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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Correlation to Theme | #15 | 3.562 | 3.562 |
| Uniqueness | #16 | 3.375 | 3.375 |
| Overall | #20 | 2.948 | 2.948 |
| Innovation | #20 | 2.688 | 2.688 |
| Execution | #21 | 2.750 | 2.750 |
| Listenability | #21 | 2.688 | 2.688 |
| Composition | #23 | 2.625 | 2.625 |
Ranked from 16 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
I ended up writing two ambient pieces, both in G Phrygian and at the same tempo. During the process I had Kale's SFX playing in the background as a reference, though I muted them for the final export. Both tracks are designed to be loopable — Scene 2 ran a bit longer than I originally intended, but it found its own shape along the way.
Scene 1 follows the moment you tumble off a raft and find yourself inside a cave — one that shouldn't exist, filled with alien technology humming quietly in the dark.
Scene 2 captures something more unsettling: a storm being born, not from nature, but from a machine. It feels almost unnatural — and yet strangely familiar, like something you've witnessed in the wild before. But this is different. There's no chaos here, no randomness. It feels deliberate, almost surgical — as if aimed at planetary reconstruction rather than
How did you Innovate? (Complete later if you need to submit on time)
For this jam, I decided to try something different and stepped out of my usual setup by composing in LMMS — a first for me in a jam context, and a DAW I hadn't touched in almost a year. Reacquainting myself with its workflow quirks was part of the fun, and honestly, that slight unfamiliarity pushed me toward a different approach to composing than I'd normally take — which felt very in the spirit of this jam. I tried to keep to my usual 8-track layout for ambience, but ended up needing one extra due to the different workflow and some half-remembered steps.
Link to Streaming Service
https://muttzilla.bandcamp.com/album/lost-in-aetintlania
DAW Screenshot - Demonstrate that this is your own work
https://img.itch.zone/aW1hZ2UvNDM4MjAwOS8yNjE1MzExMy5qcGc=/original/Zd0292.jpg
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Very nice submission, 2nd track tickles my brain in all the right places. Composition wise it gets a bit stale at places imo, but is still super nice, verygj.
i would have to say I prefer the 2nd track of your two that you've submitted here - i find that there's more going on sonically despite the harsh accordion sound, of which I agree with Eetu is a bit much. The first track is a perfectly made atmospheric track and thus I don't have much at all to say about it - I just hope you keep making them!
I wish they were more dynamic and changed up the mood, maybe a key change or gentle introduction of another instrument? In any case, glad you made a submission!
The atmosphere of this track is spot on!
Great work here, and using LMMS too! My first DAW. Defiantly a fun thing to use. I liked the feel. Very off and mysterious which is part of its charm! Good work here.
Interesting choice with Phrygian, by default it will give a bit of a omninous vibe, I like the first track a lot more, just have to watch out with the mids/lows frequency spectrum its hanging there for too long. Same for 2nd track, there is a lots of low end staying there for too long, I think just some change of dynamics will help tremendously the overall arrangement of the track, but for pure ambient vibe it works very well, I like that it doesn't sound like anything else that is too generic, it really is its own thing. Good job !
The atmosphere on the first track was great, really liked it.
On the second one, the accordion ish sound was a bit harsh to my ears and maybe could've been switched for another sound at points or maybe some EQ to cut out harshness out a bit, similarly the sine wavey sound that comes at 03:26 could use some EQ to cut a bit of the more resonant frequencies that overpower the mix a bit (can't really say what frequencies from just listening though, don't have that good ears 😂 )
Good work!