What a compelling plot of the game! Implementing an important portion of mechanics on the forest scene is very refreshing, and you really nailed to combine these 2 elements musically as well.  Percussive synth tracks in Woodland automatons reminded me of clockwork tower level in Shovel Knight(should be the only reference I can think of for now).

I also love how your music illustrates very well your description, and It was very interesting to notice how the rhythmic layer gets more and more dense and present with the progression of the tracks. Very interesting to notice the last 2 tracks being more rhythmic than I would have imagined.

It's really a quality work, Great job!!

The first track was a really great mood setter, great stuff!

Each track feels very intentional. i like the variety and aural texture in the tracks while still feeling part of the same world . first track was ambient and subtle . second track build up was nice, I could visualize the progression through the stage. i see the merging of mechanical with more earthy vibes which was well done. great job !! very cohesive !!

Holy smoke! I love the first track subs. These drones morphing sounds are amazing. Jeeez, this echoing, and phasing things. Daaamn. I am really impressed. Did you used any complex VST for it? Or everything just Reaper internal engine? How did you make this morphing sub thing? Damn I love it so much, it sits on my shoulder and say: Aaron, you will fall in to this ambient goodness hole.

Track two, well done, I love the fills. I love the bass, and that goa sound. Oh god, I really love how to bass and this goa sound move together.

track three: Fricking genius. I love the sounds design of the synths. So smooth, so light. These percussions are well mixed. You did a perfect job with the mixing and mastering. If you have time please put these tracks to bandcamp, please! The instruments well placed, well panned!

Track four: Oh I love how the arps goes to higher pitch. Really smart! Holy smoke, really smart ambient from the depths. Oh god, how amazing the mixing. Hope you will be on the track list. These tracks are amazing.

Track five: This sound design, kills me. These are pianos with some bit crush and saturation, I think. Not bad. :D Yeah baby, cut off trick, and so smooth. Did I tell you you have to on the track list? :D

Track six: Ooooooh it sounds like the good old fashioned Hot Line Miami. I love that game. Oh I forgot to read the description. My attention grabbed. :D

Track synthwave: The sounds are really smart. I didn't know if you put the synths to the background it will be sounds more awesome! I love the drums. It's kinda my taste, but a bit more compression for the drumz could be killer, but I stfu, because it's amazing track!

Track awesomeness: You are doing the synthwave very well. Amazingly catchy. I thought the good synthwave has a really simple drum arrangement, but this is much better!

I am a really simple man. I love synthwave, I love subs. well done 13 out of 10. A+++, What can I give you? :D ** CLAPS ** CLAPS **

Through the Perimeter is one of the best ambient tracks I've heard so far. You have a great ear for pacing and space, which is so important in BGM for building atmosphere. When I played taiko we would call it "Ma", the space between the notes. Great use of Ma :)

I enjoyed the progression of energy throughout the soundtrack, going from the eerie forest ambience to the mechanical dance/electronic action. Really well done!

The atmosphere and sound choices are all solid, the bass synth that comes in around 0:34 was a really nice touch. You have a nice style and the tracks sound really nice. Sometimes the mix feels a little muddy in the stereo field (could probably be fixed with a mid/side eq) but I don’t think it detracts too much from the overall submission. I really like these tracks, great work!

I really liked the first part. It fits very well into the theme and has the same tension.

Wow that's a lot of material, you've done a great job honestly.

I really like the mix of detuned pads and glitched percussion, all the tracks fit perfectly with what you say in the description and the production is great, a very consistent and deep sound. I especially enjoyed the last track, it made me want to run with that 90's beat!

Love the synths! My favorite track is Remember the good times, for sure.

You nailed something I rarely hear, that cinematic dimension, that feeling a world is living beneath the music... maybe also because electronic music and synthesizers do tend to resonate with me and that I really like the story you told, with this mechanical forest and kid messiah thing. I feel that we might have approached the theme identically, with quite some work done on designing environmental sounds and music to blend it with.

You've created a whole new world with this music. I like the repetitiveness in some of the songs, it works for the total atmosphere. Favourite: Woodland Machine Reveals Itself. Good transitions from sound <> melody 

I really like this, you managed to make something that sounds both futuristic and forest like! I like the story you envisioned too, nice job!

All riiiight, this sounds really futuristic I like it. Well mixed on everything good quality I like the synths pluck and pads going for some synthwave-esque from time to time.  First song has the longest fade ever that I thought another track was starting after ! I liked all the tracks except Mechanical Forest although you nailed the "mechanical" sound to the track, I listen to 10 secs of the main "mechanical" synth and its aggressing my ear in the long term. Other than that well done.

Great job. There is a good use of motifs helping keep the whole thing together. I really like some of synths you used here, not to harsh but just right to give that mechanical feel. 

Track 1: I am immediately in love with this rumbly, bassy mix of electronics and strings. With absolutely no percussion, you convey with just one chord the urgency of the situation.

Track 2: The groovy bassline took me by surprise! Now I'm starting to get an idea of the identity of this soundtrack. The techno-beat in front of an eerie ambient background is a really cool and effective thing.

Track 3: if text-painting is a thing, what's the word for music-painting? Hearing the skittering percussion in the beginning of this track helps me envision the clanking of the forest automatons.

Track 4: this concept is very, very cool-- I am living for the idea, and hearing it unfold both in the description and in the music itself. This track is full of cool-sounding synths!

Track 5: It's incredible when a great concept and a great composer meet. This outlandish idea is put into music perfectly.

Track 6: This track feels a lot more empty than the others, and it's definitely an outlier... though I can't figure out what element of the story this correlates to?

Track 7: Ah, the tragic twist! This is yet another cool track with a really rich swath of synths. I did find the chords to be a little repetitive here.

Track 8: pretty upbeat ending! While, again, the chords are a little repetitive, when you think of it more as dance music all is forgiven. It's been so cool hearing this soundtrack evolve into a techno dream, mirroring the evolution of the forest into a machine.

You are a brilliant composer who has found their voice for sure. I'm not sure how you accomplished what you did, but it was beyond cool and I'm really impressed! Keep writing, bravo!

I really dig the sounds here. Real chill foresty vibe. I think it fits the image perfectly.

The 2nd, 3rd, and 6th tracks really give me some Risk of Rain 2 vibes, and the last two tracks give me short of the 80s/90s Sega Genasis type of a vibe! As well mixed with those cool-sounding synths this is ear candy!

bonus points for some very funny synth sounds!