I saw the art for the jam page and immediately got excited LOL 

I want to get Hexels when it goes on sale. It's like $50. At the moment I just use Blender (free) and Clip Studio Paint (paid). Anyone used CSP for game art before? Is it possible to get a pixel art setup in it? 

I've been playing with RPG Maker VX Ace lately but I think I'll be using Unity or Unreal for this. Unity is more of a safe-space for me since I use it in school, but I know Unreal is overall better and this would be a decent opportunity to get familiar with it (although its taken me a few days just to get used to the interface...)

Hmmm... try here: http://www.sortingh.at/

For pixel art I'm a big fan of Aseprite. The current version is $15, but they do offer an old (full) version for free: https://www.aseprite.org/older-versions/

They also have a trial of the current version, but you can't save files with it, so it's only good for getting a feel for the program.

wowie! Thanks guys!