This was so cute!! You had me from the first line "I'm not 8 anymore... I'm 8 and a half!" adorable. The pixel art was gorgeous, the music was really nice, and the story was super sweet. There's a ton of potential here if y'all do more development on it, I would love to see the relationship between Leaf and Shelly explored a little, maybe some fun little dialogue while on the sea, exploring how he died/why he wanted to see the ocean, idk. And the inventory, picking up random objects but giving them significance on the boat in Leaf's imagination. Anyway loved this, great job!