Truly a masterpiece. Mind blowing transitions, soaring synths and gritty distortion, it's great! Thank you for this!
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| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Impression | #2 | 4.550 | 4.550 |
| Creativity | #2 | 4.500 | 4.500 |
| Quality | #2 | 4.725 | 4.725 |
| Composition | #4 | 4.600 | 4.600 |
| Overall | #4 | 4.430 | 4.430 |
| Correlation to theme | #48 | 3.775 | 3.775 |
Ranked from 40 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Description
Tracks composed in Logic Pro using sound libraries by Cinesamples, Orchestral Tools, and Strezov Sampling. Synthesizers were all made in Phase Plant and Palindrome. I also recorded some guitar and Bass for some parts. There are six tracks total, an intro cutscene, three boss themes, an npc theme, and an ending cutscene.
The world is changing, the ground shifts, trees cry out, the rocks ask for forgiveness, and the sky is regretful. Born from the disorder of human life the earth is plagued. Beasts crawl from its core, escaping from dreams, manifested by the hunger and devastation that has ravaged the land. In these moments, woven from the same fabric as time, a protector is called upon the earth. As days pass, its threads become loose and unravel, visions of a blue space with a large triangular hourglass become more frequent. But for its short life span the protector is granted incredible power by the Eye of Time.
Track 1 - Birth of an Angel: The Eye of Time appears in the clouds. It weaves this world's protector. With wings interwoven into its red silk cloak, you, the protector descend onto the earth. The clock ticks. The Eye returns beyond the sky and to its storm where it came.
Track 2 - Witch of the Skies Regret: The first foe is cunning. Humanoid in appearance, if it weren't for the thin grey veil no one would know its true identity. Some would call her a witch, others a necromancer, a monster. She lowers her veil to you revealing a sickly pale face with no eyes. Her black mouth stains like oil from ear to ear. There's no purpose in hiding from a being of time.
Track 3 - The Fountain of Faces: Not all creatures formed from the changing earth are evil. The fountain is one of these. It floats above the ground crying from its many faces adorned across its body like masks. Its tears cascade down to the earth in a trail of water. People from the near by town occasionally come to visit it and collect its tears in hopes it will cure their illnesses. The fountain appreciates a new face and is willing to talk. It seems to be aware of your limited time, the red silk that makes up your cloak is now a dirt brown, strands peeling upwards and away from each other. How long will it last?
Track 4 - Its Arms Bear Jewelry: You are traveling by water to rest your legs when danger comes from below. Seven arms twice your size all covered in gold and silver and precious stones seize your raft knocking it apart. A large squid creature emerges from the water, in the place of tentacles it has seven human-like arms. You are light on your feet and not all the wood has sunk. This will be light work for you.
Track 5 - Metal Puppet: While exploring a cave, slime on the walls begins to cluster and move down deeper. You follow the slime down and down into the cave until you reach a large hall like room submerged in water up to your knees. In the center the slime gathers around a large strange mechanical human doll suspended in the air. The slime forces its way in between the metal limbs and slime twists around inside the doll filling its crevices and testing out its new limbs before dropping down to your level with a splash. You cloak is tattered, unfurling at the seams. Your resolve is stronger than ever.
Track 6 - Unraveling: The sun rises on a new world for better or for worse. You've killed countless monstrosities and traveled far from where you were made. Your time is up. The silk in your cloak is unrecognizable. Threads slip between your fingers like smoke. Your legs become weak and collapse under the weight of your body and you see the hourglass with every blink. Someone is there waiting for you. If the world chooses to change again another will be called. You've done enough.
Cover art and concept art by NekdoNahodny
Theme:
Tick Tock...
Picture theme
How does it fit the theme?
The main character has a limited life span because of the power given to them by the Eye of Time. I also tried to add a sense of tension into the tracks to emphasize that the main character's time is limited.
For the picture theme, the main character sees visions of a blue space with a triangular hourglass that get more frequent as their death nears. The last time there's some one there.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
Youtube Playlist Link: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoZq5D0TNLrAdUeTvXmWgiF-l_kmQcK9I
Bandcamp Link: TBA
Soundtrack use permission
Yes (CC BY-NC)
Any non-commercial project
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