Is it magical? Yes! Do I feel Italian melodies in Adventure Land? Yes! I like it...? YES!!1!
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Down in the Well's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #283 | 3.515 | 3.611 |
| Creativity | #305 | 3.461 | 3.556 |
| Overall | #310 | 3.407 | 3.500 |
| Composition | #316 | 3.407 | 3.500 |
| Impression | #329 | 3.299 | 3.389 |
| Quality | #357 | 3.353 | 3.444 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
I don't know how to describe the genres of this soundtrack because I don't really know how most genres work; I used a lot of bells and synths, and strings have prominence all throughout. I envision this game as a 2d platformer, the setting being a world beneath a wishing well in the protagonist's home town that's created by people's wishes. Each of the levels and characters in this world are created by wishes that people have thrown in, though I didn't get to include much.
The first track, "My Hometown," is for the town where the well is. I wanted this one to be simple and not use any synthesizers.
The second track, "Into the Well," is a short jingle that plays each time the player enters a level by jumping into the well; starting with only piano and fading in synthesized sounds before the protagonist hits the threshold between the worlds with a "splash," and then the level itself fades in.
Third, "Adventure Land," is the only level theme I was able to include, a world created by some character's desire for a life of adventure. This would probably be an earlier level in the game, and not one that's particularly plot-relevant.
Finally, "False Ideals" is either the Final Boss theme or the penultimate boss theme depending on how the plot is centered. It's a frantic battle against a being formed from the protagonist's own wish.
Theme
Inside my world
How does it fit the theme?
Each level in the game is a little world made by a person's wishes, more or less depicting the life they want for themselves. In that way, it is their worlds, though nobody ever sees this world except the protagonist (and maybe one other character).
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/remxdmusic/sets/down-in-the-well?si=410dd35d2c1e41fd90bfc174dcece901&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
Number of tracks4
Genre
Electronic
Folk/Acoustic
Soundtrack use permission
Yes (Game Jams)
For game jams only
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