in notes. I don't know why, but the last section of daylight really touched me emotionally. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for sharing your comment! I'm happy that the music had an emotional effect.
This is an incredibly lovely soundtrack - it really feels like you've crafted your own version of the sort of ambience present in Minecraft and Outer Wilds. Overall the sound design here is really good, in these sorts of ambient pieces it's very easy to go overboard with the reverb for the sake of more literal ambience, but that's not the case whatsoever here - all of those sorts of more residual sounds seem very fine tuned so as not to leave any unintended dissonance. Also, I thought the piano sounded similar and it's because we used the same one in both of our soundtracks! something something great minds lol
I appreciate your comment. The Minecraft soundtrack is amazing so to compare the music to that is very kind of you. I thought that piano sound was similar when I was listening to your ost, it's an amazing free asset.
You’ve made such a gorgeously ambient OST, the atmosphere feels tangible and relaxing all at once. I also appreciate how you managed to keep the tracks moving forward instead of feeling like a stagnant setting. I didn’t want to stop any of the tracks while I was listening, they really pulled me in! My favorite is “and the moon above”.
Great work ^^
Thank you for commenting on that! I try to give my ambient music motion through it's harmonies, subtle rhythmic elements and some of the sounds pushing it forward. It's easy to fall into the trap of making ambient music stagnant, it means a lot that you recognized my effort to counteract that.
I really enjoyed listening to these tracks - as a game soundtrack as well as independently/in their own right. Beautiful ambient sounds.
Thanks! I'm glad that the tracks can work on their own without the game.
I can't really explain why, but 'and the moon above' definitely feels like nighttime, and 'daylight' feels like daytime. Good job, very soothing!
Thank you, I'm glad that came across! I tried a few tricks to make that happen so I'm glad it came across.
The setting you came up with here could easily be interpreted as tense or hostile, but the atmospheric tracks make it feel like a vast, beautiful expanse waiting to be explored. Overall great sound design here
Thank you for your comment! I'm glad you appreciate the sound design, I love finding the meeting point between pitch content and sound.
This is so soothing, you captured a really pleasant atmosphere with this. Great work!
I'm glad you enjoyed the atmosphere, thanks!
love the sound design
Thank you! It was a lot of fun doing the sound design.
Love this ethereal atmosphere. Great work!
Thank you! I had a lot of fun building this sound world, ethereal is exactly what i was hoping for.
This sounds so weird and so cool at the same time, i love it!
I'm glad you loved it! Thank you!
loved the atmosphere that you created. Good job man.
Thanks! I appreciate your kind words a lot.
This has a very good audio quality and it is very calming. It would work well with your idea of a puzzle game about putting constellations back into the sky. I like it :)
I appreciate your comment on the audio quality, it was a lot of fun to mix and master. I'm glad that it works well with the game idea. Thank you!
Very dreamy. This is lovely. Really captures the moon feel. I could see this working really well in a space game, too.
Thank you I appreciate that! I think you're right, it could work in a space game too, it is good to know the tracks have some versatility to them.