Hi Monard you always post the most thoughtful comments under my games, I can't thank you enough!! :')) I started making games just to tell stories about my characters so I'm really glad you appreciate them as much as you do!
I did contrast it on purpose (the bright world vs how bleak it actually is underneath) to convey the mood so I'm happy you caught it! And making the character sprites was definitely my favorite part of the process haha, I'm glad they managed to convey their personalities well!
I tried a lot of new things for this game and it leans on being more experimental so I wasn't sure if people are going to enjoy it so thank you for telling me your thoughts!!