Nice one! I'm not sure what purpose the black stripes serve in the background though. It'd be more interesting if you created the same rocky wall shapes as elsewhere using that black and gray.
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Great feedback! Your reccomended technique is the one i didn't think of and instead just applied black stripes in the persuit of pixel science.