Thanks for playing our game and glad you liked it!
Yes, it is the Pharaoh coming back to another jam. (He is even older from my very first jam (GWJ47) which didn’t made it into submission) But last time he got the texture upgrade, while now a massive animation upgrade and new staff weapon.
Thanks for the notice here. I was too tired after jam but also updated that info on game description!
Animated grass would be cool! Although we had already performance issues and I don’t know how expensive that is.
I agree that the levels are a bit repetitive. As per usual we over scoped here. I had also made a snake or wanted to add more mobs to give some variety to the levels or different mob behaviors.
Making vegetation assets was new for me this jam and interesting to make. Glad you liked the replenish mechanic, I was hoping it makes playing more comfortable.