A very creative idea, and comes across well in the music. I think we both went for a similar theme lol! The looping/ostinato aspect is very clever. If I could offer some advice as someone who went for a similar idea, I would say try to go for a "less is more" approach; the first track for example starts off really interesting but can sound a bit cheesy (akin to a mario haunted house). To properly convey the dread and atmosphere I would focus more on subtle ambience, and use harmony that sounds less "haunted-house" esque, although it works better in the second track as it used ironically in a way, putting the music in a third-person context through the vinyl effects. Maybe use completely diatonic harmony somewhere to represent the drab, plain atmosphere. That's only a minor critique though. It is still a very captivating idea, well executed and I would love to see it become an actual game; the second two tracks are very unsettling. Good work!
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Thank you, that's really helpful feedback! Totally get you - when I showed it to my partner he said it had luigi's mansion vibes! I found it quite tough to balance between an eerie sound, and a more spooky cartoonish sound, particularly in the main theme at 2:07, I couldn't work out if the dulcimer sound was creepy or like playfully spooky (I was aiming for creepy!). Wasn't enormously happy with that section, but yea I think you're right it's very dense, a lighter texture would probably have been creepier. Also love that idea of diatonic harmony somewhere to show the plain atmosphere, that'd probably work really well, a very boring and undeveloped sound at some part, it would probably be quite unsettling knowing it's a horror to have a very basic sound, you'd be on edge like when is this gonna go wrong!
Haven't had a chance to listen to other submissions yet - I'll give yours a listen soon and leave it a rating!