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A jam submission

An Endless CycleView project page

Submitted by FoxHyode (@foxhyode) — 14 hours, 19 minutes before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Overall#14.4734.473
Correlation to Theme#14.6364.636
Consistency of Album Quality#14.6364.636
Audio Production Quality#14.7274.727
Submission Enjoyment#34.0914.091
Music Composition Quality#34.2734.273

Ranked from 11 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.

Use of Optional Challenges

Option B

I attempted at least one of the challenges

URL to streaming service
https://youtu.be/eMI1kvLNf9w

Submission Description
Speedran everything in the last two days (sorry grunt for forgetting the jam deadline). There is some tracks I wished I could expand but this is what I can craft in the short amount of time I had.

I went and composed with pure emotions and no real thought process, which might lack some structures but the result behind was interesting. I tried blending textures that evokes space/cosmic energy to me or that made sense imagining a "Cosmic Exploration

I put a recurring Chord on all the tracks to create some sort of connection between the tracks (min 11th)

All the tracks have different time signature to fulfill Challenge 1

1st track has no tempo or time signature when played so the lack of structure made the ambience more humane.

2nd track is in 5/4

3rd track in 4/4

Hopefully I understood the challenge correctly.


DAW used : Nuendo 13

Most synths are hand crafted in Phaseplant
Drums: XO
Brass: Cinematic Studio Brass
Reverb: Valhalla Vintage Verb, Valhalla Shimmers

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Comments

Host(+1)

Alright good sir, I've reached your submission. I don't have much to talk about on the production side of things - that tends to be your strength, and it's lovely here, so I'll try to focus my comment elsewhere.

I actually quite like this method of composition for you and your vision for this submission. While this process might have been rushed on your end, and potentially without a fair bit of improvisation, I think this lack of a consistently clear structure really gives this music a fluidity to it that I have not always heard from you in the past. For me this rushed process of yours was most beneficial to 'A Feel in Echo' - I could be wrong, but I don't remember too many tracks of yours where you have a repeating rhythm underneath the majority of the runtime for the track. What I like about it is that it allowed you to explore little ideas/textures here and there (another of your strengths, I think) that keep things interesting and solidify the idea of exploring the unknown, which maybe wouldn't have made the final cut given other circumstances (or if you'd seen my emails about the deadline ;) ).

I personally think 'A Touch in Silence' may funnily enough be one of my favorite tracks I've heard from you, at least from a storytelling and emotional perspective. To me this track sets the tone for the submission very well by making me feel lost and floating through space. It fits so well thematically because it could be the soundtrack to the beginning or the end of a journey. I'm glad this was the opening music.

This brings me to my main critique, which you already alluded to - development, or at times lack thereof. To me this was most apparent in 'A Thought in Orbit' - there was excellent build up and a really cool couple of motifs in the second half of the piece that didn't seem to go very far IMO. It's probably the only thing stopping me from giving full marks for composition.

Alright, enough of me rambling. Lots of cool stuff here, and I'll be curious to hear how you incorporate this method into your future tracks (if you do at all). Thanks for sharing what you've made, and keep up the good work :)

Submitted(+1)

Beginning feels really nice and spacey. The second and third tracks are nice but feels a little bare imho and I wish I could have more with it. Especially because the sound design was really nice!

Submitted(+1)

I think this is a nice soundtrack! This is my 3rd attempt at leaving a comment cause itchio flagged me as a bot the other day but I was able to comment on someone else's post today so I am hoping it goes through. I mostly wanted to say that I think the lack of time signature in the first track worked really well and there's a very nice sense of atmosphere in it, it is also my favorite of the 3! I also really like how you used the stereo field! and idk what or how you did to the piano in the second track but I like how it sits very, very pleasantly in the mix! I can't remember what else I had to say from the other day but those are the main things I wanted to express (maybe you'll get a couple surprise notifications if my comments didn't end up getting lost to the cosmos), You highlight the theme very well and it was nice listening to this!

Submitted(+1)

This one sells the atmosphere of space really well. Audio production is also top-notch. Great work!

Submitted(+1)


It's a very nice combination and harmony of synthesizers, you really get spatial vibes, I like the atmosphere and the reverb used in the tracks, nice work

Submitted(+1)

Beautiful, got some Jean-Michel Jarre vibes from the second track!!

Submitted(+1)

Excellent production quality! Great sounds

Submitted(+1)

Wow, great submission! You really captured the theme and I love the ambience!

Submitted(+1)

I really like the soundscapes.. synths are on point!