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A jam submission

Ghost In The MachineView project page

For the Spooky Music Jam 2023.
Submitted by PALLASPALACE — 1 day, 4 hours before the deadline
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Results

CriteriaRankScore*Raw Score
Jam Theme#94.0914.273
Accompaniment#144.1784.364
Overall#163.7433.909
Melody#352.9593.091

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

Explicit Content

No

Methodology
Sections leading up to the outro were done with the Gross Beat plugin.
Samples from "The Naughty Ghost" by Jan August were used.

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Comments

Submitted

This almost sounds like something I can imagine being in the game Lone Survivor, like it's a psychological boss battle

This is a really cool song! All the beats and repetitive loops are used really effectively! I think it would fit really well in a kind of psychological horror game

Host

I admire that you embraced the machinery/electronic aspect. The combination of ghosts, glitches, and machinery is executed masterfully and is a refreshing take on the Halloween themed boss.

Submitted

The intro had me already, this immediately transcended into a creepy and unsettling experience before whipping out that dope beat! Some sections were really stressing me out, fantastic! Great use of chopped samples as rhythmic elements, and the final callback to the beginning was also done really well. Can't stress enough how much I enjoyed listening to this!

Submitted

The best part of this track is the intense and paranormal atmosphere that you create. I can feel the boss that I’m fighting and I feel like I’m in the action when listening to this. The eerie sounds mixed with mechanical and retro sounds create a unique sound for a mechanical robot, as your title suggests, very well. Good work and thank you for sharing!

Submitted

Production on this one went crazy! Give off a dark horror vibe with a kinda sci-fi horror edge with a techno type feel and screaming synths, really cool stuff. The transitions were crazy and you utilized gross beat really well! Overall, great stuff!

Submitted

This is so cool! The production value is insanely good. 

I love the use of reversing, gross beat and the bit crusher. They add such an interesting quality to the music. Like in the title, it really feels like something you would hear fighting a possessed machine. 

I also really like the break beat drums! It's very 2000s and adds to the digital aesthetic (it also slaps). 

The only thing that was missing to me would be an element to serve as a melodic component to help contrast the chaotic arps and drums. 

Great work overall!

Submitted

This is the wildest song I have listened to far, and definitely the closest to the horror theme I have heard. Listening to that distorted piano gave me chills, and then we transition into a slapping beat! This reminds me a lot of PSX horror games, I could feel myself being placed right back into something like Parasite Eve. 

One thing I really appreciate about this song is all the crazy repetition, especially towards the 2:30 part. It's just so wild.

I love this, keep up the great work!