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Soul Sand Valley's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #20 | 3.091 | 3.091 |
| Quality | #20 | 2.909 | 2.909 |
| Impression | #22 | 2.727 | 2.727 |
| Overall | #23 | 2.745 | 2.745 |
| Minecraftyness | #23 | 2.818 | 2.818 |
| Composition | #31 | 2.182 | 2.182 |
Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Description
a combination of the original soul sand valley track and the incorporation of instrumentation, particularly the sitar. i thought the long, droning resonances of the instrument would complement the style and mood, as far as long term and supranormal collections of scales and story-telling goes into the study and practice of that instrument; we are like grains of sand, lost in the valley..
the sitar and wind samples are both from splice (royalty free), some compression, funny routing, and automated modulation applied to stage the arrangement and orchestration altogether.
Link to work
https://soundcloud.com/faecjam/soul-sand-valley
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Comments
Really interesting sound manipulation - it definitely feels... grainy. Good spacing between each sound element and good variation of phrases/articulations too. I think it would have been cool to replace the wind with an eerie pad at some point, or to layer something else in, but overall, this is a great fit for Soul Sand Valley and Minecraft. Good work!
Really creepy and oppresive vibe, love it ! The wind tend to be a little too loud sometimes, but that's really the only downside I've found.
The eerie textures are very fitting of the soul sand valley vibe. It matches the hollowness and the eerieness when I traverse the soul sand valley! Keep it up!