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A jam submission

Cassilda's SongView project page

Songs of a lost world
Submitted by NotA-Cult — 15 hours, 44 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Creativity#1662.7773.000
Storytelling#1752.4692.667
Overall#1852.4532.650
Quality#1902.3152.500
Composition#1912.3152.500
Impression#1912.3922.583

Ranked from 12 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Description
Each song is based off a line from the poem "Cassilda's Song". Which is about a mysterious and doomed place called Carcosa, long lost to memory.

Theme

Songs of a Forgotten World

Number of tracks
3

Genre

Electronic
Experimental

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (CC BY)

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Comments

Submitted

Some nice chords in Along the Shore, cool sonic environment you managed to create. It's just, maybe it doesn't really become as memorable as it could. I liked the general feeling though! (even if it sounded very weird and distorted towards the ending, not sure whether that's actually my earphones' fault lol)

Nice choice with the time signature in The Twin Suns, intriguing harmonies as well. To me it felt like a mix of some Final Fantasy and Super Castlevania IV lol

The Shadows Lengthen felt like it was trying to be metal, but just can't hahahaha Couldn't quite grasp what you wanted to achieve here, to me sections just don't flow too much naturally from one to another, also the cymbal and the complicated rhythm feel like it might be a distraction more than accompanying the on-screen action.

All in all, some nice idea but I guess there's a lil bit to improve under many aspects. I'd have liked some more insight on each track, at least how they'd play while in-game. 


Submitted

I really would have liked more description about the songs besides that they are based off a poem. Such as the poem lines themselves.

I think the waves in the first song are a bit too loud compared to the instruments. Well the mixing for the whole entry is sort of off. Like volume wise for instruments.

The second song doesn't sound very good to me. I have no clue if that is intentional dissonance though because there is no description. Theres just too much stuff going on and none of it really feels cohesive.

Same goes for the 3rd track. The cymbals get rather annoying after a bit and it began to bother my ears.

Submitted

Interesting tracks! The harmony in "The Twin Suns Sink Behind the Lake" is fun to listen to and "The Shadows Lengthen in Carcosa" has a really cool rhythm! One consideration would be that too many harmony changes and irregular rhythm at certain areas may bring the attention away from the game rather than complement it

Submitted

I get that you were trying to go for something weird and kinda off putting but I feel like you went a little too far with that... it's kind of a tough balance between making the listener say "what the fuck am i listening to" and "gah damn this is gas" when it comes to such music though so I don't really blame you all that much

besides that, my other biggest complaint is the fact that the songs are kinda repetitive and I ended up kinda skimming through the submission due to this.... much love!!!