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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #492 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Creativity | #581 | 2.833 | 2.833 |
| Overall | #616 | 2.542 | 2.542 |
| Quality | #622 | 2.417 | 2.417 |
| Impression | #630 | 2.292 | 2.292 |
| Composition | #636 | 2.167 | 2.167 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Made in LMMS, with an experimental theme.
The game genre being a Top-Down RPG like Undertale or Omori.
Story -
[001 - Menu Dream] - Menu Theme
[002 - A Blurry Dream] - The MC(Todo) wakes up from a blurry, but seemingly familiar dream.
[003 - Good Morning] - Todo gets ready for the day, doing chores and cleaning himself up.
[004 - Followed By Death] - Todo receives his daily greeting from DEATH... Where he is told who is going to die today, and when. He is reminded that telling anybody will result in the death of everyone. As carrying this information is a heavy burden, Todo is left in his own world of sadness. With nobody to relate.
[005 - Koichi] - Hearing that his good friend Koichi is going to die today, Todo rushes to check on him. To then find Koichi spending his time with his wife, and watching his kids.
[006 - He's Gonna Die SOON] - DEATH crawls up behind Todo and whispers into his ear that Koichi is going to die in 5 minutes. And describes just how. Koichi will be shot in the face by his neighbor and his children and wife will go missing. This information leads Todo to rush home in tears.
[007 - Back To My Dream Escape] - Todo tries to escape his life's troubles by simply going to sleep.
[008 - You Can't Escape ME] - DEATH rips into Todo's dream to lock him in forever torment. (You know, just for fun. 😜)
[009 - MY NEVER ENDING NIGHTMARE] - Todo is tired of DEATH, so he challenges him to a battle to the DEATH. To try and escape this NIGHTMARE and break out of his depressing little world. To be FREE.
[010 - Forever Adjourned] - After Todo becomes free of death, he is hit by a truck. Releasing his soul to HEAVEN. To be finally FREE.
NOTE: Some might wonder, if he has nobody to relate how does he have a good friend? Well, to put it simply he lies to the people around him to slightly distract from his deep depresion.
Message from the artist
I didn't have a lot of time, so this was the best I could do.
This soundtrack was partially mad for my recently deceased dog.
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
The main character, Todo, is metaphorically trapped by himself in a world of death and depression. As he is the only one who knows when everything will die, but can NOT tell anyone.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/shady_popcat/sets/my-little-dream-scape?si=ad795f5872864dc290c2397f5268420a&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
https://youtu.be/3KreIE9721k?si=5LuBMzWC6ZlwTsWN
Number of tracks10
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Comments
The music ties very well into the story and emotion. The short track times reminds me of Yume Nikki so I feel it fits well into a dream theme, the soundfonts used give it that top-down rpg feel too. I think the orchestra hits give a nice feel to the tracks. I notice this was posted a while before the deadline, there's a lot of work done here in such a short amount of time! Great work!
You got some good ideas and I think you managed all right for the limited time you got, you stayed with a main leimotif for the whole album which is nice you can probably create some dynamic soundtrack which a couple tracks there. For the composition and mix yes there is some work to do to make everything more "full" and have better motion and productions, regardeless of that good job.
Pretty nice selection of tracks !
I quite enjoyed the variety of tracks displayed in your album, I really liked MY NEVER ENDING NIGHTMARE (hard to miss due to the volume disparity compared to the other tracks but even then, the track was very enjoyable with its progression and its instrumentation).
Speaking of progression, maybe I would have liked the other tracks being a bit lengthier, but since there is already great variety and quality with them, you can always keep the same solid base you have and expand on them if you were to put them in a future project for example.
Overall, very nice album so good job !
This was really nice, different vibes in each track, well done!
I really enjoyed the atmosphere of A Blurry Dream and the humor you've put in He's Gonne Die SOON!
Good job!! Keep going!!
I think what others said is valid on mixing the tracks in a way that there’s not too much volume disparity, but otherwise a ton of simple ideas executed perfectly. Great job!
You've got an interesting and varied soundtrack! Its overall design style (Small music files) is just right to integrate it into the game!
Heh... I love He's Gonna Die Soon... There's a sense of unease in that track
We would like the music to be longer, which is a shame. Otherwise nice work
Very interesting listen! I liked Forever Adjourned the most. Just gotta make these songs a bit longer to really let them have their shine!
The ideas are really catchy and charming! I would recommend the same as everyone though, try to expand more on them and explore more possibilities while maintaining the same vibe you have going on here! overall interesting and beautiful
The volume of "MY NEVER ENDING NIGHTMARE" was quite loud compared to the rest so that jumpscared me a bit haha. This is quite a fleshed-out exploration with interesting instrumentation. (Wow I use such big words mwahaha) Although I feel like a lot can be worked on when it comes to production, I'm enjoying your ideas and the variety of tracks here. This feels like a soundtrack demo for a full game. It feels 'completed' if that makes any sense and that's impressive for a jam.
Loving the ideas you’ve got going on here! I think the next step would be to extend each track to show their full potential. MY NEVER ENDING NIGHTMARE is a great example of this! You have some very clear and catchy motifs in this track and I really enjoyed how the track progressed to its climax. Well done!
I like how you can see the story unfold by how it was written. I do feel; however, that because some of tracks are shorter they lack some power in their ability to describe what they mean. I think just adding one more bit of complexity or confusion would make this awesome. Great job!
I quite like the story you made for your entry but I would recommend putting a lot of that information on this page so that it can't be easily missed.
Thanks for your advice, I'll look into it.