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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Quality | #147 | 3.436 | 3.867 |
| Creativity | #173 | 3.199 | 3.600 |
| Storytelling | #195 | 2.903 | 3.267 |
| Overall | #198 | 3.045 | 3.427 |
| Impression | #208 | 2.962 | 3.333 |
| Composition | #245 | 2.725 | 3.067 |
Ranked from 15 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Electronic ambient soundtrack with a hint of orchestral and synthwave, made in FL Studio. Designed for a narrative detective puzzle game, similar to The Operator or Night Call.
Once Upon a Summer Night - Main theme. Plays in menu, and during important moment.
In Face of Suspicion - Generic ambient music. Plays during gameplay, when solvingpuzzles or the like.
Sleeping on Incongruities - Plays at the end of each day when time loops. After the first loop, it is shortened.
Mourning After - Plays in ending cutscene/credits after a bittersweet ending.
Theme
How does it fit the theme?
Game takes place in a time loop, all the events happening in one night (during the summer).
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/urban_interlude/sets/cold-summer-night
Number of tracks4
Genre
Soundtrack use permission
Any non-commercial project
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Comments
I like it, very atmospheric, and at times it reminded me of MUSE. On top of that, great quality!!
Hell yeah, spring reverb! It’s so cool that you went with noir/surf vibes for this OST, the guitar really helps tie everything together.
Once Upon a Summer Night is an especially atmospheric track, and the tremolo there was a great touch.
Definitely one of the most memorable submissions for me so far.
Ambient soundscapes aren't really my kind of music but I thought all the mixing was really good.
I liked the warble on the guitar in particular.
The first track falls a bit short for me in that it just doesn't feel like much is happening over the course of 4 minutes. Even a little beat or some (more consistent) background textures would help liven things up a bit!
"Mourning After" picks up nicely afterwards, the chord progression here works really well.
"Once Upon A Summer Night" has a really boppin' synth bass that gets things moving nicely.
"Sleeping on Incongruities was really cool with it's powerful, in-your-face textures from the beginning.
Overall, a solid submission with great guitar work, and I'm always down for a good time loop story. Nice job!
hmm this submission feels …very augmented.. although jokes aside augmented chords here do creat an awesome cold soundscape ,awesome work!
HOLY COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS *insert pointing spiderman meme*. Haha but seriously its crazy to see someone else have a city-scape themed time loop submission! I liked the cold, mysterious detective feel of your songs, and am also a fan of the mint guitar. The driving synthwave basses are really cool as well. Well done (and good aesthetic choice in themes 😏)
Thanks!
I feel like time loops are a natural starting point from "Cold ____ Night" lol.
The overall style was inspired by a criminally underrated soundtrack for a game called The Operator. Sleeping on Incongruities is actually specifically inspired by some of the tracks from that game. I wanted to also add some kind of haunting vocals, but developed a sore throat just in time for the jam 😭
Really pretty soundscape and fantastic work on the guitars! I feel like a little bit of percussion on some songs could help as a driving force, especially if you were to have a song that plays during a more time-sensitive part of the game. But it's hard to call that criticism and, if anything, just left me wanting to hear more from this world that I fell into. Great job, I'd love to hear this soundtrack is a proper game!
Thank you!!
I made a more intense track for a more intense moment, but decided to scrap it because it didn't really fit the rest of the soundtrack. I might polish it up and release it seperately.
I got the guitar VST literally the day before the jam, and immediately new I wanted to use it.
To be honest, I'm tempted to make this game now lol.
IT'S A VST????? You sure fooled me, wow!
I had to scrap a couple of higher-energy songs as well because they didn't fit the package so I totally get it haha if you do end up doing more with it, please let me know! Especially if you make the game; good luck if you do!!