Game info: itch.io
Listening: Bandcamp
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I’ve been working on another review finally, gotta catch up on 2024 stuff, but I just played a little web block-pulling puzzle game and the one track it has is pretty cool, so let’s start off with our first soundtrack post of 2025!
This is a game by xXChickyChuXx, who I’ve never heard of until right now but they have a bunch of covers (mostly of Pokémon games) and original compositions on YouTube. They’ve also been getting into gamedev recently, with this being their second game on itch.io. The game really only has one piece of music, but it gets additional layers as you proceed through the levels, so the soundtrack album has a gameplay buildup version, an isolated full version, and a minimal menu loop version to make everyone happy.
The one track is really nice, though! Chill ambient track with a slightly glitchy synth palette, 5/4 rhythm, somewhat unexpected chord movements, and interlocking layers. Reminds me a bit of a simpler version of the Splatoon 3 singleplayer overworld area themes, especially with the layered buildup.
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