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Kat's Nuclear Winter Road Trip OSTView project page

Soundtrack for an imaginary post-apocalyptic adventure game

Submitted by LydianChord (@LydianChord) — 1 day, 17 hours before the deadline

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Criteria	Rank	Score*	Raw Score
Impression	#5	4.138	4.138
Creativity	#6	4.172	4.172
Quality	#8	4.310	4.310
Overall	#9	4.129	4.129
Correlation to theme	#25	3.897	3.897

Ranked from 29 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Description
This is an imaginary soundtrack for an adventure game about Kat, who leaves her boring bunker to explore the post-apocalyptic ruins of her world.

Genre: electronic, PC-98 (YM2608)

Total length: 5:08

Track list:
Title Screen - What you hear while the game waits for you to press start as you stare at the skyline of a ruined city scrolling into view
Overworld - The world is over! Upbeat music while exploring the ruins since Kat is oddly optimistic despite everything
Rogue AI Battle - Robots programmed to kill are scattered about and still dangerous even if they're heavily damaged after the war
Game Over - The robots are likely to kill you, so you might hear this a lot
Victory - When Kat beats a robot, she does a little celebratory dance before searching for salvageable materials

Message from the artist:
Thanks for listening! I hope you enjoy my soundtrack

Theme

a journey to remember.

How does it fit the theme?
Kat will certainly remember her journey through the post-nuclear war hellscape outside her bunker for the rest of her life (however long that is)

Link to streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/lydianchord/sets/kats-nuclear-winter-road-trip-ost

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AibonSubmitted3 years ago

This is so good. The catchyness of this soundtrack is beyond great. I like the sound coherence in all the tracks, both in composition and sound. My favourite is the victory theme. Is almost insulting how catchy yet stupidly simple is.

Great work!

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MEDITERRANEAN ADVENTURE

jamsSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I love this so much! I really wanna play this imaginary game now.

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There and Back Together Again

ARoddlesSubmitted3 years ago

Love the Undertale/Deltarune type of vibe you've taken inspiration from! Works out really well

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A Journey to Remember

S.W. GaussSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

i liked the battle theme a lot, it reminded me of rude buster from deltarune. god job

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MetroixerSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

I've been really getting into pc-98 ost's lately and this just hit all the right checkboxes for me. I'm a sucker for those MIDI bells(?), too. Liked this a lot!

Egorkin531Submitted3 years ago(+1)

I have no words..

Very impressive work. Bass and piano (?) Sounds so cool together 0_o

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Japanese journey

BulletproofCupidSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

It really brought me back to the time i played a lot of 8bit games. Amazing job! :D

MagelightSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Awesome, really love the tracker/demoscene sound! It takes me in an Earthbound direction.

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Winfield Carson3 years ago(+1)

This fits the theme of the competition perfectly! Great job and everything sounded amazing!

YazoriusSubmitted3 years ago

From the first notes, the rhythms, sounds, melodies and instruments announce the color: little return in time, with this OST bringing together a set of 5 very well written music, with an ideal melodic and instrumental unity . One would think this music came out of a period game. The little "Out Run" side of this typical arcade title adds a strong nostalgic patina to all this music and jingles. The sounds are clean, the technique mastered, the artistic aspect interesting. A beautiful OST that can be suitable for so many different games from the past that there is no reason that it cannot work for an adventure full of twists as well. I don't know the software used to create this OST, but the result is amazing!

KrisBijnensSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Very nice, I like you have a "game over" track. most people would probably forget about that part of a game. I really like all bits, and although all different there is enough similarity to bind them all to one game. The only strange thing for me is the title, as it in no way gives me a 'nuclear winter' vibe. Didn't let this influence my rating though, the job was not 'write something post nuclear' :).

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LydianChordDeveloper3 years ago

Yeah, I intentionally leaned more into the "road trip" aspect than the "nuclear winter" when it came to the overall tone of the soundtrack since I'm a fan of post-apocalyptic series that are oddly upbeat (like Girls' Last Tour, Humanity Has Declined, etc.), and the main character Kat isn't taking things as seriously as she probably should be. The musical style is still supposed to give a rough idea of the level of technology that was reached before nuclear war broke out though.

TinCanAudioSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

This soundtrack is a bop! I really like the basslines you've created here, they're a fantastic anchor for the rest of the score (which is also excellent). The instrumentation also has some lovely textures and there's some really subtle emotion in the melodies.

On a related note, I really like the idea of a post-apocalyptic game with a jazz fusion/funk flavoured soundtrack!

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LydianChordDeveloper3 years ago

I did mainly start with the bass lines, so I'm glad you thought they worked well with everything else!

LoxoHighScoreSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

wow, i like it!

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Island of Memories

Guilherme BermêoSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

RESPECT!
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Zac Whelan SoundSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

The cadence at the end of the theme in the Victory theme is one to hype me up so much! I think you absolutely nailed it! Great work <3

On a side note, I would LOOOOOOOVEEE to hear this track fully produced! I think it's got so much potential for a big DnB track.

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VIDA OfficialSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

this makes me wanna go dance and throw lemons around

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Cyberleaf StudioSubmitted3 years ago(+1)

Really well-structured soundtrack (I can see this really getting used), and properly composed chiptune. Well done!

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LydianChordDeveloper3 years ago

Thanks! I tried my best to make it sound as videogamey as I could

Leo Super Sentai3 years ago(+1)

It made me remember my childhood!

Juice TeaSubmitted3 years ago

Rouge AI Battle is a banger! This soundtrack reminds me of Undertale. I really like it :) Good job ♥

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pck404Submitted3 years ago(+1)

Overworld is stuck in my head :)

LydianChordDeveloper3 years ago(+1)

Glad you like it! I guess it should ideally be enjoyable since you'd be hearing it a lot in an actual game haha

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