This was fun! I especially enjoyed the artwork and sound but the art takes the cake for me on this one. Also, unless I missed something, the art is where the theme was mainly satisfied? I think it's also worth mentioning that your tutorial was very clean and lead into the game nicely. I was a little intimidated when reading the controls from the itch page but they were pretty intuitive after the quick tutorial. Props!
I didn't have much difficulty getting to the end. My team of a couple of swashbucklers, a couple of archers, and a priest were more than effective. There were a couple of occasions that the swashbucklers got stuck behind the ranged units and couldn't figure out how to walk around/through the crowd.
I think panning the camera with WASD would have been nicer if I could hold the key to pan instead of mashing the keys to look around. I tended to use the mouse when panning left and right but could not pan up and down with the mouse. That may have been from the web player not showing me the whole screen maybe? Not sure, but thought I'd mention it just in case.
**SPOILER STUFF AFTER THIS**
I was anticipating a big throw down at the end of the last level when I couldn't see the exit. It felt like a "here comes the boss" kinda moment and could've rounded off the playthrough and let the player verify they have composed a strong squad.
The ending was sad. I worked hard to free the people! But the splash of colour was pretty awesome.
Overall, I enjoyed this game. Thanks for sharing!
Just finished typing this and noticed a couple of things were already said... Sorry for the repetition!