Thank you so much!
I actually did play around with having the characters on the promo images but it felt too "busy" with the photo I had chosen for that, and it was way too close to the deadline for any brainpower to remain :p I will definitely consider updating those promo images to include them.
I did consider post-processing for the background photos when I did my very first Narrat game (which is just as short and involves Hulda from this very game) and decided against it, actually! One, this is a whole skillset I simply do not have (and that I'm not super interested in learning either). Two, I like the mash-up. This is how I imagine my stories when I am daydreaming-- I can be taking a walk in my neighborhood and "see" in my mind's eyes the characters in 2D going about their lives. That's how I've always been, maybe because I watched a lot of anime as a kid? Anyway.
I'm glad you enjoyed it so much, thank you for all your kind words!