It's a really interesting interpretation to take the theme to go down a psychological route - you've absolutely pulled it off! The sound design is fabulous, loads of reversed sounds and weird new timbres coming in suddenly. Really impressive, congrats!
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Farewell's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Quality | #97 | 3.979 | 3.979 |
| Overall | #111 | 3.826 | 3.826 |
| Creativity | #118 | 3.830 | 3.830 |
| Correlation to theme | #119 | 3.894 | 3.894 |
| Composition | #124 | 3.851 | 3.851 |
| Impression | #201 | 3.574 | 3.574 |
Ranked from 47 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
NOTE: If you want to experience the soundtrack as a whole in one track, you can do so by visiting the last song in the YT playlist or following this link:
https://youtu.be/NuPxiSWUCww?si=j58gpGzbzSsdp-4T
The YouTube videos describe the plot of the game in their descriptions. Thanks :)
Cover art by Rylee Galilei.
Itch: https://itch.io/profile/pocahdot
FAREWELL is a 2D precision platformer game that tackles themes of maturation and grief. You play as a young girl enraptured in a strange world with a singular goal.
The Mansion represents the fear that the protagonist feels at the estate where her mother's celebration of life is being held. In an attempt to avoid this fear, she moves on to The Street. The Street represents avoidance: it is slightly faster paced, but still has a lingering sense of dread building. The Lake represents the moments of stillness we feel when looking back on fond times that we cannot get back, and coping with that loss. The Hall represents patterns of self-destruction that we engage in when trying to hold on to the past. And finally, The End represents coming to terms with our present situation and learning to cherish our memories even if they weigh heavy on the heart.
I used Logic Pro to compose, arrange, mix and master this project. I utilized vast reverbs, synths and drum machines in combination with strings and soft pianos in an attempt to shape a deeply emotional texture. I was inspired by simple, innocent melodies, and tried to explore the information hidden in them throughout the tracks. All tracks loop and have transitional fade tracks associated with them (any track titled "The ___" is a main track, while others are transitional).
Thanks for listening <3
Message from the artist
This jam really brought me out of my comfort zone and had me make more music than I have in months. For that I am so incredibly grateful :))
Theme
Inside my world
Picture theme
How does it fit the theme?
I was mostly inspired by the phrase “inside my world”. I wanted to portray the deeply personal process of working through a permanent loss by using the player character and her imagined experiences to express real feelings. While nothing is really happening, these feelings are larger than life inside her world. The image also helped to inspire my compositions by sparking the idea of including a mother-daughter relationship.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrtKYQ5BfClXW-83bT3rs6ZTfvJAssHcS&si=0zLAxJEzC2rFBNfu
Number of tracks5
Genre
Chiptune
Orchestral
Electronic
Jazz
Ambient
Classical
Experimental
Pop
Synthwave/Retro
Soundtrack use permission
Yes (CC BY-NC)
Any non-commercial project
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