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Grubdog - One More Time's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Impression | #99 | 3.244 | 3.333 |
| Creativity | #99 | 3.353 | 3.444 |
| Correlation to theme | #99 | 3.244 | 3.333 |
| Composition | #103 | 3.299 | 3.389 |
| Overall | #115 | 3.244 | 3.333 |
| Quality | #125 | 3.082 | 3.167 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Acoustic guitar and singing, this song is for a 2D platformer set in someone's mind, where they have to escape their dream and get back to reality to save themselves, jumping over obstacles that act as mental hurdles in that person's life. This song would play at the end. I record with a pretty basic setup into Cool Edit Pro with a cheap mic and guitar. Song was written in my head during the process just sitting there with the guitar.
Theme:
How does it fit the theme?
The song deals with time running out while the player still has things to do in the game, and obstacles to overcome. The clock is ticking in reality while they are stuck in their dreamworld with a different concept of time.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwJk_BDO0j0
Soundtrack use permission
For game jams only
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Comments
this was super nice
Acoustic guitar is rarely as cleanly rendered as it is here, which was most welcome. I love the tone of a clean guitar and it was nice to have to contrasted against a voice. Unlike Neatneet, I am a native English speaker, but I still struggled a bit with the lyrics :) I don't think it mattered much to the final product, as your tone and intention still came through. I think it'd be interesting to hear either an overdub or harmony with an additional guitar/voice layered in.
Unfortunately not too proficient in English so can only make out a few words of the lyrics but I can still sense the song was beautiful. I listen to songs like this all the time, I'd be able to hum the melodies but the lyrics in my head are like "belahthwakwalgoogalabala..."
This would be awesome as a final-level song as the mc is about to wake up. And, no joke, if the entire story had been good up to this point, I'd legit cry. Your playing and tone of voice were very touching.
Random but the plot reminds me of the Deep Sleep trilogy flash games. (scary af but beautiful story.)
You have great song writing, this was very emotional!
very touching song! the lyrics are really emotional and relatable, and i can totally imagine the game you describe with this music in it.
very nicely done :))))
Oh, nice to see another song with full lyrics in this jam! I like the song a lot, feels very indie movie soundtrack to me. Nice job!
Nice done song! Good work!
Very melancholic, and nice voice!
I can see this as an ending to a game. Well done.
Very touching song. It does definitively fit your description and both your singing and guitar play sound very nice. The cover art does also fit the entry perfectly. While I like the idea of the interlude picking sequence, I would change the part from 2:12 - 2:20. This part is a bit too fast and 'harsh' in tone for the dream like idea.