Definitely inspiring me to make some new pixel art, I love all of it!
Huge fan of gobbo characters, so especially hyped about the rock band, and the tall slime dude is giving off Merkava vibes for some reason.
I don't think this is what you were getting at, but I kinda like the idea of just populating an environment with characters, and then deciding which ones to use as NPCs based off of what playtesters gravitate towards... They all look like they have stories to tell...