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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #1 | 4.542 | 4.542 |
| Overall | #28 | 3.750 | 3.750 |
| Impression | #40 | 3.722 | 3.722 |
| Quality | #77 | 3.417 | 3.417 |
| Composition | #93 | 3.319 | 3.319 |
Ranked from 72 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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!!!!!!! IMPORTANT !!!!!!!
THIS SOUNDTRACK IS AN INTERACTIVE PIECE OF ART AND IS BEST EXPERIENCED ON YOUTUBE SO MAKE SURE YOU WATCH IT THERE!
This soundtrack was made for OST Composing Jam Sandbox with the theme of Palindrome.
A few weeks before this jam began I had an Idea for what I wanted to do with my entry. I wanted to make a Choose your own adventure style music experience where what song you choose leads to the next songs until you reach the end.
Before the jam began my goal was to make 1 song lead into 2 songs into 4 songs into 4 ending songs that were all the same as each other but with elements of the previous song. This however did not pan out as the theme was palindrome and I had to switch things up.
In the end what I ended up doing is making an adventure that went 1-2-4-2-1 with the outer 3 songs mirroring each other to make the entire experience itself a palindrome.
There are 10 songs total and I highly encourage listening to them all. They are all under a minute long so it manages to fit under the recommended 10 minute limit.
Something to note is that the first and last song also have palidromic elements in that the melody has the same rhythm forewords and backwards.
The way this adventure is set up makes it possible to listen to the songs in reverse order and you will have the same experience as going in normal order but for simplicity the link sends to the first song since it reduces confusion.
Please tell me what path you end up taking your first time through since that's the fun part of a choose your own adventure.
Difficulty
Make something that has elements that can be listened to both backwards and forwards.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBGshgGr8aU
Number of tracks10
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This is so cool that I feel like it should be given some sort of recognition even if it doesn't really fit the theme perfectly or win any prizes.
This is something truly special, something I think you should consider making more of.
I had come up with the concept about a month ago and l knew I was gonna do it during the jam but my plan was to have 4 different endings that all had the same melody but with aspects from the different path.
When the theme came out I was like “crap I gotta find a way to make it a palindrome!”
That’s how the 1-2-4-2-1 pathing ended up happening.
the palindrome aspect is meant to be portrayed by the fact that whether you start at the end or the beginning the paths are practically the same and it was just for simplicity I made it so there was a simple starting point.
Definitely not what I had in mind a month ago but I was really happy with the end result!