Looks like color reduction in the background, which is technically not allowed on Pixel Joint. Cool piece of art overall though. I like how the looking glass appears brighter than the other areas of the image.
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The background is actually a color reduction, sorry. It was a 3d model made for that purpose; way to easy to get a bg in the game.
Thanks for your reply!