Lo-fi guitar loops bleeding into RPG Maker silence, like someone left a bedroom recording playing in an empty save file. oath is vai5000's deeply personal companion piece to their 2024 EP, scoring a short visual novel about returning to a town and a person you tried to forget.
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"Memory Depths" sinks into reverb-heavy ambience that matches the hand-drawn art's lonely weight, and "Broken City (Hollow)" pairs stripped-back piano with that specific ache of walking through somewhere that used to matter.
There is even a Baka Mitai cover tucked in there. The whole thing feels like a late-night walk through your own nostalgia. Perfect for anyone who thinks RPG Maker games hold some of indie gaming's rawest emotional writing.