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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Overall | #7 | 4.194 | 4.194 |
| Quality | #7 | 4.472 | 4.472 |
| Correlation to theme | #8 | 4.500 | 4.500 |
| Impression | #10 | 4.139 | 4.139 |
| Composition | #15 | 3.944 | 3.944 |
| Creativity | #30 | 3.917 | 3.917 |
Ranked from 36 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Electronic. First three tracks are mostly ambient. Last track is a pretty hard hitting breakbeat tune. :)
P.S. You can find the DSP effects that I used here: https://github.com/JoepVanlier/JSFX (free). Yutani is my bread and butter synth, other than that I made ample use of LavaVerb.
If you're a REAPER user, the tracker I used for the last track can be found here: https://github.com/JoepVanlier/Hackey-Trackey (also free).
On the last track, drums were first sequenced using Drummica (also free, but not sure if still available), then I crushed/resampled them and loaded them in the tracker to bash them around some more like a crazy person.
Message from the artist:
Hi.
How does it fit the theme?
Tried to come up with a cyberpunkey story in my mind and just wrote a few tunes to it. Imagined something more on the grittier dystopian side of things (deus ex / cbp2077 / bladerunner).
Opening theme: Learning the truth
You always thought the visual noise you experience was normal.
Street ambience:
These streets can not be trusted. Especially at night. You know you're not supposed to be out here. Not alone. Not without explicit permission.
Hacking theme:
Time to find out what is going on and the only way you are going to find out is by jacking in. Going beyond where you are supposed to and finding that which has been locked away from you. Midway through the track you break the last of the locks and really see for the first time. Broken free, you now see what must be done... but ...
Dodging bullets:
Someone did detect your presence. Unfortunately, that means you must be terminated and it doesn't matter if it takes the whole building with it. This theme was written with a building collapsing around you in mind.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NEz3p7l6Wg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=163otCY9wGo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFZeM2shLvQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0CkuuPv7Rk
Playlist for convenience here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NEz3p7l6Wg&list=PLeGUX1BqFELfNoHqubgdZbxM_sOStIDox
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Comments
I love thick atmosphere you've built great sound choices as well. I felt at times the bass in the ambient tracks got a bit muddy, you could fix that with a mid/side EQ or using a low cut filter on the reverb but that's really only my only complaint. Good work!
Yeah. I should've learned from last time. I think I had a similar issue with one of the tracks last time. And I think it's this exact same verb that I used (it's one I hobbied together).
I definitely notice it now, especially in street ambience. I'll keep a closer eye on it in the future. There's one reverb I coded that often ends up producing these very wide lows. I should probably add a feature to highpass the side channel to it.
Thanks!
Absolutely impeccable ambience and vibe! The first track with the Tangerine Dream/Vangelis vibey synth sounds really sets the mood for the OST.
Thank you. :)
This haunting atmosphere is delightfully oppressive. Just what I'd imagine in a bleak dystopian future. I really love the evolution of your ambient tracks and the blending textures. Great stuff!
Thank you. I had a lot of fun again this time around! I was surprised how quickly time ran out though :D
Your entry is spectacular btw! I have no idea how you score something so intricate in such a short amount of time.
Same! It was lot's of fun and I also ran up against time so the ending was rushed. I'm more impressed by the people like you who actually made a whole soundtrack with multiple songs!
Yours really didn't sound rushed to me. Man, I loved that ending. Such an incredibly optimistic sound. Got frisson the first two times I listened to it actually and it still feels lovely (just listened to it again!) :D. You can almost see the protagonists running side by side. So awesome.
Awesome to hear you got frisson! That’s the most raw indicator of success for me. I can die happy now :D
I just listened to Learning the Truth again and got some at around 0:43 seconds :)
The ambients are really nice and i can imagine them in a retro cyberpunk game. Have to say i really like the breakbeat one. Its catchy, fast and fits a to a case through the city. All quality content here!
Thank you! :D
I was afraid I ended up making that one a bit too loud when compared to the others, but I'm glad you enjoyed it :D
For what you're going for i really like it! the textures in the ambient tracks all feel very full and nice to listen to but still portray the dark gritty atmosphere of a dystopian future, the second track was definitely my favorite, I'm a sucker for rain sfx lol. One bit of advice I would give is try to apply the texture you have in the ambient tracks to keep things interesting into your.. non-ambient?? (is that a word?) tracks, I enjoyed them a lot but they did feel quite repetitive and like not much was changing, in future try switching or layering more instruments so the track feels like its breathing more than standing still :)
Thank you. Yeah, I can see what you mean. Unfortunately, I was really struggling for time, so I didn't get to do all the flourishes I wanted to. I should have probably dropped one track and spent that time on the other ones. I feel that especially the middle section of hacking theme could've used something extra. Oh well. Had fun though. :)