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This is such a clever game, and a really fresh take on something like an auto battler. It's super fun! It was also kind of a small detail, but I really liked that when you fight the first boss, a new track in the background music is enabled (at least that's how I think you did it) giving those ominous vocals. Great work!

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Thanks! Yeah, our music guy RobotGamerDev implemented some cool dynamic music switching. There is also a subtle difference between combat and non-combat modes during non-boss encounters.

I did notice the difference in combat music after making my original comment. Very cool! I've actually been thinking about dynamic music a bit and how it could be accomplished (I'm new to game dev). Do you or your music guy know of any good resources for learning about it?

I realized after asking for resources that you already gave me everything I need, a new keyword to google (dynamic music). Thanks!

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I'm glad and flattered you noticed! : )
I'm sure you can find details by googling, like I did, but the broad strokes are:
We used Godot, and to do the dynamic music, I used multiple AudioStreamPlayers. Each was tied to a different bus. when it was time to switch, I would get the current time of the one playing, start the new one at that time, then use a tween to turn the volume on one bus down and up on the other. It took some finagling of the different parameters of the tween to get it right, and I can hear where it's not perfect, so if I were to do it over I would just start one at max volume and stop the other, and hide the transition with some sound effect. : P

Clever! Thanks for the info!