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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #3 | 4.333 | 4.333 |
| Did you imagine the town ? | #3 | 4.444 | 4.444 |
| Overall | #4 | 4.089 | 4.089 |
| Composition | #5 | 3.778 | 3.778 |
| Creativity | #6 | 3.778 | 3.778 |
| Quality | #6 | 4.111 | 4.111 |
Ranked from 9 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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Correlation to theme
Because, with it's quiet instruments, it transmits the sensation of serenity and calm that sunsets are often associated with.
This submission has 2 songs: Sunset Boulevard and Antique Store.
"Sunset Boulevard is a town that lives forever in the sunset. Its only street stretches to the west for miles and miles, its own habitants haven’t even explored the whole town yet! Mysteries all over Sunset Blvd. are yet to be solved."
"The Antique Shop, located in mile 3003 of Sunset Boulevard. It’s one of the mysterious and weirdest places in this long, large town. Some say they’ve seen the clocks ticking in the same place, some say they sell oxidized empty cans of soup that have today’s date!"
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Very serene! Both of these songs I can very easily see in an actual game. They gave me some surprisingly clear imagery of a peaceful serene town by the water. Nicely done!
Thank you! Really glad it gave the feeling I wanted :D
Sunset Boulevard: This town has some character! I love the gentle tone mixed with the mysterious undertones with the background flourishes that slide in and out of pitch. I am currently playing through Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door and this theme makes me imagine a town very similar to the Twilight Town area (one of my favorites!). I think your selection of instruments is super strong for a town theme with the string pizzicato, electric bass, clarinet, and xylophone. The pad you chose is what sells me on the sunset specific theme though. One area I thought might be a good thing to comment on to think about is that you use a lot of upward rising motion (arpeggios, end of your melodic phrase, etc.) which may invoke a sense of sunrise to the careful listener. I also chose the sunset theme and didn’t even think about using downward motion as a musical imagery tool for a sunset, but I wonder how it would have changed your theme if you maybe the arpeggios flowed downward? I loved the submission as is though, excellent job!
Antique Shop: The minimalism in this piece is something to strive for and on par with Pikmin and Animal Crossing. You resisted the temptation to add in more and made something great with as little as you could get away with, and I envy that skill.
Did I imagine the town? Absolutely. The town I imagined is calm and a place of peace, but has just as many shadows as lighted areas with both a sense of joy and of mystery. The antique shop theme is an excellent personality addition that adds a quirky and simple aspect to the town. Nice work and thank you for sharing!
Thank you for the extensive comment! I appreciate it so much!! I don't remember Paper Mario but will check it again for the music and vibes. I honestly didn't thought much of the arpeggios, but it's a good thing to focus about now that you asked about it. I do listen to a lot of Nintendo music (refering more to Pikmin and Animal Crossing, the later being THE inspo for Antique Shop). It's my first time sharing someting like this, so again thank you for your detailed comment, it will help me in the future! <3
OMG, this is perfect! The bird chirping, the flutes, the pizzicato strings, the calmth and peace the whole thing exudes... it is delightful to listen to and exactly what I would expect from a sunset-beach town! You nailed it, great job, totally using this as reference!
Thank you!! It's sometimes hard to provoke feelings through music without having the visuals, so I'm glad that people got to feel what I felt while making it! Thank you again for the comment!
Loved it! It's really calm and serene, exactly what you think of when portraying a sunset town!
The use of few instruments , long notes and bird chirps are really helping setting the tone, that works really well.
Also I loved the instruments having like a discussion in Antique Store, that was very cool!
Thank you so much! I was nervous sharing it since sometimes what we hear and feel for certain songs will not be the same to other people. I'm glad it did! Also I love to use the compositive resource of "answer-question" that it's heard in Antique Store. <3