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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #14 | 4.048 | 4.048 |
| Overall | #41 | 3.724 | 3.724 |
| Creativity | #50 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Quality | #50 | 3.762 | 3.762 |
| Composition | #55 | 3.667 | 3.667 |
| Impression | #59 | 3.476 | 3.476 |
Ranked from 21 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
The game idea that these songs were based on is some kind of pixel art-based Adventure Platformer. Along with the pixel art style, the music is a form of the Chiptune genre. In this hypothetical game, the goal was to traverse across the lands to reach the mountain in which lies a gateway to an alternate realm very similar to the real world realm, but here the dead roam free.
Reaching the mountain and entering the realm is what I based the 2 songs on. The first song for the theme that plays while traversing the mountain in the real realm, the second song for the theme that plays while traversing the mountain in the dead realm.
I used Fruity Loops Studio (FL Studio) as my DAW. I knew a few things going in: I would be making one song normally and the next song would be similar but more chaotic and "inverted" to represent the hellish other world, the songs would have to loop as the player would be listening to them until they get to the next area, and there would be a part in the second song that if played in reverse, would reveal the same melody as the first song. That ended up being put at around the 1:59 mark. Also, the motif at 2:18 of both songs would be the hypothetical main motif of the game.
Theme:
How does it fit the theme?
The first song represents the mountain cave shown in the first part of the Picture theme, and the second song represents the hellish mountain cave shown in the second part of the Picture theme. The fact both songs are so similar yet vary in a multitude of ways gives off the "Two Worlds" vibe.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/user-661815704/mountainscape-01-ostcompjam
https://soundcloud.com/user-661815704/hellscape-02-ostcompjam
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Comments
Love the composition and mix of sounds here! Use of the reversed sounds is a good way to show the theme, love it
Great tracks, I really enjoyed your music and I think it fits very well a videogame, good work!
I love that section with the chromatic descent and the mirrored part with the chromatic ascent. A great way to hint at two worlds!
I'm really enjoying the feel of this. The chiptune sounds and melody are great and the transition from first track to the second with reversed sounds works really well. Great submission!
Thank you! It was fun to make. Never made a song like the second one before, so that was an interesting one.
Getting a mix of celeste classic and celeste vibes from this, which is really cool since I loved both of those games, and looking from your description of the game, thats a good sign! I also like the inverted effects on the second track. This is honestly really impressive. Really well done!
Thank you very much! I'm glad to hear that.