Sorry, I don’t have tips to offer, but I really enjoyed the music. Seems like it would fit well in those atmospheric/art based games too. Very calming!

This is really, really good for your first time making music. Really enjoyed this! A nice set of piano/string compositions. Reminiscent of games like Minecraft and Hollow Knight. Hope to see you in the next competition!

Title Theme: You have a good sense of having the music push and pull, keeping it in constant motion so it doesn’t feel stagnant. The low piano chords give a sense of solemnity and darkness. Having this as your title theme sets the stage for the tragedy that this story is.

Loading: I think your use of harp is a very calm accompaniment instrument that both supports the flute melody, but also allows the player to take a step back while the game loads.

Player Creation: The viola melody is sweet and longing. This is a really beautiful track.

Hub: This hub sounds rather dark, but if you are a group of mice looking for adventure, the world is probably a pretty dark and scary place! The piano melody is pretty, at the same time maybe could stand to be a little softer?

Hub (Night): The longer bows instead of the fast decaying piano notes feels a little more floaty which works well for a night theme. I think it was an interesting choice to double the melody in both the high and low harp, I wonder what it might sound like with only the high harp playing the melody?

Area 1: The oboe melody and the underlying chords have a contemplative quality that I really like. This is my favorite of all your tracks so far.

Area 1 (Night): Strings and flute are just as calming and contemplative as the day version, and the floatiness from the strings does a good job distinguishing this as the night version.

Enemy: I think this is your best written motif. The addition of the percussion instruments adds some energy to the music which works well for when an enemy approaches.

Enemy (Night): The more subtle version of an enemy approaching makes me think that maybe the enemies are more sly at nighttime.

Level Up: The upward harmonies help convey the sense of achievement and use of the bVI-bVII-I chord progression right at the beginning is the classic video game way of doing this.

Boss 1: Way to take the enemy theme and charge up the intensity with the voices to give a familiar yet new take on this more epic battle theme.

Defeat: This reimagination of the level up theme works really well for the victory theme (though based on your story, I wonder if it’s actually supposed to feel this triumphant?). Good use of French horn to provide heroic sounds.

End: The voices sound really epic in this one! This track has a very cinematic quality to it that would pair very nicely with your story and convey a lot of emotions when hearing and seeing them on the screen.

Game Over: Good job with the leitmotif work here and making it sound more somber and final. Overall, this is a lot of music, especially for your first time doing this sort of thing! Keep up the great work and thank you for sharing!

What a tragic story, and your composition made it justice, it captures the hopelessness of the journey perfectly. I like how you still get a glimmer of hope and epicness in your last tracks (I'm think of "Ennemy" and the brass section in "Defeat"). It reminded me a lot of the Minecraft OST in your chord progression choices and melodies. This was a really emotional journey and props for making me feel the emotions you were conveying so strongly. Great entry!

Its really impressive that you weren't just able to create a really big soundtrack for the given time, but also put together a story and art for it. Really cool work, especially since this was your first time making music

That's an impressive amount of music for the time we had! I like how each track has its own distinct feel, and how you reuse a main motif throughout. Also nice contrast between daytime and night themes using different instrumentation. You used strings for the nighttime for the most part, which is pleasantly consistent (except in Enemy where it is the other way around). Nice work on the story, too!

Nice job on your first soundtrack! Loved "End - Final Blow".

Great work putting a story together. The music has a very lonely quality to it... I suppose it is a story of loss. The only thing I wonder is what keeps the player playing, what keeps the listener listening. I didn't notice a hook or tension.

I did appreciate how the songs kept a riff going throughout.

Great work!

It's truly impressive how in-depth this game is, and the lore is super interesting as well. Great work!

Your composition style is very pretty, the melancholic tone in all the tracks remind me of minecraft.

I love how put together this whole pack is, the music, the art and music sheets. Great work
I personally enjoyed the 'End' theme, it's my favorite from this set

Wow, what an impressive amount of work!!!!!! It suits very well to the image and the game you're describing. good job!

This looks really cool.

Nice job! Love the amount of detail and thought you put into this. The story and art you made is great. I also enjoy that you shared the sheet music.