Thank you for the feedback and for finishing both levels!
Regarding the readability of both levels: I wanted to vary the buildings and ground more with grass and different areas, but time ran out to add them. I agree that there needs to be way more contrast and I'm going to try and focus on that next. Also need to fix the button with the weapon select; it was a last minute addition instead of a proper hangar and weapons screen so I didn't bother having it save the setting, apologies.
The options menu text is a weird issue, not sure what's causing that. Could I ask what OS you're on? Might be an issue with GMS 1.4 being old software; also trying my best to get resolutions working ASAP, sorry for the bad pixel stretching!