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A jam submission

These Chains That Hold Me BackView project page

Submitted by Trent Kelly Music — 11 hours, 12 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Quality#723.3753.375
Composition#1173.0833.083
Correlation to theme#1182.8752.875
Overall#1262.9672.967
Impression#1412.7922.792
Creativity#1492.7082.708

Ranked from 24 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Theme

Freedom
Picture theme

How does it fit the theme?
I tried to go for the feel of 'Your life sucks and you feel great despair, BUT now it's time to break free and fight back.'

Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/trentkellymusic/these-chains-that-hold-me-back

Genre

Electronic
Rock/Metal
Experimental

Soundtrack use permission

Yes (Game Jams)

For game jams only

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Comments

Submitted

A mix of lo-fi, crazy electronics, choir, a bit of rock and the atmosphere of a temple with HUGE windows? Give me two!

Good theme!

P.S. Rawr! ^_^

Submitted

The transition around 1:50 was great. Towards the end, I can't tell if you are modulating the sound of a sliding guitar string or it's some funky portamento on a synth. Either way, it's a cool sound, nice job overall! 

Submitted

Love the soft piano feel in the beginning but didnt feel like the percussive beat matched the rest until the song really picked up

Submitted

personally the guitar part in your track was great; you did quite well despite having only a day! it sits nicely in the mix and doesn't stir up any trouble, complementing everything else! it'd also be cool however to see it encroach further volume-wise if the track were to get more experimental.

in the end, i really like the subdued mood that you ended up with for your track. :~)

Submitted

Gorgeously ambient. Those low drones almost "blurring" into existence was great. The vocals following suit and washing over the mix was also a delight. I could get lost in this first half and never complain.

Second half changes things up quite a bit with some nice chugging. Percussion is pretty defined here and works well to add some rhythm between the staccato guitar. Those resonant synths kind of bouncing around and fading in and out add incredible ambience and keep the piece as a whole kind of elevated and dream-like at times.

Great work, this was fun to listen to and pretty unique. Well thought out and defined.

Submitted

Really enjoyed when the guitar came in, was a refreshing kick to the track, can definitely feel the two parts of "freedom" you were going for.

Submitted

Pretty nice, i dig the lofi tape and record sounds

Submitted

Nice transformation throughout the track, we feel the vibe your describe and the mix is very clean as well :). I was a bit confused by the electronic vibe getting replaced by rock. Also I don't really feel the freedom theme that much even If I understand it's a battle towards it.

Submitted

A cool track. I particularly liked the transition into the second part, and how solid the mix feels in general.

Submitted

Nice work! Really enjoyed the build in tension and release at the end!

Submitted

I like the vibes, though it does feel like this could be 2 or 3 separate tracks since the drums fading out felt a little awkward as a transition. Overall felt fairly well put-together though, especially liked the electric guitar second half.

Submitted

It was pretty good if a little simplistic IMO.

The tape starting and stoppings sounds were nice for the atmosphere but i wish you had explained more how it fit the theme.

Submitted

I really liked the overall vibe with this, just one thing, I know we didn't have a lot of time to make these submissions but I would look towards trying to break up your 4 chord progression more often to create interest overtime. A little bit of change can go a long way. Those are some fun textures you created with your patches sounds awesome :)