i appreciate your context on how you were able to personally relate to the theme and put your current experiences into your composing; much respect...
ough, these two tracks are distinctly well composed; very well done doing your best within the jam's timeframe to compose a diverse enough collection of atmospheres to convey some amount of story for your videogame concept! ^^
i was a bit caught off-guard with the experimental nature in both the instrumentation and melodies — i'd love for that brief chromatic chiptune synth in "The Chain that Hangs" to have additional feature in the track, perhaps in a dedicated section, to have more presence.