This was lovely! I agree, this is a great step to really get started into composing ost stuff and getting into game development, excited to hear more from you in the future.!
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My Mind an Ocean OST's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to theme | #337 | 3.394 | 3.588 |
| Composition | #368 | 3.283 | 3.471 |
| Quality | #405 | 3.227 | 3.412 |
| Overall | #430 | 3.205 | 3.388 |
| Impression | #450 | 3.060 | 3.235 |
| Creativity | #505 | 3.060 | 3.235 |
Ranked from 17 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Track List:
1. Before the Plunge - Title Theme
2. Splash of Joy - Shallows theme, inspired by naive joy and hope
3. Thought Bubbles - Open ocean theme, inspired by tranquility and loneliness
4. The Abyss She Left Behind - Deep ocean theme, inspired by fear of the unknown and deep-rooted trauma
5. Six Degrees of Freedom - Return to the surface, inspired by the power and liberty of self-knowledge
6. Know Myself - Credits Theme
The genre is chiptune, and I made this soundtrack in Beepbox
I use 2 leitmotifs throughout this to keep it cohesive, which first appear in Before the Plunge and Splash of Joy respectively
I decided to push myself a little by attempting to use the Mixolydian mode in Before the Plunge, the Phrygian mode in The Abyss She Left Behind, and the Lydian mode in Six Degrees of Freedom. I also used a 5-on-4 polyrhythm in Abyss - all of which I haven't done before.
Each track is intended to be part of an area that is traversed through in a progressive way - no doubling back or re-doing levels. I was inspired by Gris when imagining the structure of the game - the way everything centres around its emotional core. As for the genre of the game, probably also some kind of platformer where emotion is at its core. I think setting an entire platformer underwater could also have interesting consequences for the physics - but I haven't thought about the specifics of how that would tie in.
Message from the artist
This is my first game soundtrack composing jam so I'm really excited :3
I want to be a game developer professionally some day and I feel like just participating in this is a step in the right direction
Theme
Inside my world
Picture theme
How does it fit the theme?
All 4 level themes were directly inspired by some feeling I could draw out of an element of the image, or indeed its whole - the crayon drawings, the bubbles, the dark blues, the bright colours and sense of hope overall.
That's what I used as the starting point and direction for my composing - the image was my north star.
And with the mysterious figure in the background, I saw potential to tie introspection around loss to the "inside my world" prompt.
I've left the exact emotional content open to interpretation - but I definitely think it's about dealing with loss and loneliness and finding hope.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/self-made-shrub/sets/my-mind-an-ocean
Number of tracks6
Genre
Chiptune
Soundtrack use permission
Yes (Game Jams)
For game jams only
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