thanks for the kind words gonna check out your game after work! The shadow on the player is actually an asset I purchased from itch on a whim and have ended up adding to all my projects since. https://uppon-hill.itch.io/pixel-platformer-shadow
That’s the asset. It is paid but only costs 1 dollar and is well worth it imo. Incredibly easy to set up and took less than 10 minutes.