I loved the retro style in this game! I haven’t encountered TIC-80 before, but will take a closer look at it, as this game introduced me to it :D
Instant movement cannot go wrong, which is great, animated background (was that just a camera parameters, or some other technique?) and menu added quite a bit of polish to the game.
Fights were interesting, once you understand how to use all the abilities, but I think having some gold at the start (or going into debt!) can help as otherwise you cannot use abilities in the first fight. Also discovering that you can use number keys to select abilities was super helpful in fights.