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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #252 | 3.568 | 3.568 |
| Correlation to theme | #260 | 3.568 | 3.568 |
| Impression | #270 | 3.432 | 3.432 |
| Overall | #316 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
| Composition | #398 | 3.216 | 3.216 |
| Quality | #413 | 3.216 | 3.216 |
Ranked from 37 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
The OST is a classical, chiptune work that was inspired by the Mother series. I used FL Studio as my DAW and mainly fumbled around a keyboard until I had a funny idea. Song descriptions can be found below (as well as in the project)!
Taketomi Village: This serves as an opening song of the game played while Tsukiko explores her home of Taketomi Village. In Taketomi, many people use the coast and abundant fish to make a living. Tsukiko has a deep connection to the water and fish herself, as many of her ancestors were fishermen.
On the Water: Tsukiko walks the beach at night, as it helps to clear her mind. Unfortunately, this night she would be swept into water which is the catalyst for the rest of the game.
Underwater Waltz: A playful waltz, which plays as Tsukiko solves puzzles (among other songs). This serves as a reminder that something about this underwater world makes Tsukiko feel at home.
Tsukiko: The titular and final song of the OST. Tsukiko eventually meets a woman, fully robotic and almost alien in stature. Their meeting is filled with mystery, but also, love. Tsukiko feels a strong connection with this leader.
Message from the artist
This was my first-ever jam submission AND my first time fully crafting songs for an OST. Quite the challenge but I am so glad that I did it!
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
The main themes of water and bubbles are scattered throughout most of the songs. Also, the purple color of the picture really inspired the nighttime theme I also used quite a bit!
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/obcana/sets/tsukiko
Number of tracks4
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Wow. And the last track was great, my favorite.
The water sounds are just something, I want to hear more of that!
beautiful work. i think On The Water might be my favourite — love the calmness, the harmonies, and that soothing bass line
Tsukiko is also stunning, the mood in the second half is really really well executed and it goes great with your description of the events :)
Love the bossa-nova in the first track - the lead line is beautiful melodically and tonally! Beautiful soundscape in the second track. I love the contrast of the guitar and pad.
The reversed?? pads in the final track are so cool - the texture and tone is unbelievable. Huge fan of the chords you’re playing too! Well done!!
Thank you so much! I owe many thanks to smashing my hands on a keyboard and hoping for the best lol
Very nice soundtrack, I liked it a lot !
The instrumentation is very very nice (very Mother 3-like on the first track, which is always a positive), I also enjoyed quite a lot the relaxed vibes of the tracks.
Overall my favourite tracks would be On The Water and Tsukiko (the switch up at the middle of the track when you think it would be over is well done, I appreciated it a lot), so great job !
Thank you! I used many soundfonts from the Mother Series so I'm glad you can hear them throughout!
Bossa Nova <3 Very cute work!
Thank you, I wish I would hear more bossa nova in gaming!
indeed! :D
Nice work, and nice little bossa nova jam you've got there. I'll definitely slurp on a non-alcoholic tequila sunrise by the beach while listening to this.
For Taketomi Village, I recommend that you listen to where the rim/stick hit is usually placed in bossa nova (it usually offsets the listener by being almost constantly of the "straight beats" outside of the first one, that goes a long way to add some groove, and consider adding shakers/caxixi to insist on the headbopping feel).
Thanks for your feedback regarding the bossa style! I did put in some much needed research while I was making the track but Ill look back at some of your points when I (eventually) make another track that style!
Fun tracks to listen to with lots of weird (in a good way) sound effects that made the track really quirky and enjoyable. Good stuff !
The bossa nova rhythm in the first track has me sold. Nice orchestration in the accompaniment, and the lead flute sits well in the mix. The occasional bubble-sounding SFX is neat too - ties into the theme nicely.
I love the vibes in On the Water - great choice of pad. The acoustic dubbed melody is nice and the introduction of the minimal percussion was good to cement the rhythm. Nice wave SFX here - feels very organic throughout the track until the submersion at the end.
Underwater Waltz sounds great - good rhythms and cadence, and the choice of voicings here is great for a waltz theme. Having the bubbles sync up with the beat was clever and it sounds great in context.
Tsukiko may be my favorite of the bunch - the lushy, dream-like vibes at the beginning are so crisp, and modulating the tempo in that second section was a neat touch, along with having the lead square melody blur out through filtering as the wave SFX give way to the gulls. The full send into the old-school chiptune outro was great and returned to the roots of the underwater theme.
Great job, this was a fun listen - some cool concepts in here and the thematic SFX was placed well throughout. :)
Thanks for such a kind and detailed description!
Lovely soundtrack!! Lots of different sound's colors that combine perfectly well.
Nice bossa vibes in Taketomi Village and the synthetic sounds of Tsukiko were awesome!
Great work!!
Thank you!
Lovely little entry! I could feel the Mother inspiration, and it definitely had the underwater vibes. It was very relaxing too, I enjoyed it!
That is awesome! Thanks for seeing the influence from the Mother series!
This was super cute and i enjoyed the approach you took that really reminded me of earlier rpgs and games styled to sound like them (eg earthbound and undertale). I think Taketomi Village was my favourite, your melody especially was really nice and i think the way you use a mix of smaller and larger jumps in it made it really compelling to listen to.
Thanks! I said how much the Mother series inspired my songs, so Im glad other people see its influence as well :)
very refreshing and pleasant~
Thank you!
Nice atmosphere here!
In first track shaker is too loud, and keys bit clashy, in the end of last track lead synth is too loud. Overall interesting experience!
Thanks for the feedback! I agree that my mixing could definitely use some work lol, this was my first time using FL so I'm still trying to mix and master better for my songs
Enjoyed this a lot! Lovely bit of bossa nova on the first track, always just right for anything set around the ocean. That ending of the final track was an unexpected twist - it almost goes a bit Earthbound with those wobbling chords. Thoroughly enjoyed that! really cool stuff, congrats!
Thank you! Earthbound/Mother was also the main soundfont that I used on the project so I'm glad that you got that vibe from it!
I really like this style! Feels very bubbly and full of character, very fun to listen to! My favorite track was Tsukiko, I love the second half
Thank you so much!
So good!! 'Tsukiko' is my favorite. Reminds me of liminal spaces which I didn't realize could work so well for the water theme. Such a unique vibe! Would love to hear more work in a style like this.
Thank you! Tsukiko was originally two separate ideas, but I liked the transition which added an interesting tone to that piece!
Taketomi Village - cute? Yes! Cozy? Yes! Did I want to go to the nearest river and fish? Sure!
On The Water - Heh... I want to drown... (Is it just me or does the guitar resonate a bit too much, which makes the sound start to vibrate unpleasantly?)
Underwater Waltz - Heh... BUBBLES!!!!11!!! (I love that percussion in my right ear. Heh)Tsukiko
Tsukiko - Cute beginning and... a “broken” second half. Sounds original.
Beautiful story and a good soundtrack that complements the idea of the game!
P.S. Cool penguin in your avatar
Thanks for your feedback! As for On the Water, I used a SoundFont synth to pluck the chords. I think maybe they can have issues on the high end of their profiles, but I'll have to look more into it! I appreciate the comment!
P.S. Noot noot
Really nice for your fist songs!
I think there was an issue with consistency though. The first track was really really good and it felt very full. The 3 tracks after that felt a lot more empty and a little unfinished.
The third track felt particularly out of place because of how different the strings sounded from the other songs.
With more practice and time I think these would be excellent!
Totally agree, still working on seeing ideas all the way through and there were definitely some issues in the songs matching up in terms of complexity. Thanks!
Great job for a first attempt at an OST!
Thank you for the kind words!