Thank you for the advice and for taking the time to evaluate my work—I really appreciate the honest feedback. Do you think 256 colors would be enough to clean up the piece and re-upload it? 💙
The way you stylize the characters to fit such a small size is very charming, and it's a joy to look at all the little things simultaneously happening on the canvas. When I saw this work on the site's queue I was so vividly reminded of the point-and-click games I played as a child, I think you really captured the kind of whimsy and wonder of observing small details that many games of that era possessed.
Yes, please reduce it, any reduction will help. try reduce it lower than 256