This caught my eye, i gotta say. Im a fan of Hollow Knight, i just prefer an even more painterly style. What sort of style are you going for? Hollow Knight with bold outlines? Rayman with its rimlighting on smooth rendered characters? I have a post up, some examples in there, my style is very "clean" and quirky, but i do like the concept here.
My dream style would be something akin to 80/90s animated stuff with the painted environments and flat colored animated characters. Since Redwall is one of my inspirations, I'll use a shot from the show as an example.
Something akin to this, just a top down game perspective and bolder lines. Though, not having the painted environments is not a deal breaker for me, might be a little difficult to pull off, But its part of my dream vision.