I'd say you definitely succeeded in your goal of creating a beautiful game! I love the art and I know it must've taken a lot of work to get all the pixel art done just right. It really paid off! I can totally understand life just getting too crazy, but always have endless respect for anyone wanting to see a project through to the end! I think you have the beginnings of a really great game on your hands and even the combat system seems really interesting! I would love to see future iterations of the game and how the combat begins to play out! Great work and congrats on the submission!