Thank you so much! The team worked very hard to make this as good as we could within the confines of the Jam, and we're glad people are liking it so much! We'll pass the praise on to everyone!
For the question, our Director Meinos Kaen says:
"I can't say I've had the pleasure of playing those two games, but now I will have to! If I had to think of an inspiration, Paranormasight and Danganronpa use sprites in a similar way, although those games have fully 3D environments, so I couldn't replicate it 1:1, obviously."