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One Summer Night - Sea Whispers's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Impression | #103 | 3.556 | 3.875 |
| Quality | #119 | 3.556 | 3.875 |
| Creativity | #120 | 3.499 | 3.812 |
| Overall | #128 | 3.453 | 3.763 |
| Composition | #132 | 3.499 | 3.812 |
| Storytelling | #156 | 3.154 | 3.438 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Genre : electronic Pop /// The imaginary game is a "point-and-click" adventure that tells the story of old friends reuniting, but one of them is mysteriously missing. Set by the sea on a summer night, the narrative unfolds as a Lovecraftian mystery that deepens as the night progresses.
Tracks were composed in Bitwig Studio.
For the composition process, I tried to illustrate the imaginary game with tracks that could be heard on a summer night by the sea, evoking a nostalgic/retro vibe. I imagined a story of old friends reuniting. The seaside setting evoked a sense of mystery for me. I added the first track to capture the joy of friends reuniting, providing a contrast. I tried to keep everything quite simple as I was running a bit out of time.
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Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
Bandcamp : https://balmeyer.bandcamp.com/album/ost-composing-jam-8-one-summer-night
Youtube : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQmqOLaKy5E
Number of tracks4
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Nicely done on all four tracks.
really liked the overall feel and composition / sounds used for this, good job!
Okay wow, first of all the mix is *very* nice. The compositions are very unique in their character, the synths play off of each other very nicely (I especially liked the bass slides in 'Electric Moodlight'). You definitely have a distinct style, keep it up!
I like the vibe of these trackls, the synth sounds are kinda "harsh" (for a lack of a better word) in a cool way, and the fake sounding drums really fits the sound and does add some nice character, well done.
I really enjoyed the composition of Sea Whispers! I gave it a couple of listens so it's safe to say it's one of my favorites out of the four.
Very unique submission, the choice of instrumentation has a lot of character and it works pretty nicely !
The setting of your game and the progression of the tracks (getting more tense after the soothing first one) makes the whole listening experience very interesting to listen throughout. I found the tracks pretty evocative even without a detailed description to support them so great job on that, I think my favourite of the bunch was Electric Moonlight
Very nice job, congrats !
woahhh loving the synths in the first track!! great timbre going on, and i love the use of panning and dynamics here!!! chord progression is very beautiful as well! ooo and the addition of the bass and percussion gives a drive to the melody, the vibes r so fire! i like how the track keeps developing as it progresses, including the change in chord progression about halfway through. it gives a sense of mystery to the track, befitting of the theme of a friend going missing - and then it jumps back to major, offering that sense of nostalgia again. nice nice nice!!!
woa electric moonlight is so fire??? the acid bass-like synth(i think) adds such a nice groove to the track!! sometimes i feel like it overshadows the melody, but it was nothing that subtracted from the experience!!! the chromatic movement is fire too, really groovy track wait i love it
oooh i love the buildup of the background synths under the piano motif!! feels super creepy and has a lil bit of that "lovecraftian vibe" u were trying to achieve. really nice and magical, i think im like levitating out of my seat woa
wow electric piano go hard i like the mysterious vibes presented by your outro track!! the bass that chimes in underneath sounds super glitchy and distorted which i live for, its a motif id almost expect to hear in a terraria track. i like how you have a lot going on in this track but it never feels too dense or complex as the instrumentation develops gradually. the piano solo is super cool too!!!! and the use of vocal synths adds another layer of mystery as well super super cool
wowow i love this!!! this was a super fun listen, great work:DD
I really appreciated your submission too, so I’m glad of your feedback!
Not gonna lie... These are some serious bops.
Such a unique style compared to a lot of other entries and it was a really fun listen!
I think some of the synths in electric moonlight might have been a bit loud but that could just be me.
I do think there should have been at least 1 track that leaned more heavily into the "lovecraftian" aspect you mentioned. The closest is the little vocalizations in last summer night, but a high speed dangerous sounding track in the same electronic pop style would have been a great addition at the end.
Really nice vibes from these! The last song is my favorite one, I loved that synth bloopy kind of sound (idk how to describe it) :D Awesome work!
Fun songs in here! The first one is my favorite. Good work!
Nice work! The last track is easily my favorite.