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A jam submission

Boppin’ at the Ivory GateView project page

A hypnotic safari through shimmering soundscapes and haunting brass calls.
Submitted by Tonverk — 7 hours, 19 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#14.6004.600
Enjoyability#14.6004.600
Creativity#14.6004.600
Quality#14.8004.800
Coherence to the Theme#24.4004.400

Ranked from 5 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Difficulty Level

Intermediate

For those who are pretty good at making music

Link to Streaming Service
https://soundcloud.com/tonverk/boppin-at-the-ivory-gate

Description
Boppin’ at the Ivory Gate is a cinematic sound journey where saxophone textures meet tropical heat and jungle pulse. From the open shores of Shoreline, through lush overgrowth and into a rhythmic chase, wind instruments cry out with haunting force. They weave a shimmering dreamscape before the rhythm takes over once again, marking a passage from dream to pursuit. A fusion of African grooves, hypnotic energy, and genre-blurring motion — a sonic landscape in transformation.

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Comments

Submitted(+2)

Ok brother chillout yes, is super nice. Mix is great, overall composition is great, all tiny audiobits of elephants are nice, all the transitions inbetween and even the beginning supergood, sax part makes me hard ngl. Prolly best sub this week, verygj.

Developer

Haha wow, thank you so much! I'm really happy you enjoyed the whole thing — from the elephants to the sax 😄 And a big thanks for the kind words about the mix and composition. Warms my heart to hear!

Submitted (2 edits) (+1)

Fantastic work, loved this track 👏 Never knew what was coming next and you got a bona fide head bop from me 😄 The pitch shifting synth at the top immediately intrigued me, giving way to a sparse, kind of mysterious/sneaking vibe. The breaking waves fading away giving the impression of a scene change to the jungle, and the sneaking feel subtly building tension, suggesting a lurking threat. The low level tension then stands up and slaps you in the face when the percussion drops (which elicited a good little stank face I must admit 😤). Loved the percussion in general, the high pitched pattern played with the fingers (I can't think what instrument it is?) was a nice rhythmic accent. The sax of course sounded excellent and really gave me a jungle chase vibe, and the elephant SFX was a perfect choice to really round out the thematic imagery, and a great timbral pairing with the sax. Very well done.

Edit to add: while not necessarily what you were going for, the shift at around 1:25 and the sax melody there gave me JRPG vibes (perhaps if downsampled and arranged for strings and chorus). Made me think of something like Golden Sun, if it were set in a jungle and a little jazzier. Just a cool little thing I enjoyed even if it wasn't the intended vibe 😄 

Developer

Thank you so much — really appreciate your thoughtful feedback! Loved your take on the jungle shift and the stank face moment 😄 And the Golden Sun reference made my day — not intentional, but I’ll gladly claim it!

Submitted

Haha yeah I didn't think that was the intent at all, some synapses clearly just started firing for me haha. Don't know if it was Golden Sun exactly, I think the chord change just gave me some form of JRPG vibes, it felt similar to a bridge I've heard somewhere before and Golden Sun was what came to mind 😄 Well deserved winner! 👌

Submitted(+1)

I like the smooth pitch-changing at the start, very relaxed. Then transforms into something with more tension. Enjoyed the saxophone motif, and the elephant sound at 1:38, works surprisingly well with saxophone, very creative. The calm/romantic bridge at 1:19 is beautiful! 

Developer

Thanks, glad you liked the saxophone motif! After a friend remarked that the "elephant brass" was too much, I realized it actually sounded a bit animalistic. So the elephant got its own voice in the brass section — and they even made it onto the cover.