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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Quality | #161 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Correlation to theme | #197 | 3.700 | 3.700 |
| Composition | #214 | 3.650 | 3.650 |
| Impression | #218 | 3.550 | 3.550 |
| Overall | #221 | 3.590 | 3.590 |
| Creativity | #409 | 3.300 | 3.300 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Dear All,
Please find below the description of the possible game as well as some notes on the soundtrack.
Genre of the soundtrack is orchestration.
It has been composed for a third-person adventure kind of game (gameplay could be similar to 'Spirit of the North' for example).
Track 'Welcome to my world' is intended to be used for the menu screen, while 'Inside my world of adventures' is intended for the gameplay itself.
I used the following soundtracks as inspiration: Zanzarah: The Hidden portal, Spirit of the North, Naruto (TV series), Ori and the Blind Forest (a bit), Hollow Knight (a bit).
I used Cubase to compose the tracks and chose both the picture and the text themes.
The composing process was as follows. I studied the picture first to get an idea of what kind of game there could be and what story it could tell and came up with this plot: a little Japanese girl wakes up one day to learn that her mother is lost, and now the girl is out for adventures in a magical world to find her. While traveling, she meets different creatures - some looking like funny little fellows from Miyazaki movies, others are from Japanese mythology. Some creatures are harmless and help the girl on her journey, while others are evil and do not allow her to pass through without answering their riddles or doing some quests for them (like ‘go there, collect and bring something’). Each riddle and quest bring the girl closer to finding her mother. As a possible ending of the game: at the end of her journey the girl wakes up to discover her mother beside her and understands that she was asleep all the time and was traveling in the world her imagination created.
The picture gives away the Asia vibe so I used a few Chinese and Japanese instruments to convey it. In the 1st track that could be used for the menu screen I wanted music to give a hint about the game being an adventurous journey, so I made it calm in the beginning with some magic glimpses like mark tree and music box and then wanted it to go epic a bit. The 2nd track is intended for the gameplay. The main character is a little girl so I do not see any fights in the game, she is just exploring the world and completing quests, so I wanted this track to be more ambient-like. I used the Shakuhachi and Sanxian instruments as a starting point and composed everything else around them.
Many thanks for listening to my tracks and reading these notes!
With kind regards,
Mar_Ko
Message from the artist
Cover artist - @kawaakar._
Theme
Inside my world
Picture theme
How does it fit the theme?
I see a happy little girl with a wide smile on the picture which initially gives impression that the music should sound happy. But at a second glance, a woman-shaped bubble towards which the girl is happily reaching out gives me some feeling of restlessness and a bit of anxiety. That’s how the plot with the lost mother came up. Thus, keeping in mind the girl is really little and she is missing her mother and may be sad about it while on her journey, I was intending to give the music some kind of nostalgic and maybe a bit sad fleur but not going deep into drama and still keep it bright and cheerful. Hope it worked :)
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://on.soundcloud.com/VzWy7
Number of tracks2
Genre
Orchestral
Soundtrack use permission
Yes (CC BY)
Any project
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