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A jam submission

Scary Go RoundView project page

Track for the Halloween Boss Battle contest
Submitted by Sean C — 3 days, 6 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Accompaniment#263.5003.500
Melody#273.3333.333
Jam Theme#312.8332.833
Overall#313.2223.222

Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Explicit Content

No

Methodology
Reaper with kontakt organ and guitar and other plugins

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Comments

Host (1 edit)

There’s this interesting descending, passing-tone motif throughout (first in organ, then the guitar) that creates the “boss fight” tension. That combined with the frantic slap bassline. Really impressive epic/boss-fighty chord change at ~0:16.

This would be absolutely KILLER played by a live band! Awesome name btw!

Submitted

The organ swells give the sense that we are spinning which works great for your concept. I really like the fast bass which, with the drums, makes a great rhythm section that really makes this feel like a boss battle. The guitar sounds very authentic and adds a rock-level intensity. Good work and thank you for sharing!

Submitted

Makes me want to play a modern remake of PLOK. ;) You went hard and it pays off, though I agree that it doesn't have that modern punch, sounds a bit retro because of it, not sure if that is intentional. Great use of rhythm and bass.

Submitted

Bassline was going crazy! I was grooving with this one, and I could visualize the concept you were going for on this one, great stuff!

Submitted

Nice piece, I like how driving the bass is! Also, each section works well together.

For me I do think I'd prefer a bit more "punch" to the mix, maybe playing around with the EQ or maybe distortion to get a more gritty sound, but then maybe the bass wouldn't be as prominent... I think the theme works well as a boss theme but is not particularly Halloween-like. Halloween doesn't necessarily have to mean dark, doing a more fun/playful Halloween variation could work.

I also really like your sketch and that you had a vision that fitted the piece. Overall solid ideas though not fit for the Halloween theme. Still sounds fun though!

Submitted

I agree with Buscadon, this is such a good boss battle theme. I could easily imagine this playing in a modern RPG. 

I love the instrumentation and the nice repeatable structure is good for a boss battle. The organ is a stand out for me bc it gives me circus/evil clown vibes. 

I would've loved to hear some other elements like a theremin or strings to give it more of a Halloween vibe but I think it does a good job of fitting a merry-go-round vibe. 

I am also in love with the cover art! The annotations are 👌 Great job!

Submitted

This has really nice boss battle vibes! I really love how you are using the bass as such a prominent instrument hear, love to hear it. I would say however, I'm not getting particularly Halloween or Spooky scary vibes. Either way, this turned out really well, I like it.