Thank you so much for this detailed review, very insightful. Our character artist modelled, rigged, and textured the mouse hero while also completing her final exams, impressive stuff! She also did the village houses of Mouseholes (btw Mouseholes == Mouse Souls).
Those mouse hits are painful so I wanted the SFX to hurt a bit too. There's a story blurb on the itch page, but mostly I was just going for a vibe to not interrupt the action.
I absolutely loved your guys' game. Drop me a message here or somewhere if you all decide to expand it, I'd love to be a play tester or somehow involved.