Thank you, really appreciate the kind words and feedback!
100% on the motif. I really wanted to explore using motifs a bit more in this jam, as I tend to improv a lot when making music that I think comes from my background of playing in a band where we tend to improv a lot when jamming to figure out new songs. I really love it in films or games where there is a strong, recognisable motif for a character or place so wanted to dive deeper there.
But I knew it was a bit stark and repetitive for this piece. I was still busy exploring ways of evolving it, for instance just reversing the chord note progressions, which already yielded interesting results, but time ran out.
And yes, getting in some more melodic flavour and a bit more progressions is def something I still want to explore with this piece, really enjoyed working on this.