One Hour Compo - Round 485 (OHC485)

Votes (7)

Jan 25, 2018 johnfn
  1. Shiiny
    ethansight
  2. glitter and spin
    Miyolophone
  3. Shimmer
    daisu64
also rsk and coolgreenapple and coral and misael.k
Jan 25, 2018 Arcana
  1. dreamland
    johnfn
  2. Shiiny
    ethansight
  3. Shimmer
    daisu64
There was a LOT of good music this week. Wow there was a lot of stuff. Man really.
Jan 25, 2018 Koekepan
  1. mindless--- briefly
    rseonp
  2. dreamland
    johnfn
  3. Rays and Rain
    Random-storykeeper
This one called for the dreamiest pieces on display.

Of course, quite a few people brought on the ambience.
Jan 26, 2018 coral
  1. glitter and spin
    Miyolophone
  2. dreamland
    johnfn
  3. Time is nut a physical existence metal
    skandix
it was good
Jan 31, 2018 Random-storykeeper
  1. Shimmering Ricochet
    Misael.K
  2. particles
    DarkShadow
  3. Crystalline Leaves
    Arcana
I thought this was going to be easy pickings, but upon listening to all the entries again, the decision is a lot harder than I perceived.

1) "Shimmering Ricochet" - I love the sounds throughout, but I also really love the composition as well. The dreamlike flowiness, the chord changes, all really added to the wonder of this soundscape. And overall, the structure really starts to open up towards the end, which was awesome.

2) "particles" - It's a weird second pick I know, but I actually think the atonality works really well for this "theme", since nothing is particularly discernible in the images.

3) "Crystalline Leaves" - I'm impressed with how much of a direction this piece seems to have over some of your others. Not to say that they were bad, but when there were frustrations with some previous compos, it was like that also showed up in the entries for those compos, too. Even though you pretty much loop one idea over and over, it does seem to develop and doesn't wear out its stay. The only reason this isn't higher is because I'm not too crazy about the sound design.

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Honourable mentions:

- johnfn's "dreamland", which I'll admit, gave me goosebumps at times. And I can't deny how much I love swelling pads like the ones you have in here.
- Miyolophone's "glitter and spin" - This probably had my favourite sound design out of all the entries. It's so happy - the vibrato chiptunes are the best!
- coolgreenapple's "wall of sound" - The pacing and guitars, mmm.
- Koekepan's "Playing in the Dust of Civilisation" - Throat singing sounds ooh
- ethansight's "Shiiny" - 0:50 onwards is so catchy!
Feb 01, 2018 GreyHooves
  1. Shiiny
    ethansight
  2. Crystalline Leaves
    Arcana
  3. Shimmer
    daisu64
Hard to determine what I was expecting from this theme, so I just voted based on what I liked best.

Ethansight really nailed it with this one, easily my favorite one.

Arcana's was something I'd totally expext to hear in a game like Rogue Legacy, very nice

Daisu64 very nice for your first OHC, loved the Sound design
Feb 01, 2018 Misael.K
  1. wall of sound
    coolgreenapple
  2. dreamland
    johnfn
  3. Shimmer
    daisu64
ccolgreenapple: this track rocks! Loved the rhythm, the guitars, the drums.

johnfn: this was lovely. The swelling pads and the lack of drums make this a great entry.

daisu64: the chiptune harmonic melody from the second half absolutely makes this entry. Super good!

I also really liked the entries from ethansight and Miyolophone.
 

awesum: coolgreenapple, coral, daisu64, ethansight, johnfn, Miyolophone.
good: Arcana, Koekepan, Random-storykeeper, rseonp.