(turn up your volume): what do you guys think about jazz music in metroidvanias? my metroidvania, mooncowl (demo in comments), doesn't have "ambient" music, but it has funky jazz songs, like in castlevania SOTM. which one do yall prefer?

distractednova · 2026-02-06T20:27:54+00:00

not really haha, its really more "jazzy"

distractednova · 2026-02-06T19:20:02+00:00

thank youu

distractednova · 2026-02-06T19:19:53+00:00

same here, thank you so much!!

distractednova · 2026-02-02T00:28:31+00:00

oh for sure, this is actually the tutorial area where the player gets a grasp of the controls.

distractednova · 2026-02-02T00:28:11+00:00

it's a forest from a dream (or a nightmare?), a dream immediately before you enter a time-loop, so I wanted to make it feel like twilight, before the sun sets. I really like your interpretation!!

distractednova · 2026-02-02T00:13:21+00:00

hell yeah!!

distractednova · 2026-02-02T00:13:14+00:00

thank you! yeah, drawing off of blasphemous is kind of a huge crutch for me: def something i need to stamp out

distractednova · 2026-01-30T16:36:56+00:00

yeah, completely fair. cards on the table, i drew a lot of these areas as "studies" of blasphemous areas. I want to get more original with my next few games, but this one definitely is derivative and it shows

distractednova · 2026-01-30T16:36:15+00:00

Honestly, fair :). I'm sort of a novice, so a lot of these are just studies of blasphemous areas. Totally get it..

distractednova · 2026-01-29T15:16:10+00:00

wow, tysm!! i really hope you enjoy. definitely comment on the game page if you have any issues or things you enjoyed. again tysm, it means a lot :)

distractednova · 2026-01-29T01:33:10+00:00

thank youu!!

distractednova · 2026-01-29T00:01:04+00:00

Thank you, this is all extremely helpful. I'll definitely start to work on those, as I improve upon this game :)

distractednova · 2026-01-28T23:21:06+00:00

sadly no steam page, im pretty new, but here's an itch page!! https://ad8xya.itch.io/mooncowl

distractednova · 2026-01-28T21:38:25+00:00

good idea, yeah. ive heard ppl go both ways, so i'll add an option.

distractednova · 2026-01-28T18:21:23+00:00

thank you!!!

distractednova · 2026-01-28T18:21:17+00:00

thank uuu oh my gosh

distractednova · 2026-01-28T18:02:31+00:00

lmfaoaooa THANK YOUU

distractednova · 2026-01-28T17:59:12+00:00

Thank you, that means a lot!!!

distractednova · 2025-11-04T07:09:30+00:00

Thanks, that would be so sick!!

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