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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #213 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Impression | #274 | 3.424 | 3.424 |
| Overall | #345 | 3.345 | 3.345 |
| Composition | #382 | 3.273 | 3.273 |
| Quality | #445 | 3.121 | 3.121 |
| Creativity | #446 | 3.242 | 3.242 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
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I'm not so sure what genre it would be tbh, I suppose a mixture of ambience, orchestra, and electronic because those were what I used to help make the tracks.
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(STORY)
The game I based the tracks off tells the story of a young boy who doesn't want to grow up yet. He enters a place called "Dream Land", a part of his subconscious that he escapes to when he feels scared. With the help of his friends he makes a long the way, he must learn that he can't stay a child forever and leave dream land with a new sense of inner peace.
(GAMEPLAY)
The game I envisioned would be a simple 2D top-down RPG sort of like Pokemon in a sense. The player may also be rewarded for exploring by finding different weapons and items that can aid them in their adventure as well as befriending different people in Dream Land. (Also, all the weapons would be comedically acquired firearms because why not lol.)
(COMBAT)
Occasional turn-based combat would also be present when adventuring in places outside of "safe zones." When in combat, you are given four choices: either attack the enemy, flee the battle, use an ability, or use an item.
The other three are self-explanatory, but the fight option would enter you into a short aiming mini-game where you are tasked to fire at all available target points in a limited time to damage the enemy. The more targets you hit, the more damage you deal.
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What each track represents can be seen in their respective Youtube videos. All except for a few tracks (i.e. the tension tracks, the first song, the elevator music, and the last song) are meant to be looped.
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I mostly composed each track by just putting random melodies in my piano and see if it sounds decent. That's literally what I did for most of the songs lol.
DAW used: FL Studio 21
(DETAILS REGARDING PROJECT)
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-Total Runtime: 33 minutes, 52 seconds
-Average Length of Tracks: 1 minute, 26 seconds
-No. of Tracks: 23
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Message from the artist
Sheepie 4 life! 🐑🐑🐑
On a serious note, I hope you enjoyed this! I didn't have much time when I joined since only three days remained so some of the tracks might sound repetitive lol, but I'm still very happy with that I was able to do. I'm also impressed by how amazing everyone else's tracks are, some of the tracks I've seen are simply amazing and I congratulate everyone who participated in this Jam!
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
Although most of the songs don't sound "dream-like," the main game that the songs are based on are.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLt78eteQlu7KR14-N6gxHGr2iWTqUZ6uR
(I recommend you use the Youtube link if you want the descriptions of each track.)
https://soundcloud.com/mice-or-mouses-173110123/sets/dream-of-mine-ost
Number of tracks23
Genre
Soundtrack use permission
Any non-commercial project
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Comments
WOW what a number of songs!
I listened to them all whilst reading manga. Ones that stuck out to me were Elevator Bop, Feeling watched for some reason, and fight yourself.
The elevator bop was my favorite of course. it was very catchy!
A lot of interesting composition techniques, but it doesn't separate itself with unique orchestration. I think that you might have bit off more than you could chew. Still, great job for putting out 22 tracks!
Honestly impressive how much of a cohesive soundtrack you managed to create through here, its full of a writing style that all feels part of the same game! I think as people mentioned you probably could have gotten a across the board stronger product if you focused on fewer songs, as the overall song quality wasn't entirely on the same level, def some highlights tho! (nightmare fight and cave of dreams stand out). Super impressive though overall!
I really like the contrast between the fight scenes and the normal ones. Mixing could be a bit better, but overall really nice submission. Also really impressive the number of tracks.
Hey I like it very much! It have some PS1 JRPG feel to me which I like it. It makes me imagine the scenario in the game in my head, the village, the forest in Suikoden 2 style which I don't know why but probably because it's my most favorite JRPG. Really really good tunes!
Very tranquil and soothing, it can create such a variety of melodies and musical emotions, it's truly wonderful.
Thanks for checking out my submission! I'm glad you found my track nice to listen to. I'll definitely be checking out your track in a bit! Again, thanks for checking out my submission and have a nice day!
yo! this ost has toby fox inspiration written all over it! and from a toby fanboy myself i can appreciate it LMAO. i can definitely hear inspiration from ut/dr songs like fallen down, a town called hometown, enemy approaching, unnecessary tension, stronger monsters, etc (sorry let me nerd out for a sec LOL) anyways, super fun ost! cool melodies and instrumentation. my only critique is that i wished some songs were more fleshed out! you created an immense number of songs for the time you had, but i wished that some ideas could’ve been given a bit more time. not gonna beat a dead horse tho, i see some ppl have already mentioned this. you got some cool ideas here! good stuff!!
Thanks for checking out my submission! I'll be sure to keep in mind the advice you and others have mentioned and perhaps not go so overboard on the quantity of tracks next time LOL. I've also reviewed and commented on your submission and I think you did an amazing job on yours! Again, thanks for checking out my submission and I wish you an amazing day :D