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Here is my piece for the Secret Santa event. I finished it. And very quickly too. EDIT: @Left Unexplained said that I had to include the topic that I got as well as my piece, so here is the topic I got:

Interesting work. I wouldn’t worry about whether the second movement fits with the first - contrast is important, although Haydn once said that it is also important to find ways to relate the movements, whether with thematic material or in a structural sense. You say you intend to write a minuet as for the third movement. May I ask why this is your intention? I would not say the music is characteristic of the common practice period, but more romantic in its disposition. Something you may want to consider Thanks

Overall you have handled the counterpoint well. I do find the position at which you have placed the repeat unusual - perhaps that is me. I am not very familiar with Bach’s inventions, besides the more popular ones on YouTube. However I find your handling of the prinner (6-5-4-3 motion) not unlike Bach’s in his music that I am familiar with. The short section beyond the repeat bar is almost in a different style to the preceding part. Is this intentional and is this in character with the structure of Bach’s inventions?

The first example doesn't really sound authentically-Chiptune to me. The best way to emulate Chiptunes is to just use the same patches from the soundcards of old video game consoles; luckily, they've made a series of VSTs that do just that. http://www.superaudiocart.com/ They have ones for consoles (audio cart), gameboy and PC. For 80s-style chiptunes, you'd also want to compose with the limitations of the NES in mind. The NES did not allow for polyphonic channels, and you only had 3 channels for oscillators, with the fourth being white noise for a drum kit. This means you'd want to write contrapuntally or in 3-part harmony if you're aiming for authenticity. For your second example, you'd want to use emulations (or the real thing) of synths like the Yamaha DX-7, Roland Juno 106, Jupiter 8 and for drums: The Linn LM-1. Tons of emulations exist of these things. With the drums, the stereotypical-80s approach was to send the snare and toms into a freakin' massive reverb and then put a gate on the reverb so it cuts the tail off quickly. Other than that, they added chorus and delay to many lead sounds, pads, etc. Structurally, it was no different than modern pop music.