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Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Quality | #15 | 4.059 | 4.059 |
Overall | #37 | 3.706 | 3.706 |
Composition | #41 | 3.647 | 3.647 |
Impression | #46 | 3.647 | 3.647 |
Creativity | #67 | 3.471 | 3.471 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
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im just gonna put the description here as well until the other box gets added if it does
i honestly didnt put much thought into the placement of the track within the game while i was making it, but in retrospect this should really play out in a timed interactive cutscene thing so stuff can change with the song.
the premise of the game is an ejected capsule in space that got left floating and uncontrolled after the ship it was part of, a large frigate called the pluto, after the pluto was struck by a passing ship. unnamed character was having lunch in the capsule, like always, when all the chaos went down, leaving them in this stranded state. as they float, objects and junk fly by constantly, a result of the mass overcrowding in this sector of our solar system, but the player begins to slowly see more and more strange things out of the port windows, strange inexplicable colors and auroras and geometry. the stars look like theyre moving all around and everything dances about in the void as they are glued to the window.
alright now fast forward and basically this is a climax of that and it starts in a state of pure subconscious mind, cause per some anecdotes the character is no longer with it in general. all the world outside folds in and disappears and is left with a starless sky and a big rock. as the character perceives this the pod capsule thing shatters and instantly decompresses, the capsule is obliterated and so should be the character, but now you see the capsule drift away without you. what was just destroyed is now whole again as it leaves you floating in the starless sky. all of a sudden the capsule collides with a ceres cargo ship and knocks off a chunk of the cargo bay area. the cargo bay floats away and you are left with nothing but the void, the asteroid you were by, and the now slowly floated little capsule that you think you were once in. something something philosophical conclusion on self
i kinda just wrote this off the cuff to encompass the song in some way but i think its fair enough. dont ask for gameplay elements thats not my problem to worry about
also, i have no idea if i successfully did the super challenge, something might be slightly off, but its definitely the same recording forwards and then backwards, so i think if you reversed it it would just be forwards still? let me know if im dumb
thanks yall hope you like it :))
Difficulty
Make something that has elements that can be listened to both backwards and forwards.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/side-character-c/ceres-orbit
Number of tracks1
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great job, it's very peaceful and sounds good backwards.
There's not much to say. I don't know if you actually did the C challenge either but it was a great experience. Wonderful work.
Beauitfully sombre swimming in ethereal sounds.
The instrument coming in at 2:40 or so made me feel. Thank you for sharing :)
I loved this a lot. The composition and sound design were really good! Great job!
Can't really say much that beautiful! It certainly was hart stopping your tune and try to write anything. Great sounddesigne. I just need to linger here a bit more and listen.
The instrumentation is really, really good. It works amazingly with the constraint, because I could barely even tell it was reversed at first. Very well done! One of my favourite submissions.
A very ethereal song and I liked your description explaining where it would take place!
At first I was pretty confident that you did not do the super challenge because I was thinking that these sounds have echoes and whatnot but then halfway through I could easily tell that it was just the first part reversed so as far as I can tell you did do the super challenge correctly so props to you!
Great work!