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You have a lot of tracks so I can't go one by one, but I really love the 90s Euro EDM vibes. Very cool and I'm a big fan of that. Very cool that you were able to finish so many! You have enough here for a full game. All the synth solos and funk basslines were really fun to see too. Killed it!

I think you did a really great job here. The big orchestra moments contrasted by the small piano sections works really well to make everything feel fresh. I guess that's where the metal background comes in! lol My favorite track is the second one because of the cool polyrhythms and the way the melody fits within all of that. Great job!

Thank you for such a detailed response! Really glad you like the direction of it. Part of the game idea is that you’re a team of witches trying to kill monsters because they are stealing your mushrooms and other resources you need for survival. So maybe it’s witches roasting a dwarf on a campfire instead! Lol I like your imagery here and I really appreciate all the kind words.

Glad to hear it! I remember you from another jam. Always great to see your nice comments everywhere! Thank youuu

I know I really wish I had a better way to explain how that works. I’ve tested the idea with the developer and it works really well. Hopefully we can get a playable demo up and running this year!

Thank you!

Thank you! There are plans to put this in the actual game. Where-beasts-were-born.com 👍

A lot of drums in this game. I’m trying my best to make it feel very primitive without it getting boring! Thank you!

Thank you! Glad you’re saying that because I thought the mix was its weakest point. 

As I mentioned to someone else, freedom doesn’t mean much to me so that’s valid! Thank you for listening! I’ll check yours out in a bit.

thank you for listening! Check out the games progress on YouTube. It’s coming along and the dev is awesome!

Thank you! 100% I knew that relating the theme would be  difficult to me. Philosophically for me “freedom” doesn’t mean anything except for the freedom to live how you want without physical threats. Musically I guess this was very free because my process is basically just improvising and trial and error until something works, but freedom is a concept I have a problem with. Especially considering that right now we are in a “free” country where free trade was just ruined by tariffs, marginalized groups are attacked regularly by laws and now ICE, and protests are often shut down. Sorry to vent as my reply but what I’m saying is I agree it could relate more, but also what even is freedom other than a right to live without physical threats? Thank you for being my surprise therapist! 🫡🤣

Clearly you put in a ton of work on the first track. Im really impressed that you did all this in two days! First track sets the tone really well and I definitely get the sadness but hopeful feeling from it. The instrumentation was great and shows a huge step up from the last game jam! Love it. 

Second track has a nice groove to it. I think that it works really well as a game loop and I could definitely see it as a gameplay track. The idea I get from it is that you’re on a mission to do something important. Pretty balanced emotionally and that is exactly what  would be needed for a game like this. 

The last track works exactly as you intended. I can imagine it as a complete song with vocals and lyrics. Overall left feeling like there’s a good contrast from the first to last track and that would feel like sense of transformation for the main character. 

Overall you killed it! Very good choices and I think your direction and intention for the concept you have worked out exactly like you planned! Your instrument choices between all three were very consistently “pretty” sounding. I can tell you really like bright and cheery sounds quite a bit and it’s unique that you were able to make them have convey different emotional characteristics. I find that difficult to do and it appears to come very naturally for you. 

Very cool! Really good basslines and I like how a couple tracks feel like a detective movie or something sometimes. Sounds like music I would expect in the game Tet.rio. If you haven't played it and you like Tetris, check it out. 

Really nice piece of music. I feel like it's nostalgic of the nineties and early 2000's ambient synth lines. It's really cool how you're using the arps in the background to keep a pulse going and the drums are really great. The kicks were especially well crafted. I usually appreciate a good effort on the drums and a lot of reverb and this delivered on that front. It's very much a style that I choose to listen to regularly, so I'm a really big fan. Thanks for the submission!

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked it. I teach piano and all of this, so it's nice to hear that people like it. Thanks for checking it all out I know it was a lot to listen to!

Very nice collection of tracks. I definitely hear the watery location feel of a video game for each of these. I would say my favorite of the three is the second one because of the general combination of instruments, but each has its own unique feel to it that makes sense to have included. 

Very cool to have a collaboration project like this in here. Very cool to see different interpretations like this.

Thank you! Really nice to hear. Glad you enjoyed it.

Some of the melodies sound like the cats singing or something. That's the image i have lol I like a lot of the vocal qualities out of the synth sounds you're using. Melodically it's very strong!

I like the diverse genres you're using throughout all the tracks. They all feel uniquely different enough to feel like different locations. I think the concept you have about two area themes and an event theme comes across very well.  

Overall very good! Enjoyed listening to this and liked that it was very lighthearted. Works well for a "Cat Game!"

I like that you made a chiptune for this. It was such a nice change of pace and I appreciate you putting in the effort it takes to make that happen. Really stood out to me! The trailer shows that you can write more than just chiptunes too which I think is smart for a competition like this. Good job!

Blue Fantasy is giving me Animal Crossing museum vibes, which is working for the concept well!

Guidance has some really nice piano lines in it. The repetitions feel good the whole time and that's hard to do.

Fun In Coral Town! is my favorite of the 5. Makes me think a bit of Adventure Time. The sliding melody is great.

Abyssal Nightmare is strangely refreshing because of the change in tone, even though it's dark. I think the bass line really holds everything together nicely. 

In Loving Memory loved the repeating intro the turns into a longer melody. Great development with that.

Overall excellent job! Loved the concept and I think a game would work well with music like this. 

Would love to collaborate. I play a mean bagpipes.

Thank you for checking it out! Really nice of you to say that. Honestly really glad to come across your music! I think you’re going to do really great things.

You should hear some of his more orchestral music too! Very different but very cool. I share the same history there! Absolutely loved Hyperlight Drifter. Huge influence on me as well. 

As someone else said here, very tragic. It feels very emotional and really has a strong sense of loneliness. I really think the music here would make me empathize with the main character quite a bit and because of that I think this is very successful. Well done!

Loved the metal vibe to the idea. Excellent vocals on the last track and the second track went so hard. I love this type of sound and think you did an awesome job. 

My favorite is actually the first one! I think it sets the tone really well and I had a solid understanding for what to expect in the others. Incorporating the theme into the lyrics at the end was also a nice touch that resonated with me too. We did a similar idea to have the last track a full song, but our implementation was totally different. I love that comparison and seeing stuff like this is why I love doing these jams. Great work!

Beautifully made. I feel like you’ve nailed a lot of different styles here and maybe hinted a bit at some Disasterpeace style sounds in the last track. I love it!

This has a very professional modern open world style sound to it. Easily a top contender for the best. Really excellent work here!

Most in depth comment yet. Thanks for putting so much thought into the feedback. The track that was harsh in the piano part is totally true. I just listened back and it’s because of the piano library. I’ve been having quite a bit of trouble with that Steinway sound on tracks and i think there is some clipping on some of the notes in the actual library itself. Frustrating but I’ve been able to troubleshoot that after your comment so thanks for that. 

I really appreciate all the kind words and the main things you pointed out were the main qualities u wanted to stand out for each track. I think we have similar ears.

Thanks again.

That’s super nice of you to say! I’m really glad you liked it. Thanks for listening to everything! I know it ended up being a lot. 

Yes that’s me in there! It means a lot that you liked that song specifically. The main goal for the project was to write a song because I’m trying to get myself to sing more on everything.

Also, I’m always down to collaborate on tracks! Send me over the discord info and I’ll find people looking for guitar music. 

I really liked out of town and the nightmare fight! Felt like I was playing an old RPG or something!

Dreamcatcher sounds like Spelunky and I thought the idea of a dreamworld having bossa nova track was really funny. I love a good bossa nova track! Loved it

I don’t know if you’re an animal crossing fan, but this sounds like a kk slider song lol in my opinion that’s a massive compliment. K.K. Worlds Collide. 

Thanks so much! Almost didn’t add the last track because it’s hard for me to hear my voice lol but I did anyways. I appreciate you listening!

Wow thank you! All of these compliments are very appreciated. Glad you liked it! Really enjoyed your submission too

This tracks an absolute banger. I want to know how you write these fast riffs everywhere. Do you happen to have videos or anything of you writing? I think it’d be so cool to watch the process. Great track!

From a competition perspective I think people often want to hear more melody, but I find that in actual games the style you have here ends up working best. I really think you’ve done great here!

I’m a sucker for the dreamlike sounds you’ve got going on. I’m a big fan of Claude Debussy and I take a lot of inspiration from that type of sound as well! Great stuff and I’m a fan.

Love the concept and the obvious icy types of sounds. Very well written! I really like the Snow Buried Village. It’s nice to see a good variety too.

That’s super nice of you to say! Thank you for listening to it!

Thanks Franco! I’m glad you think so! I almost didn’t add it 

Those arpeggios are insane. This must have taken you forever to write all of those lines! Really cool!