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Seven Secrets Beneath Topsoil's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Jam Theme | #19 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
| Overall | #23 | 3.611 | 3.611 |
| Accompaniment | #23 | 3.583 | 3.583 |
| Melody | #25 | 3.417 | 3.417 |
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
Cubase and a lot of automation and slide bass.
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very spooky chords and instrumentation! this has a lot of atmosphere and riffs rather than emphasis on melodic progression, and i think it works very well. i also thought the accelerando into the tonicization at around 2:40 was pretty neat. great job overall! :)))
Really good Halloween atmosphere/instrumentation! The reverb on the guitar track makes me think “final boss room”. That dirty, raw drum track adds to the intensity also. Nice job!
Thanks! And thanks for hosting the month long Halloween music jam (I didn't see another one)
Your boss theme hits the ground running, howling ghosts, organ, driving percussion, all ready to gooooo! The following swingy section sounds a bit broken, which I love. Also glad you took the drive out for some parts of the tune, with a well written comeback at 1:18. Really enjoyed the syncopated cymbals at 1:20, nice wrap-up. Also the track holds up over a longer bossfight. The rushing after 2:40 was great, going back into tempo primo felt a bit jarring to me. Overall great job!
Thanks! I get what you mean with the transition to tempo primo, I'm thinking about putting a reverse symbol there to make the release feel more climactic.
Great stuff! Really like the structure of the track and how it constantly will move to something that flows well but is still different. Definitely fits the Halloween vibe well with the theramin lead and the melody on it was catchy af, cool project overall!
The pizzicato strings, theremin slides, and organ give this wonderful Halloween vibes. I like the addition of the drum kit to add the energy needed for a boss fight track. The halftime section feels very creative and I imagine the boss gaining power and getting bigger during this part as kind of a buildup to the next section. I think it’s really fun how you play around with tempo outside of this as well with accelerandos to get the heart pumping. Great work and thanks for sharing!
Wow this is spooky, I really love the ghosty synth you got there! There's so much positive to say about this song, it's hard to decide what in particular I want to say. I love the instrumentation, the melody, how you move between parts with the fills - and I love each part. I'm definitely gonna be taking some notes down about this song, and how I can learn from it to improve my own stuff.
Unfortunately I couldn't get the game working so well, but I did enjoy the music I was listening to while I was playing it. Look forward to seeing any of your future submissions!
Thanks for the kind words I really appreciate that. I must've rejigged the structure over twenty times at this point and settled for the good old ABCD approach. And yeah I'm still trying to figure out what's up with the game.