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I'm pretty satisfied with the first section with repeats, which also ends the whole piece. The polyphonic part before da capo is something I just wrote and I wonder if it works in the context? And the transition between different sections, do they work?

I'm fairly easy going about how music is phrased. Your indications are fine. Slurring over staccato notes is fine if you want to make it perfectly clear how the phrasing goes. (With most professionals it isn't strictly necessary- they'll know what to do.) You can have slurs within slurs to indicate a few notes legato compared with others that aren't all in the same phrase. A slur covering legato notes that end on a very short untongued note is fine. To me, it shows you want it played that way. If you wanted the staccato to be a tongued staccato you'd leave the slur off. You don't need breathing marks. (As an aside, oboe breathing is awkward. Oboists can play very long phrases, the instrument needs very little wind. The problem is that they have to exhale fully when taking a new breath so it needs that tiny bit extra time than single reed instruments. If they don't exhale first they get dizzy!) Another point is that the lowest notes (the B and Bflat) are impossible to play quietly. A good player can get mf. So your "dim" in bar 6 is unlikely to get much quieter than the mf in bar 5. (In the same way, notes going above high C get weaker and can't be expected to sound more than about mf (even if you write ff.) Hope that helps.

Hey @Nhloki, I really enjoyed listening to your fugue! It really sounds amazing. The moments where you prolong a dominant harmony for measure after measure are probably my favorite, as I love the tension and excitement it builds up. I was a little let down by the ending; to me, it feels like it should have a very, very strong V-I in the home key. The strong cadence in iv, followed by the very brief V-I sort of felt like a let down. However, I have no doubt that you very consciously composed every note of this, so I am not criticizing at all, just letting you know how it felt to me. Great job!

True, but I'm still not very good with improvisation. So I tried my best I guess haha.