some random facts about my submission:
the 2 background layers are just clouds with different sprites
there are 195 lines of code for the player, 122 of which are in the step event, run every frame
the screen transition animation was inspired by super smash bros, which some people at my school play on the big screen during lunch
the day-night cycle colors for the bg is made up of 4 colors (#FF4433, #1b0043, #FFDF4F, and #FFFFFF), 2 of which are chosen and blended with each other based on the amount of time that has elapsed as a sine wave, and whether that's increasing or decreasing