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Digital Detective OST's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #67 | 3.455 | 3.455 |
| Quality | #127 | 2.773 | 2.773 |
| Creativity | #127 | 3.000 | 3.000 |
| Overall | #129 | 2.918 | 2.918 |
| Composition | #129 | 2.727 | 2.727 |
| Impression | #133 | 2.636 | 2.636 |
Ranked from 22 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
The first track, Coffee Office, is a detective's office, and is supposed to give sort of cutesy noir vibes. The second track is Aces Have It, and is supposed to be the other world the detective goes to, a digital landscape. The idea behind the game is the dullness of reality against the synthetic joy of the digital world. A detective who can go into a sort of digital landscape to work on cases.
Artist comment:
This is my first time ever writing music or playing with a DAW. I just wanted to see what I was capable of, and I'm pretty happy with the results! I'm excited to learn more and get even better :)
Theme:
How does it fit the theme?
The detective in this story is one that goes between a digital and tangible world. The songs I created are based in those two worlds, and I think do a good job of sounding like they're from the same game but are two vastly different places(hopefully!)
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.bandlab.com/rhipsi/aces-have-it-7cc307a2?revId=0c256760-339d-ec11-a507-0050f280e91e
and
https://www.bandlab.com/rhipsi/coffeeoffice-060578ae?revId=777b3b07-189d-ec11-a507-0050f280e91e
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Comments
Thanks everyone for your kind words and feedback. Going to work on fixing some of my weaknesses in some new music ideas that I have in my head. Here's to hoping it works out. <3
the bass really gives the detective feel!
These are really great, especially for your first time working with daws!! I hope that you'll continue to compose music because I love how these pieces already have such a character to them
Wonderful, wonderful job💖
Nice job contrasting the bland office world with the more exciting digital world!
I personally found the accordion chords in CoffeeOffice to be a little grating-- kind of like an alarm that someone won't turn off. I would have liked a softer sound for that. But the walking string bass works well for that old noir feeling you're going for.
Great intro for Aces Have It; it's a clear transition from the drab office world to the vibrant digital world. I would have liked more variety in the accompaniment here; that repeating arpeggio pattern is very short, so it becomes a little monotonous, instead of being exciting and fun.
Good job for your first time!
For your first time writing music or using a DAW, this pretty good! Something I would keep in mind going forward is considering how to add variety to your tracks. Things like changing rhythmic patterns, chord progressions, melodies or instruments for example can help a track a track feel a lot more dynamic or give it a sense of progression and avoid sounding repetitive.
As for the tracks themselves, I really enjoyed Coffee Office. I feel like you captured a lofi noir vibe well with the bassline and the static effect.
Overall pretty good for the first time using a DAW! There are some good melodic ideas there. I suggest you try to expand them a little. Also play around with the dynamics and relative intensity of each instrument. It is a steep learning curve but you are definitely on the right track by participating here!
This is very good for your first time! The tracks have a nice feel to them
Thank you so much! I'm listening through the other submissions and looking at where I can improve. It's so fascinating seeing what people come up with! I'm excited to make more, this was so fun.