right now the variations/shades of the colors are a bit hard to distinguish, you could try to have more contrast (especially the dark colors being more dark)

Thanks for the feedback!

@Curly: True, they could use a bit more contrast
@Eishiya: Forgot about that, removed those outlines at the top, looks definitely better!
update with both changes:


About the plants, yeah those should be kinda some more leaves or something i tried to make them more readable


@yrizoud: valid point, i'll keep that in mind when i'll be working on something new. I think i can balance it out with more originality in the gameplay

@questseeker:
Hm that's mostly a style choice, i kinda like the strong contrast you get from having certain areas of your screen covered by black. I really liked the those kind of cave areas in Metroid or Castlevania games (the newer ones).

I do think approach in your second screen looks kinda cool as well, but i will probably stick to red.

I think using the brown tones for the decoration rocks is a good idea. Although while they are in the foreground, they are still a bit behind the player (he can't collide with them) - so not sure if it makes it a bit harder for the player to see the actual terrain he can walk on?

Also the background rock layer is supposed to "hold" the floating foreground rocks, if i try to make it appear more in the background (by reducing saturation or use more colors) they also look more disconnected, not sure how of important that factor is?

Looks good,
the first one reminds me of a mask i have hanging around here