Hello! I'm surprised there's a game jam this long D:
The artstyle is pretty peculiar, I think the game would've had its own unique style if even the characters and the ground tile were custom made. I felt though that there wasn't enough decoration around the maps - some flowers and tall grass would've definitely helped - for most part there's only plain grass and some tree.
I only played for half an hour, since I unfortunately kinda lost interest midway (But also because I had other games to play). I stopped since the story didn't really pull me in, and the lack of gameplay (in the part I played) didn't help.
If you're interested, here's the video gameplay.