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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #24 | 3.960 | 3.960 |
| Impression | #62 | 3.600 | 3.600 |
| Overall | #67 | 3.488 | 3.488 |
| Quality | #73 | 3.360 | 3.360 |
| Correlation to theme | #78 | 3.320 | 3.320 |
| Composition | #104 | 3.200 | 3.200 |
Ranked from 25 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Depressed Love is a first-person story-focused game, half the tracks are for cutscenes as it's very cutscene heavy as the gameplay is pretty much moving around for the most part and interacting with stuff.
-Desc of the game:
Depressed Love is a first-person story-focused game, playing as a girl whose friend seems to be incredibly depressed, you want to help them but, they're acting weird, trying to get close, almost obsessively. You know it's unhealthy, you've been friends with them for years though, it'd be a waste to let it all go... it's better this way.
Message from the artist
I just lost the FREAKING GAME
Theme

How does it fit the theme?
The main plot tries to simulate what it's like to be trapped in a relationship, but eventually breaking through and be free of an unhealthy friendship.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/sebastian-gallardo-467989924/sets/depressed-love?ref=clipboard&p=a&c=1&si=89708185fba94c0fa3414c8dcf61696c&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
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Wait... is that... is that...
CAT?!
Weekend - Damn, that sounds so cute, like an instrument answering the phone...
Screw Him! - UNEXPECTED! JAZZ! WAH!
...Again? - Yep, again
Can you get the cat please? - YES! I WANT THE CAT!
Final Discussion - Um... I think I can have this cat. How many rupees will this cat cost me?
P.S. Meow ^_^
P.S.S. Rawr :>
Interesting take on freedom. Lot of little good tidbits here. Screw Him was entertaining enough on its own, but I really enjoyed the sudden shift in tone with Final Discussion. Nice work overall! How much did your cat bother you while you were making this? hehe
Weekend reminds me of the child-like joy that would come when Friday finally rolled around. Nice choice of voicings here, and the use of samples was well done to create a kind of virtual, relatable atmosphere.
Screw Him took me a little by surprise with how hard it comes in, but the orchestration here is nicely done. Good voicings and the percussion is fantastic. Some might think of it as a little too much but I love when the drums get an opportunity to get a little wild, so no complaints from myself!
Again has some Nintendo vibes off the bat - reminds me of some sort of menu music you'd find in Animal Crossing or perhaps the Wii menu itself. Once again, solid use of SFX here to provide context.
Can You get the Cat Please? is quirky, playing into the title rather well. Much more going on here than the previous tracks, but it works well. I like the occasional glitches and stuttering to add some texture.
Final Discussion is heavier than the rest, and welcome at that. Cool to hear some natural tension and drama woven in. Piano work is good in this; expressive chords, a decent melody to keep it all connected and nice articulation. The filtering is an interesting choice! I feel like some chords might have benefited from having some low-end come through.
Finally, Free Time resorting to acoustic guitar is a clever changing of gears. Acoustic can encapsulate so many emotions well, and I feel as though freedom is one of those. There is some really solid orchestration that comes in to support this as the track progresses.
Good work all in all, a fun listen and quite a variety of different vibes here. Unique use of SFX to really tell a story with this one.
I definitely love the idea to use of sfx mixed with the music! Every track sound maybe a bit too different from each other and my first impression was that the whole soundtrack is a bit incohesive but after reading a description a kind of changed my mind
OOooo, i really like this OST. The story really shone through the tracks, and they all felt varied yet consistent.
Crazy cool melodies in "screw him", loved the vibes on that one. Felt like The Incredibles on steroids. I would love to hear a full version of this.
I also really liked listening to "...Again?" It had the right amount of whimsy, melancholy and mundanity.
Great work!
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This was hip. I love how tongue in cheek it felt, but well written still. Great job!
I love it ! It's fun, a bit goofy (positively), and serious at the same time. The approach is really original and the subject important ! The four first tracks are incredible (big up for Screw Him). Final Discussion has an elevator music vibe a bit, I don't know if it was intended but no big deal, it works. The last note of Free time is a bit dramatic as well, I was surprised by this ending. I really enjoyed it, cool sub !
The melody on the first track was a bit redundant for me. I got jumpscared by the sudden explosion of volume on the switch to "Screw Him!", I think it's my fav track here though, I like the orchestral nature of it. I also like the use of field recordings on this and things like phone beeps and discord notif sounds. You did accomplish to convey a story by itself, that's great. Every track has it's own personality.
i really love how you conveyed your story with these short tracks. With some tracks being chill and fun, and others (like Screw Him!) are very expressive and I can feel the bit of obsession in this girl with these random jumps in energy. Really cool and unique choices made to show off this idea you had! lovely composition in general too might i add, beautiful stuff! well done :)
Oh my, this is fantastic. The style, the instruments, everything. I've read through the description and the comments, and I am definitely snatching that SINE player plugin.
"Screw Him" and "Free Time" are so good. So much of that "oof" packed into them. The only issue your songs have is that they end so quickly.
Btw, what does this mean "I just lost the FREAKING GAME"?
Thx for listening! and yea sry about the length of stuff, I didn't have much time to do a lot because of personal reasons, tried to condense as much I could into every single one of them. Also, The Game is a game that everybody plays all the time, only one thing you need to know, if you remember The Game, you lose :)
Have fun with the SINE player plugin, one thing to note about it, most of the marcato samples are delayed a little so put them a tiny bit behind the beat.
Hey, you have nothing to be sorry about! You've managed to produce so many cool unique ideas in such a short period of time + under the influence of the external factors as well. And thank you for your advice regarding the SINE player I appreciate it.
(P.s. Additional thanks for giving me some headache with this SCP-esque description of The Game)
oh, i LOVE the choice of adding foley and whatnot to convey the cinematic cutscene nature of some of your tracks! i remember listening to your preview of "Screw Him!", and it's such a delight to hear the final version in context with your other tracks and what you wanted to portray in your project.
the experimental nature of all the tracks is well-done — the more low-key and ambient nature of part of your soundtrack gives the listener a good amount of breathing room for thinking, important for a heavy narrative with in-depth themes. awesome job! :~)
Really cool! I wonder how you did those trumpet/horn sounds? Did you live play that?
For most of the brass and woodwind I used a plug-in called SINE player, it has a decent amount of really freaking good free instruments (all of the ones i used here are free).
this soundtrack is really effective in telling your story, and the use of sound effects does a great deal in bringing you into this character's mind. i love how one track can be simple to the point of almost being bland, and then another track is just sort of chaotic and unorganized. these would be issues i'd criticize in other submissions but here it's clearly a choice with intention behind it. good stuff!
"screw him" definitely got a good scare out of me due to the tonal whiplash LOL i loved it!!!!! i really like the way you executed this idea of being trapped in a relationship by incorporating in the notifications sound effects, especially with the discord ping spam at some point which i found very fitting!! awesome work all around :-D
I thought I was crazy when I heard the discord noise in ...Again?
These were all very short and sweet, meant to set an atmosphere and tell a story more than be an OST which is neat. Reminds me of something I made a long time ago with little intermittent tracks not for listening to but building a story.
Omg I want full versions of every single one of these please, so many amazing ideas! Each track has a very strong identity and a whole lot of charm, "Screw Him!" could genuinely be the greatest intro to a funky boss battle I've heard, and the storytelling with the sound effects in "Weekend" and "Again" really set the scenes. Phenomenal work!
How dare you make me lose the game.
I got jump-scared from the phone ring lol.
I love the storytelling in the soundtrack overall. Loved the energy in Screw Him and Can You Get the Cat Please? Given the theme of the game, the overall vibe of the soundtrack seems a little upbeat. I think some more mellow tracks interspersed would help the soundtrack fit the theme more.
Good work!
Thanks for listening and providing feedback! And yea I probably should've made like a weird distressing tune instead of 'Can you get the cat please' lmao (I loved making it but it wasn't necessary at all)
You baited me so hard with the SFX xD
Really good submission, everything works and I love Screw Him. Amazing work in so little time!