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A jam submission

Helado VillageView project page

You walk into a snowy village on a cold but cheery night...
Submitted by Niall Pines — 6 hours, 46 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Composition#242.8063.000
Correlation to theme#272.8063.000
Creativity#272.6062.786
Did you imagine the town#272.6062.786
Overall#282.6062.786
Quality#292.2052.357

Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Theme

Ice Cream Town

Correlation to theme
I aimed to combine the more rigid tempo (duple / quadruple time signatures) and minimalist themes that are often seen in the theme music for cold areas, while incorporating the cheeriness and candy-feel that would come with an ice cream town.

Streaming service
https://soundcloud.com/mattkotzbauer/helado-village?si=3e7ce98c894547fe9ab2c1166cf2be62&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing

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Comments

Submitted

I can definitely feel the coldness and calmth of the town in the song! Composition-wise I think it is pretty well done. I do wonder, how did your song end up being around 3:30 in length, while the actual song only lasted until 1:05?

Submitted

It gives a weird vibe, mostly because of very low notes and the unexpected major resolution. But otherwise it's very well composed.

Submitted(+1)

This definitely fits the coldness that one might feel in an ice cream town. Space between the lowest and the highest voices is a good way to achieve that goal. Your melody has great voice leading and is easily singable which helps with catchiness. I find it interesting that it starts out minor and dirge-like but ends with an implied major cadence. One observation that I made is that when notes are clustered in the low bass range, it can sometimes be difficult to pick them apart and can run the risk of sounding muddy. I think the intentional choice of lowering the bass to add separation works well for a cold theme. Overall good work and thank you for sharing!