It's an RPG game. And I think although it is more realistic, it doesn't scream I AM A BAT as much... hehe

I don't know, Opacus, even though I like your flapping I think it wouldn't be as clearly visible ingame, since he's wings are only 1 pixel thick...
And pixelisforhire, yours is really looking like a crab hehehe... Thanks anyway!

noob question: is it really all that bad to use a transparent layer? Or is it just a puritan thing?

@ZoSo and Aritriste: Yes, it is indeed RPGMaker, although the 2000 version. And as progFX already quoted my saying, I only did the char and clouds, and the tile set is a mix from default graphics and some taken from the net. And as I said at the beginning, I started making this game only for fun, and it was back in 2001 or so, and I didn't care wether the graphics were mine or not, crappy or not. It was just fun, and still is, only now I'm more interested in learning pixel art. Oh, and thanks a lot for the compliment, Aristriste.

@Stwelin: I only posted the screenshot of the game to show how the clouds were being used, nothing more. It would be a little hard to tell only by the cloud sprites. As for the clouds, I'm already using 4 shades, although it may not look like so, maybe I need to use the darker shades a bit more. And I'll try some different hues, I liked the ideia. Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks! I don't know if you meant to make the grass look like the rest of the terrain or just to make the transition smoother. If it's the first case, that grass was intended to stick out, because that's a different type of terrain, so if a fight occurs there, the fight background and monsters will be different. That's the beggining of a grass field up above.