hi kenneth, your wip game remind me a sort of wonderboy , isn't it?

for critics on you last wip with the fir trees, I think you could draw it with just one color or 2, like your last environment with bushes and maybe with a line art for the contour.
so, I realy love the cartoonish style and the choice of colors ! very good job ! and of course remind me the kenneth touch

last, I know a software to create fast and easy game, maybe you could try it

it's named Game Editor and you can export easily (just with one clic button) your game on various platforms as windows, mac, linux, pocket pc,smartphone and gp2x.
there are many tutorials on it to show how to create a map with collision and all the moves of characters and of course how to create a demo

the link :
http://game-editor.com/so good luck for the next !