Great little game. Well done. I barely managed to make it to the end, but it was a fairly harrowing trip.
If I had a suggestion, it would be that it would be nice to have a pixel-art progress map showing the journey in addition to the hours estimate. That would really drive home a sense of how far you've gone and how far you have left to go, building nicely on what you've already got here. I'd especially like to see little icons for things you encounter or accomplish along the way - might be something people would want to screenshot and share.
Anyway, great job. Hope to see more cool games from you in the future!