Hi ^-^
That's great news! Thanks so much for your hard work, and I look forward to the updates! Adding characters sounds awesome too as I have been struggling with finding workable 32x64 sprites to build on and test with. The LPC character generator has been a close fit with 64x64 sprites complete with animations, but with dizzying licensing restrictions to navigate. I also considered scaling up the Mana Seed system sprites, but they're outside of my budget.
Please don't feel rushed on my account regarding characters or anything like that. I'm in the early stages of planning for a paper doll system so I can have character creation and gear changes as part of gameplay, but that's further down the line on my roadmap, and I'm moving slow as a newbie. :P I'm still building my main game map and interior locations, so I'm excited to see how your interior and exterior assets develop. :D