Loved this! I'll agree with the others that the music doesn't really fit the overall vibe, though I know you're aware of that. Otherwise, if I had to critique something I'd recommend making the background dark and the foreground lighter, as the current setup feels like the dog and the background are at the same depth, though that's just a personal opinion. Great job, good luck with the full release!
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Overall I honestly enjoy the graphics, gives me a real SNES/Genesis vibe and you've got that down, everything seems to fit together. Usually you want things closer to you to be lighter than the things further away, but that can also be subjective, so if you like what you're doing better go for it! It's entirely just my two cents.
Weird, I totally thought it was the opposite. I must have gotten the wrong idea somewhere or misremembered something. But just looking up some screenshots of well known 2d games, your advice seems to match up. I kind of didn't feel great about the graphical style overall and want to try something a bit different for the full version, so assets are going to get redone anyway. At least everything but the dog, which got the most time and I'd like to make a few tweaks too without scrapping entirely.