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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Impression | #1 | 4.485 | 4.485 |
| Composition | #1 | 4.576 | 4.576 |
| Overall | #1 | 4.402 | 4.402 |
| Creativity | #3 | 4.273 | 4.273 |
| Quality | #3 | 4.273 | 4.273 |
Ranked from 33 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Message from the artist
This track plays at the crucial moment when all hope seems lost when our protagonist witnesses a tragic massacre. In a desperate attempt to save the people he cares about, our protagonist smashes a strange clock and finds himself moving across time, allowing him to change the outcome of the present. Will our protagonist be able to save the people he cares about and get his revenge?
When composing this track, I was inspired by fantasy games like The Legend of Zelda Skyward Sword and Xenoblade Chronicles, and my inspiration mainly came from the use of Zelda's Lullaby's reversed melody in the main theme of Skyward Sword. The synth parts on the other hand were more inspired by the Mechonis Field theme from Xenoblade.
I've used synths, orchestral elements, and electric guitar to make a blend of genres.
Difficulty
Make something that has elements that can be listened to both backwards and forwards.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://youtu.be/IObGrTHmBaA
https://soundcloud.com/resandwiched/decide-your-own-destiny
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Incredible bro, the best so far !
Thanks a lot man!
I really like how it shifts to a more "resolute" feel when the reverse happens. i also love the xenoblade inspirations
I'm glad you find the reverse satisfying, it's always nice to see another Xenoblade enjoyer!
Nice track, I like all the dynamics you use, not too repetitive, enjoyed this one. good job.
Thanks for enjoying it!
this is amazing! love the guitars all over this!
Thanks! I thought the guitars would set it apart from the other tracks.
Oh I like it a lot! Especially the dynamic changes with the "metal" sections, and the pipe organ sections. Really well done, never boring - great arrangement. I love the sudden silence in the middle.
Thank you for finding it dynamic!
Wow this is very cool. You hid the "reverse" very well, it sounds so natural. Great guitars. Amazing work!
Thank you! I tried my best to do a seamless reverse, glad you liked the guitars!
just incredibly sick
Glad you like it!
Your track is absolutely giving Xenoblade. Fantastic Work!
You can't understand how happy that makes me to hear. It's one of my biggest inspirations!
Great track and full mix! loved the mix of rock organ and guitar and works great at the hardest difficulty of the challenge, well done!
Thanks for enjoying and listening! I'm new to recording live guitars so I'm happy to hear you enjoy it!
Really loved the mix of instruments, brings a lot of personality to the track (the pinch harmonics are very pleasant, always a pleasure to hear when used tastefully like this).
The reversed parts are also really interesting, I was wondering if the track was also reversed strictly from the center and then I saw the Soundcloud waveform which seemed convincing enough to me.
Overall very great job, so congrats !
I'm glad you liked the blend of instruments. I just threw in any instrument that came to mind and somehow connected the different sections together. The squeals were added to hide my lousy guitar playing, lol, but it sounded super cool in reverse. You can see the reversed audio in my screenshots as well. Thanks for listening and liking it!
Everything intertwined comes together to make a really awesome track. Spiralling through time.
The guitar elements remind me of the Risk of Rain 2 soundtrack - those long squeals sound rad.
Thanks, that's really nice to hear. The Risk of Rain 2 soundtrack is certainly an inspiration to me, glad you liked the squeals!
Yea this is awesome! I’m not even sure how you did this haha, there are so many elements working backwards and forwards and they never get heavily in the way of each other. the build up into the mid section and that absolute wall of sound into the second half. so cool! I feel like if you weren’t told, plenty of people wouldn’t know about the reverse element and would be blown away if they heard it in reverse.
Thank you so much! I did some sneaky things like mirroring the midi and then reversing its audio and layering it with the regular midi so that it sounds the same both forwards and backwards, so thanks for noticing! The build up was definitely really fun to make.
Definitely one of my favorite submissions. It's almost giving off Undertale vibes.👍
Thanks! It's not the first time someone compared my songs to Undertale haha.
One of my favorite submissions so far!
Thank you so much!
This was so good! I can definitely see this in a real game. I love the constant ticking clock in the background. The blend of genres here was very well executed. This is probably my favorite of the jam so far!!
That makes me super happy to hear!
OMG Bitcrushed piano my beloved❤️❤️❤️
You know I had to put it in there!
HOOOOLY moly this is awesome! I love the clock & time motifs, and all of the instruments you picked (especially the electric guitars) sound so cool backwards. If I heard this while fighting a boss I would get so hyped... great work!!
Thank you so much! I tried to go for a more serious and dramatic sound and was least sure about how the electric guitars sounded haha, glad you liked it.
This is very cool! I love how this song builds itself (and unbuilds itself). The time theme is great and the blend of the instruments feels very nice.
While I didn't compose around it, one of the things I thought about when approaching the prompt was the Ballad of the Goddess theme from Zelda too! I remember how cool it was when I first heard it in reverse, I feel that same vibe from this!
It's so cool to see other people think of the same inspirations with different outcomes, I'm glad I could deliver on the vibes!
I'm mindblown
I'm glad you liked it!
Absolutely amazing!!!
Thanks so much!