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I finally finished the original album I've had in the works for years! Check it out if you like anything vaguely chiptuney! https://hylianlemon.bandcamp.com/album/zest-quest Thanks to Phonetic Hero for helping out with the final track and for holding me accountable for making progress.

Voted! @eggsngaming It's a shame you didn't get to enter your ReMix. I really like it.

I love every tiny fruity bit in this, from the concept to the music. Bought it! :3

@Gario, in his own words in a remix thread in the workshop: How horrible. It got me wondering what methods and procedures the judges use when judging. Do you use the resub tag, when, when not, why, why not? When do you say conditional and when do you say resub? What are your dealbreakers? What if there are random fart noises in the middle of an otherwise excellent track? Larry has his stopwatching and 50% standard for assessing source content. What else do you guys have? Similar to our meet the evaluators, can we have a meet the judges thread?

eval: Minimalistic intro. Then the eighties kick in. Cool. The sound design could use a bit of work, maybe using different drums and an additional layer of pads for the intro. The less there is going on, the more you have to pay attention to the sound design and expression of the instrumentation. Sound design is much less of a concern in the busier parts of the mix. The mixing could use some work. The whole track sounds a bit dark and muffled, even on my speakers which I know hype the highs a bit. Giving the bass and leads a bit more of their (individual) higher frequencies should help. Just don't overdo it. There are moments where the pads dive deep into the lows, seemingly arbitrarily (eg 2:25). Get your lows under control. It's an interesting take on the source, no complaints about source usage. The arrangement overall works well, but it lacks signalling and punctuation. Eg at 1:00 the track stops and goes into a breakdown. Nothing to signal it or accentuate it (in this case, signalling would probably work better than accentuating, punctuating the change). Same at 1:53, where the only signalling is two tom hits. It could use more, and start earlier, and cover more of the instrumentation. How to do this is a matter of taste, as there are a lot of techniques to use for punctuating and signalling change. It's a chill piece. I like it. But it needs some work before it's ready to eb subbed. Some mixing and a few arrangement edits are probably necessary. I think those are the critical issues. Cool stuff.