The sheer level of work you managed to get while stretching yourself over so many songs in such a short time is really impressive, and you had everything chock full of creative music ideas and executed so many of them very well, I especially liked The Hostel and Inside Her World. And while your composition aspects really shone in this, I do think a bit of the production quality suffered due to how much work you put in everything else. It doesnt detract from the experience too much, where songs like Cardinal City feel a bit muddy, probably in part due to effects and reverb applied, so if you are aware of that and spend more time refining the mix in the future you have an excellent collection of work here! I know i went in on the mixing a bit without giving the best advice and i am sorry for that, id recommend this video that the composers for SoulOS recommended to me to get started. I did really love your submission though, you should be proud!!
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thank you so much for the feedback! don't be sorry, this is exactly the kind of feedback i joined this jam for. i've been told about the mixing issues, especially on the lower end. with how difficult it is to even think about mixing on Beepbox, i might switch DAWs in the near future so my works can be less muddy.
thanks so much for the resources and detailed feedback - i appreciate it a lot! i'll for certain take it into account in the future.
If you want suggestions for daws (idk if ive mentioned them in discord) i would recommend Cakewalk by Bandlab or LMMS as they are by far the most stable and most supported free daws out there, i personally prefer cakewalk but I know people who swear by LMMS's workflow so to each their own I guess. I don't know how Beepbox works, but if you want VST instruments to get you going with a similar style look into Magical 8 Bit and NES VST for base chiptune sounds and sForzando to use soundfonts which will help you navigate a lot more retro sounds in the style you want. SurgeXT also has excellent synth options which I think you will like for expanding your sound (apologies if this is information you already knew, i have genuinely never heard of Beepbox so have no idea how it works and figured this is more likely to help then hurt haha, also everything listed here is free!)