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One Summer Night's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Impression | #77 | 3.737 | 3.737 |
| Quality | #91 | 3.737 | 3.737 |
| Overall | #91 | 3.642 | 3.642 |
| Composition | #99 | 3.632 | 3.632 |
| Creativity | #100 | 3.632 | 3.632 |
| Storytelling | #117 | 3.474 | 3.474 |
Ranked from 19 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
I was inspired by both the text and picture theme this year! The warm glow of the lights against the sunset over the ocean brought up a strong vision in my head. I wanted digital, bitcrushed waves and seagulls against lush synths.
As I started composing, I imagined a game where you'd be kayaking around a bay from sunset into night, avoiding rocks and rapids and taking in the beauty of the surrounding area.
To keep it cohesive, I used the same palette of instruments and effects across the compositions, with some additions/subtractions depending on the needs of each piece.
Tools: Ableton Live 10, Kontakt 7, Serum, Hysteresis, soothe2, Neutron Elements 4, Ozone 11, RC-20 Retro Color. All additional samples come from Splice.
Cover art drawn by me in Procreate with text added in Illustrator.
Theme
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
Playlist:
https://soundcloud.com/mel-decision/sets/one-summer-night
Individual tracks:
https://soundcloud.com/mel-decision/one-summer-night-opening
https://soundcloud.com/mel-decision/one-summer-night-sunset-bay
https://soundcloud.com/mel-decision/one-summer-night-rapids
https://soundcloud.com/mel-decision/one-summer-night-ending
Number of tracks4
Genre
Soundtrack use permission
Any non-commercial project
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Comments
You painted such a vibrant and peaceful pictures with this soundtrack. I enjoyed the repeated motifs and the overall chill atmosphere. Great submission both mixing and composition-wise!
Beautiful melodies, immersive. Thank you, I really enjoyed listening to it this morning.
Good stuff! I agree with the others, bitcrushed aesthetic is really unique! Favorite one might be the opening, honestly!
Enjoyed the instrument choice on these tracks. Vibes fit the nice kayak art. Musical highlights for me are the bitcrushed+delayed seagull squawks in Opening and the water sample texture in the background of Rapids
The bitcrushed aesthetic is a really nice touch, it made me think of a pixel-art game. I also really liked the drums in Sunset Bay, and how each track flows into the next. Good work!
Absolutely loved these tracks! The bitcrushed waves and synth textures really make the setting feel alive, and I can totally picture a 2D pixel art game of kayaking around that sunset bay. Everything flows so smoothly and keeps the vibe relaxed but engaging. Great work! :)
Great cover art and nice submission! I liked the vibe of the opening, and the bit crushed ocean sound was a unique touch that added a lot of atmosphere! In One Summer Night 2, it might be nice to see more songs in different keys to give more contrast among some of the songs, I did hear the motif and it could be cool to transpose the motif to hear it in a different context. Nice work!
These were a bop.
Sunset bay had such a cool vibe I loved the melody instruments you used a ton.
Nice job Mel! Lovely vibes from the beginning. I could totally see a chill kayaking game with this music.
Loving the vibes and textures here. The setting you described fits perfectly. Every track is fluid (in more ways than one) and things never even begin to get stale, even with keeping a pretty consistent overall sound throughout. Great work, and nice cover art!
The synthgull in track 1 was my favorite instrument btw
Wow, I absolutely loved Sunset Bay! Great soundtrack :)
Immediately felt submerged in the world you created!! The tracks are all great and I loved the bitcrushed synth-y aesthetic you went for! Cheers! P.S. Your tracks are in the wrong order on soundcloud :)
Ack thanks!! I posted them at like 3am 🤣
Appreciate your kind words!