Thank you for all the kind words :D I don't think a HD version is feasible, even if HD versions would be made/found, as the foreground cutouts are specifically made for the low res backgrounds, so they'd have to be remade too. It would be cool I agree, just not easy in the slightest. I'm currently working on the foreground cutouts of the Forest of Torian, which contains the entrance to the Shrine of Illusion. After that I'll have to add NPCs, warps, enemies, dialogue etc. Then after that the town of Verna and the Ubato Hills east of the Forest of Torian (with all the previously named stuff + collision and foreground) and then finally the Shrine of Illusion. I estimate it'll take me at least a couple of months, as I have to juggle multiple hobbies and projects too. It's a massive project, so I'm taking it one step at a time :)
https://imgur.com/a/o6WL3dm Here's the current progress on the forest. Btw this is only half of the forest. There's still two rows of tiles left after finishing these tiles.