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The White Dragon's Melody OR Erasure by Ersatzons's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #51 | 3.333 | 3.333 |
| Correlation to theme | #61 | 3.267 | 3.267 |
| Impression | #95 | 2.800 | 2.800 |
| Overall | #97 | 2.920 | 2.920 |
| Composition | #101 | 2.667 | 2.667 |
| Quality | #115 | 2.533 | 2.533 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
I used FL Studio to compose all songs for this jam.
I envisioned it being an RPG but instead of typical RPG battles it would be more like Star Fox gameplay, except instead of controlling a space ship you'd control the dragon you're riding (the White Dragon). For the story: The White Dragon is the last real dragon, as humankind killed all others years ago. However, there exist man-made machines that are supposed to replicate the powers of the dragon: Ersatzons. The manufacturers of the Ersatzons attempt to capture you and kill the last dragon, since it is pregnant and so will soon give birth to more dragons, and if dragons come back from extinction no one would need to buy Ersatzons.
The first two songs take heavy inspiration from the Final Fantasy games, "Forged From The Hand of Man" is inspired by metal-like music (although I wouldn't consider it metal). "Battle With An Ersatzon" is inspired by the battle music of Super Metroid, and I tried to experiment with time signatures and rhythms in it.
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
The White Dragon's Melody is introduced in the first song, and is woven into all other songs besides "Forged From the Hand of Man", as the Ersatzons are not true dragons. It is, however, featured in "Battle With an Ersatzon" as a warped version of itself, as the Ersatzons are merely warped copies of real dragons. I figured that if this was a series (As implied by chronicles), there would be multiple games leading up to this before The White Dragon became the last dragon.
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https://on.soundcloud.com/j1hDEjJgLiXze4dK7
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Comments
very unique trucks with impactful sound designs, I like your style.
Thank you, I'm really glad you enjoyed it!
I really liked your story for the theme and I think it worked great as a 4 act structure in the music!
I think the first song feels a little too different from the rest as I got a bit of whiplash from that song to all throughout the sky one remains.
speaking of, my main bit of advice is for the second and third songs. I think they need a better hook at the start because as is they both sound very strange and a tad off-putting at the start. Like, compared to the first and last songs, those feel a lot more professional compared to the middle 2 at the starts.
Thank you for the feedback
The reason the second one sounds like quite a leap in comparison to the first is because it was actually the last song I made despite being the second chronologically, and I made it in around an hour (since that was how much time was left of the jam). It definitely could have used quite a bit of work though, and as for the first song not fitting that's my fault as I changed my vision for the game after I made it, but I didn't redo it because I felt it would be a waste of time.
Thank you so much once again, your critiques were very well worded and I'll definitely be sure to apply them to any future projects I do!
I loved the last two tracks!! They were really different and fun!
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed them!