I like how everything is interconnected and gives you the same vibe throughout the soundtrack, but still, each song has its own personality. throwing it in the lava was my favorite and it reminded me of a game I played in the browser quite a while ago (and I loved its soundtrack), but I can't remember the name, it brought me a lot of nostalgia <3
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There and Back Together Again's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #10 | 4.125 | 4.125 |
| Correlation to theme | #11 | 4.083 | 4.083 |
| Overall | #25 | 3.771 | 3.771 |
| Impression | #33 | 3.583 | 3.583 |
| Quality | #57 | 3.292 | 3.292 |
Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
This is a soundtrack to an imaginary adventure game where your beloved partner helps you safely dispose of your ring of power in a volcano. As you travel through three unique biomes, meeting with old and new friends, you also encounter ex partners who will try and steal your ring from you - if you're not able to hide from them at least.
1 Good morning
you and your partner wake up
2 Time to go!
you and your partner get ready to go
3 Forest Level
you and your partner travel across the forest, have a picnic with some elves and a wizard
4 Low Stealth Blues
plays in each biome when you run into your ex and you try to get away
5 Fight
plays if you ex finds you. you have to fight them, or they will steal your ring of power and use it for evil.
6 Water Level
you and your partner travel across the water on a dolphin, catch up with your partner's merperson fam. (that's why you can ride across the ocean on a dolphin)
7 Mountain Level
you and your partner travel over the mountains, meet up with mountain friends... dwarves and such
8 To Have And To Hold
you and your partner fight over the ring. stress got to you. you break up. you can't remember why you were throwing away the ring.
9 Low Stealth Blues 2
you broke up but you're still both in the mountain biome. gotta try and avoid them.
10 Throw It In The Lava
you made it to the volcano. you and your now ex partner fight over the ring again. they remind you why you need to destroy it.
11 Lava Level (Time to go!)
the volcano erupts. you and your ex partner ride a lava wave on a lava dolphin to safety
12 Together Again
you and your partner make up. now you can have a happy life together with no ring of power to ruin everything
Message from the artist:
This was so much fun to write! I would like to make this game now :).
edit as of June 10: I've uploaded new versions of two tracks to the soundcloud after reflecting on feedback - tracks 5 and 10. If you want to judge based on the originals, they're still available on soundcloud but not in the playlist, and the files you download from this page have not been updated.
Warning, though, please don't listen to the original track five at a high volume. :)
Theme
a journey to remember.
Picture theme
How does it fit the theme?
I was inspired by the "journey" part of "a journey to remember" and the general aesthetic, plus the mountain, in the picture prompt. (originally there was going to be a meadow level too!)
In more detail: the player and their companion start off at home, make their way over land and water, meet friends, fight enemies, climb to the top of the mountain, break up, destroy a ring of power, get back together again, and then ride a dolphin back home. A journey of epic proportions.
Link to streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/crummingjams/sets/there-and-back-together-again
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