Honestly this is amazing and would be the PERFECT for the racing game described. Each track feels really polished and engaging. The story is perfect and original but technically the music does not have any correlation with the world outside, even a small glimpse of something narrating the actual story would have made this an absolute masterpiece . Still a great entry and one of the best submissions of this jam imo!
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Cherry Hill's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Impression | #76 | 3.740 | 4.357 |
| Quality | #90 | 3.740 | 4.357 |
| Creativity | #101 | 3.618 | 4.214 |
| Overall | #133 | 3.409 | 3.971 |
| Composition | #180 | 3.188 | 3.714 |
| Storytelling | #209 | 2.759 | 3.214 |
Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Racing Game / Meta Narrative
Message from the artist
I wish we had more time to incorporate this narrative more into the music but I will explain the story as intended. The story follows a group of bored teenagers in 2000. Their favorite game that summer is Cherry Hill, a PS2 style retro drift racer. They often listen to the OST while racing or hanging around their favorite 'tracks' which are just backroads around their neighborhood. At the end of summer they lose one of their friends because they crash and wrap around a tree. The road is closed, and summer ends. I want this album to feel more like the emotions of experiencing your best summer ever through the lens of a favorite game and how one mistake can forever change your connection with old memories. Exploring ideas of melancholic nostalgia and how perception dictates our relationship with media.
Thank you,
GrossTech
Theme
One Summer Night
Picture theme
How does it fit the theme?
When I heard the theme I immediately thought of all the summer nights of driving through backroads around my neighborhood. The picture theme from @xin_cere.art made me think of a specific location off of the real life Cherry Hill Road in Virginia. Some of the best hidden locations are found by turning your engine and driving.
Number of tracks6
Genre
Electronic
Soundtrack use permission
Yes (CC BY-NC)
Any non-commercial project
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