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There's a biweekly jam on the M8 discord and this time's theme was "dungeon synth". I thought maybe I'd submit something. Twist: I don't really know what dungeon synth as a genre sounds like, and I didn't try to find out. Just made something dark and musty, like my soul.
Made on M8, using only synth engines.
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yeahhhhh when the beat kicks in tho
you could tell me this is dungeon synth and i would believe you
dark and musty, like my soul
LOOOOOOOOL
I like the approach you're taking here. I'm not super aware of what "Dungeon Synth" is **supposed** to sound like either, so you 100% convinced me! Hahahahaha... Dark, gritty and gnarly. I can totally see a party of (pixelated) adventurers carefully wading through a monster-filled dungeon, slowly making their way to the big bad.
I'm such a sucker for those raw chippy sounds. Straight to my heart, hahahaha...
Sounds like it could be dungeon synth to me. I don't know either. Great sounds and vibe you got. Love that lead around 2:15, soaring to the win, beating the dungeon boss, rescuing the princess. Shaking off the mustiness from the soul. The dark and musty night of the soul (in a dungeon)!
yeahhhhh when the beat kicks in tho
you could tell me this is dungeon synth and i would believe you
mission accomplished, thankfully the jam organizers aren't too strict about these prompts 
Sounds like it could be dungeon synth to me. I don't know either. Great sounds and vibe you got. Love that lead around 2:15, soaring to the win, beating the dungeon boss, rescuing the princess. Shaking off the mustiness from the soul. The dark and musty night of the soul (in a dungeon)!
thank you, I love those PWM sounds, they always cut through pretty much anything on the mix!
ddmm64 wrote:dark and musty, like my soul
LOOOOOOOOLI like the approach you're taking here. I'm not super aware of what "Dungeon Synth" is **supposed** to sound like either, so you 100% convinced me! Hahahahaha... Dark, gritty and gnarly. I can totally see a party of (pixelated) adventurers carefully wading through a monster-filled dungeon, slowly making their way to the big bad.
I'm such a sucker for those raw chippy sounds. Straight to my heart, hahahaha...
Yeaah, I've never been into chiptune itself (I've heard a lot of great chiptune tracks, just never really explored the genre) but always loved that "pixelated" sound palette, just embracing the crunchy aliased quality of low-bitrate digital sound.
It's got synths, and it fits a dungeon. If dungeon synth is anything else, it's like that jungle genre, not at all related to the words used to describe them, and all the worse for it.
- Devieus
Definitely gives me dungeon-crawler vibes. Lots of impactful moments like when the bass/synth come in at :28 and the transition to lighter pad sounds around 1:10, then both together at the end was super satisfying.
Well not dungeon synth, but synths in a dungeon, yes! XD Enjoyable nonetheless! I am also not 100% sure what dungeon synth should be, you can check my efforts in my early weekly beats this year should you feel like it ;P (shameless plug I know)
Really like the lead at the end!
It's got synths, and it fits a dungeon. If dungeon synth is anything else, it's like that jungle genre, not at all related to the words used to describe them, and all the worse for it.
- Devieus
ha, yeah I mean I can see how jungle maybe sort of made sense as a name even if I'm seeing conflicting stories on its origin.
Definitely gives me dungeon-crawler vibes. Lots of impactful moments like when the bass/synth come in at :28 and the transition to lighter pad sounds around 1:10, then both together at the end was super satisfying.
thank you! I've never really played a dungeon crawler, unless maybe zelda counts?
Well not dungeon synth, but synths in a dungeon, yes! XD Enjoyable nonetheless! I am also not 100% sure what dungeon synth should be, you can check my efforts in my early weekly beats this year should you feel like it ;P (shameless plug I know)
Really like the lead at the end!
Thank you! hah yeah, actually, I guess *have* listened to dungeon synth, or at least something close to it then
