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Hi, thanks for playing the game! There is kind of a lot going on there, so I'll just say a few things. Nothing is traced, I have just spent over a decade practicing and learning to draw traditional horror manga. Ito is my largest influence (and certainly most recognizable to folks in the west), but other influences are artists like Umezz, Hino, Kago, Koga, Maruo, Nori, Masaaki, Yamazaki and Inuki to name a few. There are videos of me illustrating character artwork for the game from scratch on my YouTube channel, where I post devlogs for the game. In response to the claim that there are "stolen assets", this just isn't true. You mentioned rocks from Stardew Valley specifically. That isn't true - the rock sprites in this game are either modified sprites from a tileset named Mana Seed, or completely original.  The game is still early in development, and there is about a year and half to go at least, so hopefully it will shape up into something less clunky and more consistent. Even the artwork is always being tweaked and re-worked as I listen to feedback and try to find the right balance.