Games like Ballad of Edgar The Horrible (Abridged)

The prompt for this game jam was "Quartic Harmony" A streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/el-que-no-transa-no-avanza-ii-weapons-grad... The "fourness" diagram in this music track's cover art is adapted from: Nikolsky, A. (2016). Evolution of Tonal Organization in Music Optimizes Neural Mechanisms in Symbolic Encoding of Perceptual Reality. Part-2: Ancie… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to El Que No Transa No Avanza II + Weapons-Grade Irrationality II.

submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam 18 hosted by emscottish for Itch.IO May 2025 The prompt for the game jam was simply "Elevator Music" A streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/brass-button-blues-submission-for-weekly-n... The public-domain status of the track art is below: Year book of the Brooklyn Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Brass Button Blues.

The text prompt for this game jam was "Underwater" A streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/gloomtide-abyssal the art square base graphic element URL for copyright is creative commons because it is JPL which is NASA which is US Government: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/images/pia23173-enceladus-organics-on-grains-of-ice-ill...main website: https://exedexes1… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gloomtide Abyssal.

Submission to Impressions Mystery Jam #1 hosted by KaleOverlord for Itch.IO June 2025 Instrumental chronicling when Barozek was training with Krodar in Settlestone's Citadel area, before getting whisked away from Jord, later to return to Old Thalos. The loop end-point is simply the end of the piece, it is intended to cleanly loop to the piece's start. A streaming link has been provided below: … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Barozek Trains Under Krodar Thunderhammer.

submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam #16 hosted by emscottish for Itch.IO May 2025 art square provenance: the image is a Pixabay public domain royalty free image. a streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/sempiternal-skid-canticleDouglas P Stoothoff main site: exedexes1.com/ exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sempiternal Skid Canticle.

submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam 14 prompt was "Shop Music" went for a whimsical stop and start rhythm with gaps Probably the closest personal inspiration for this is Boltac's Trading Post in the 8-bit NES of Wizardry I : Proving Grounds Of The Mad Overlord YouTube of Boltac: a streaming link is provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/elysian-armament-bazaarDouglas … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Elysian Armament Bazaar.

My first breakcore piece, created for the Amen Breakcore Music Jam hosted by Ray Nexus for Itch.IO April 2025 I am just a newbie at this but since the genre itself is very freeform I may get away with what I made being basically in the bounds of breakcores rules(?) You be the judge! a streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/0978_doug-stoothoff_wombatDougl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Wombat Glitch.

The jam called for music involving the final fall of a hero like they are dying after losing a fight.  My treatment has kind of the minute or two before the fight begins and then a jump scare and then i went with a short battle sequence and an electric guitar solo reminiscent of when Flash Gordon in the 1980 film was being executed with the poison gas (unsuccessfully as it turned out) to close us … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hero's Fall - submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam 5 hosted by emscottish.

submission for Broken Telephone Jam #8 a streaming link is provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/lilypad-croak-canticle-submission-for-brok...Douglas P Stoothoff main site: exedexes1.com/ exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZC…ub_confirmation=1 www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0BaYj4…ub_confirmation=1 itch.io profile link: exedexes1.it… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lilypad Croak Canticle.

Extended-play album version of my submission for Impressions Composing Jam : OST #2, hosted by KaleOverlord for Itch.IO for March 2025.  It comprises 5 tracks, each one of which corresponds to a painting by Cole in the 1830's-1840's chronicling each historical stage of Empire.   Usual caveat that the MuseScore PDF's have different instruments due to that app's limitations compared to instruments… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Palimpsest of Fallen Hegemony.

The prompt for this jam was simply "Rainy Weather" A streaming platform link is provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/quagmires-gnomic-rivulet Douglas P Stoothoff main site: exedexes1.com/ exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZC…ub_confirmation=1 www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0BaYj4…ub_confirmation=1 itch.io profile link: exedexes1.… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Quagmire’s Gnomic Rivulet.

The text prompt for the Itch music jam was "1000 Pigeon Army" : this led to thinking of Liszt's "St. Francis of Assisi Preaching to the Birds" (composed 1862-1865) for piano. inspired by the saint’s legendary sermon to a flock of birds, which often included doves or pigeons in art and lore. The piece’s delicate, fluttering passages suggest a mass of pigeons taking flight. The slower passages are … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Pigeon General Staff.

Two mp3's are provided the first is the acoustic draft with the piano. The second is of the same length and is the final layered version with synth voices. a streaming link to each is provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/moments-before-disaster-submission-for-wee... https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/moments-before-disaster-submission-for-wee... Douglas P Stoothoff main si… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Moments Before Disaster - submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam 2 for Itch.IO hosted by emscottish January 2025.

Out in the wider world beyond itch this (release CCCLXXIX) is the first track of SebēšEšrā album that is not an Alpha Remix of an earlier piece from an earlier album.  In the sense of having a lead-synth contrapuntally darting around (and doing so effectively, and on-the-beat for the most part with very little flaws) this track could be said to be a remote spiritual successor to Fat Bard Contortio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Crystal Castle - submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam 4 hosted by emscottish.

The Broken Telephone jam series alternates music prompts to make art, and the winning art is used to make a prompt for the music in the next jam following. Therefore this winning art piece from BT-1 is a cute scene with a dragon-like animal and its human friend in a placid environment. I decided to go with sort of a bouncy positive sounding track, in consequence, rather parallel to let's say the c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gentle Dragon.

The idea of the game jam's prompt was to evoke a cave. Doesn't specify what kind, could be spelunking alone but I went with a joke that it's a D&D thing where the the adventurer is in the one place that isn't deadly and stuff is closing in. Gelatinous cubes in all directions etc.A streaming link has been provided below:https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/rumbling-cave-submission-for-weekly-note-… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rumbling Cave for WNCJ 3 hosted by emscottish.

The eighteenth logo-era album division, where we leave the world of polygons for Akkadian cuneiform for the album logos. Ranges through the time of July 22, 2024 to September 4, 2024  In the same way that Ešrā overlapped with Life of Rixlor, during Ištešrā I participated in the Thai Game Jam in Itch while waiting for the big pile of concurrent game jams that went through Halloween and Thanksgivin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ištešrā.

Playtalons the Uncommon Lover is in honor of Tarn Adams's original Guitar and Flamenco piece which servedas the background for the early versions of Dwarf Fortress prior to it going onto Steam. The name refers to an artifact forged in one of my sessions about nine years ago, an adamantite restraint of the topmost quality level possible in DF. (Usually restraints are used to hold animals to one sp… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Playtalons The Uncommon Lover.

The nineteenth logo-era album division. Ranges through the time of September 10, 2024 to October 12, 2024. my main website:  Douglas P Stoothoff main site: exedexes1.com/ exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZC…ub_confirmation=1 www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0BaYj4…ub_confirmation=1 itch.io profile link: exedexes1.itch.io/ MuseScore sheet music… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ŠinEšrā.

The twentieth logo-era album division. Ranges through the time of October 13, 2024 to November 12, 2024  Douglas P Stoothoff main site: exedexes1.com/ exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZC…ub_confirmation=1 www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0BaYj4…ub_confirmation=1 itch.io profile link: exedexes1.itch.io/ MuseScore sheet music page: https://musesc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ŠalāšEšrā.

The twenty-second logo-era album division. Ranges through the time of December 8, 2024 to New Year's of 2025. Douglas P Stoothoff main site: exedexes1.com/ exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZC…ub_confirmation=1 www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0BaYj4…ub_confirmation=1 itch.io profile link: exedexes1.itch.io/ MuseScore sheet music page: https://m… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Ḫamišešrā.

The jam called for "controlled chaos" as its text prompting, so one could think of this as a sequel to Waiting For The Righting of the Gomboc (Release CCCLXIII) with some differences.  And probably also related to Upon Crepuscular Epiphany (CCCLXI) since in both prior cases things called for chaos. A streaming link is provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/octadic-rumpus-scherzoDo… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Octadic Rumpus Scherzo.

The twenty-first logo-era album division. Ranges through the time of November 13, 2024 to December 6, 2024 Douglas P Stoothoff main site: exedexes1.com/ exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZC…ub_confirmation=1 www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0BaYj4…ub_confirmation=1 itch.io profile link: exedexes1.itch.io/ MuseScore sheet music page: https://musesc… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ErbEšrā.

The twenty-third logo-era album division. Ranges through the time of January 1, 2025 to February 2, 2025 Douglas P Stoothoff main site: exedexes1.com/  exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZC…ub_confirmation=1 www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0BaYj4…ub_confirmation=1 itch.io profile link: exedexes1.itch.io/ Feature.fm overall Artist Bio link: ff… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ŠeššEšrā.

The twenty-sixth logo-era album division. Ranges through the time of April 1, 2025 to May 4, 2025 Repost Exchange link repostexchange.com/users/doug-stoothoff DistroKid Slaps forum page slaps.com/dougstoothoff itch.io profile page: exedexes1.itch.io/ Douglas P Stoothoff main site: exedexes1.com/ exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZC…ub_… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tišēešrā.

A submission for Crunchtime 04 hosted by LoneRabbit for Itch.IO The bulk of the game is conceived as a strategy game preparing to assault Morgoth in Angband between Mereth Aderthad and the Dagor Bragollach (the test of how well the player has prepared their forces).  The prologue has Annael talking to Tuor about how the Long Peace unfolded, and also what happened to Tuor's mother, Rían, after the… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to To Rule There A Realm At Their Own Will.

This is the third of my electronica albums using the Roland FA-08 synthesizer, ranging from early to late summer 2023.   I continued to get better at instrumental pieces.Douglas P Stoothoff main site: exedexes1.com/ exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZC…ub_confirmation=1 www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0BaYj4…ub_confirmation=1 itch.io profile link:… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hexa.

The game jam's prompt was "Stepping on a Lego" a streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/neon-brick-scream-submission-for-wncj-13-h... Douglas P Stoothoff main site: https://exedexes1.com/ https://exedexes1.godaddysites.com/ Youtube subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4WSgBZCySWQ-wAQ0GMtXag?sub_confirmation=1 https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Neon Brick Scream.

my profile-level rosebud AI page is here:https://rosebud.ai/profile/06ba9fde-faa2-410f-9a22-ebbb975fad2fI initially wanted this to be a variant like Karian Cross or Monster Sliders like late 90's tetris variant the kind with the shapes where you initially have polygon variant things but you have to 'melt' them to get the secondary combos. Then i got into a trouble and had to get it to run. It is i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Xuberance Of Frozen Tetris.

This is my first game in Phaser Launcher using Javascript and Phaser.js.  It is inspired by 80's arcades like Xevious and Slap Fight and Terra Cresta. Command reference:  ESC - leaves the game space = fire button X = air to ground missile button, also in the splash screens advances to the next screen The theme music is the 71st SoundCloud release by me back in 2023: https://soundcloud.com/… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to March Of The Seventy-Two Demons : A Scrolling Shooter by DPS.

Assembly Opcode March submission for Tiny Music Jam #2 hosted by Aurora595 for Itch.IO September 2025 a streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/assembly-opcodes-march-60sec Note that per usual the outside-Itch-facing version of the track (for example in SoundCloud for our link) is 60 seconds because it has to hit the minimum length requirements for Distroki… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Assembly Opcodes March.

exedexes1's Jam This Album! submission for Itch.IO June 2025 arranged into a four-track EP mini album - the themes chosen were to jam Oxygene by Jean-Michel Jarre from 1978 and the tabletop is SlothMUD had precursor tabletop inspirations in the late 80's before it went live in 1991, regarding Diku to be tabletop because it's so archaic a thing that it is scrolling text based and therefore allowed … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tale Of Edgar And Barozek.

The newest one post-jam v2.07 where i fixed air target transparency is this URL: https://rosebud.ai/p/3f0f3554-9267-4285-bea3-a94d8e9d0417a YT gameplay video of 2.07 is here: The one back during the jam is v2.03 which is this one: https://rosebud.ai/p/8b09818c-49e8-482c-9925-723b944e9f60 and then my artist-level profile on Rosebud is this: https://rosebud.ai/profile/06ba9fde-faa2-410f-9a22-eb… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to It's Time To Get Catty!.

Main website:https://exedexes1.com/The 2nd extended lyrical version of Be More Worried If She Says Yes,  Submission for Music Revision Challenge game jam hosted by 8 Bits To Infinity for Itch.IO in April 2025 This makes it the 4th iteration in the series The full lineage as it were, is as follows: Release XXIX on Rhombus album, on May 20, 2023 https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/be-more-wor… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Be More Worried If She Says Yes (2nd Extended Lyrical Version.

Submission for Weekly Note Composing Jam #12 hosted by emscottish April 2025. A streaming link is provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/dissatisfaction-expands-to-the-available-s... Okay this one goes way back because the original instrumental track is only the -sixth- in the line up (VI) released in March 2023. I assert that fact that the original is so tiny, it doesn't really… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dissatisfaction Expands To The Available Space (Extended Lyrical Version).

submission for Friendly Music Jam 4 Sampling With Friends hosted by Gullo July 2025 The premise was to use at least one sample from 3 or 4 other people and we were free to distort or mod the samples however forbidden to use our own donated samples and then from there to add material that wasn't any sample but manual performances or DAW stuff to stitch an overall collage of a composition. So my a… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to William Tell Should've Known Better / Chocolate Dipped Chocolate.

submission for Impressions Composing Jam: OST #3 hosted by KaleOverlord for Itch.IO November 2025 The text prompt for the jam was "Realms Unseen" I used the concurrent rules for jams to re-use Melty Balrog set in different instruments for the Prologue of the 3-piece set. And then the 2nd and 3rd pieces are careful rearrangements of each other with cut/paste/insertions and some new bridge piece … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Vladyčьstva Nevidęštaa (The Invisible Realms of Sovereignty).

submission for One Little Agony jam hosted by M-112 July 2025 a streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/film-at-eleven This is approximately tied with Foul-Mouthed Parrot for being the longest vocal track I've ever done, both are approx 9min 20sec This thing in my own assessment is strong in the early to middle but cringe at the end  because of Time constr… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Film At Eleven.

Caught in the grind? Need a break? Too bad! get back to work!Order Up! a 2023 A-Game-By-Its-Cover Entry Game by Alethium Music by Mastoast https://itch.io/profile/mastoast  Original art and concept by Paulo Doi Controls : Part 9? Is this page the product listing or a Final Devlog, or both? full devlog here : https://itch.io/jam/a-game-by-its-cover-2023/topic/2966226/order-up-a-devlog-agb... Wel… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Order Up!.

submission for Gullo's Jamuary 2026, early February 2026 deadline This was a highly structured jam with daily development steps. idea: Sarcastic space marine soldier like Private Joker who sails the seas and roasts zerglings soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/sets/thats-you-only-because-jamuary YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m6HGCYEPlO-lTm-6IB1on5Om83k… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to That's-You-Only-Because.

Submission for Broken Telephone #10 Jam on Itch.IO June 2025 A streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/tale-of-edgar-barozek-04-broken-telephone-... The MuseScore Score PDF has different instruments because MuseScore is far more limited in instrument tones than the Roland FA-08's full tone library. Due to overlapping timeframes, per concurrency between jam… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tale Of Edgar And Barozek 04 - Rendezvous At Carina's & Showdown At Herbalist Isle (Broken Telephone Beta).

Submission for Composer Weekend Jam #11 hosted by JoeChris and ScoringTech.NET for Itch.IO February 2026 Amazing things are happening in the realm of 'how badly can I butcher stanza 4.' This is a chunk of the Eärendillinwë in Old English. Dirhaval was killed in the 3rd kinslaying (Sun-Year 538, as Elrond and his twin brother Elros were 6 years of age) as the First Age of Middle Earth was almost… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Something In Remembrance Of Poor Dírhaval.

submission for OST Composing Jam #8 hosted by lonerabbit for Itch.IO September 2025 Vaguely this game is kind of a black and white or sepia tone visual novel of a 1940's style neo noir where a wife has sabotaged her husband's yacht to blow up but her guilty conscience keeps having her coming back to the pier like some Lady MacBeth type reaction she doesn't hide it very well but nobody has reason … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Age & Treachery.

Changelog12 25 2024 - Made buttons bigger and easier to interact with. This should make it much more useful on small phone screens. The information is still small, but you have to visit the page anyway so meh.Known Bug With Web Version: The web version cannot download the image due to itch.io security (which is sensible). All the web version of the app will do is provide the art info and a button … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Met Museum Art Randomizer.

https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1478807549/size=large/bgcol=333333/linkcol=e99708/tracklist=false/artwork=small/transparent=true/ !!! ITCH.IO Page Under Construction! We're aware of the browser play issue. Thus we'll get it fixed in the next few hours ASAP. In the meantime please download the game. !!!In our Darkest Days we're consumed by darkness which drowns out all the light. However,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Darkest Days.

Matchstick Relay  won 2nd place in Speedy Game Jam #1! The jam was hosted by MS ANNOTATION X. Check it out here!  https://itch.io/jam/speedy-game-jam-1 UPDATE  V1.1: We have added  Mac OS X*  and Linux (64-bit) support! *NOTE: If you have trouble getting Matchstick Relay to run on your Mac OS X machine due to permissions issues, please visit the DevLog for a procedure that worked for us during tes… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Matchstick Relay.

submission for OST Album Jam hosted by Grunt October 2025The last piece of the 5 tracks (Eternal Canticle) is where I have the double-challenge of the piece only being a piano piece and an attempt at a Chaconne structure, the other four are not involved in the sub challenges.  The first 3 have mixing issues but I was paranoid with the server troubles and decided to submit a full day early.  There'… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Smells Like Terran Spirit.

Judges: the 60 second file was necessary so it can go out on Distrokid.  There is no -new- material past 20 seconds it's just repeated 2 more times. A streaming link has been provided below: https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/exedexes1-hells-bells Hell's Bells - submission for Tiny Music Jam #1 hosted by aurora595 for Itch.IO August 2025The submission called for a 20-second composition with … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hell's Bells.

Varminal is a turn-based RPG with gameplay inspired heavily by the beloved Mario & Luigi series. You play as Tara, a young girl that's a ball of optimism, and Vyn, a moody and crass young boy, who's hiding a dark past. Together, they team up (albeit reluctantly) to become Hunters - adventurers that set out beyond the safety of the city walls to explore the world, protect caravans, and defeat t… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Varminal.

1st track: 2nd track: ○ Description of entry (e.g. genre, runtime, software you used, inspirations,   your process, etc.) My main goal in music is to work in a FromSoftware game, so I like my music to feel huge and orchestral. The main idea was to have a boss fight, but as I had more time, I made a track that can work as a introduction to the actual boss, less huge, less percussive and more ambi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The blade of the red moon.