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I won 100 yen from a Japanese arcade machine, and now I’m dancing like a little girl's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #3 | 4.100 | 4.100 |
| Quality | #4 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Overall | #7 | 3.775 | 3.775 |
| Enjoyability | #10 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
| Coherence to the Theme | #10 | 3.500 | 3.500 |
Ranked from 10 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Difficulty Level
Advanced
For those who are confident in their music making ability
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https://soundcloud.com/alexcoldfire/jackpot
Description
My first EDM music. I had A LOT of fun making this track :D
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I would not be able to tell that this is the first time you’ve made music in this style! I love the upbeat and feel-good nature of this track and I think it would fit well in the setting your title implies - a bright and fun arcade type of setting - a nice choice for a slightly different setting for gambling! The melody is really catchy and the percussion and bass have me dancing along while listening to this. The trade off between full time and half-time is nice to change up the feel of the track while still staying consistent in your overall sound. I think your build-ups are very nicely made. I like the inclusion of the coin sound effect before the second chorus!
Constructive feedback: I am not very familiar with this genre of music, so I recognize that the choices you made could very well be consistent with the genre, so please disregard these comments if that’s the case! There were a couple aspects of this track that make me wonder if some tweaking could elevate the experience. One of which is the first time going into the chorus at 0:16, the build-up felt like the transition was going to be a lot bigger, but the “hit” didn’t punch as hard as I thought it could. I think the section at 1:09 is about the level I would have expected for the first chorus and then maybe the second chorus could be even bigger? I don’t even necessarily think it’s a volume thing, I wonder if there is maybe just a lack of high register sound to fill the full range of sonic space. The other thing that I think might be genre-specific is the compression side-chain on the bass feels really heavy and was a little distracting to me in particular in the second half of the chorus/post-chorus sections.
Overall this track is very fun to listen to and is quite different in style from many of the other tracks that went more of a jazzy route (ours included) which I think deserves high creativity points. Great work and thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much for such a huge feedback! It's really important for me as for a musician!
About the 'hit' of choruses - I think you have a point! It'll be cool to make them hit harder and I'll definitelyy try doing so.
About the sidechin - overall it's a genre feature, but maybe you're right and I really made it a bit tto much :D
Thank you one more time and wish you all the best with the jam!
Haha, gacha machine soundtrack! I really like it, great work and a bit of different Vibe (while still staying in the theme :))
Thank you for the feedback! Glad you liked my track :D