NIck helped me by using photoshop to vamp up the background!
Working on the engine and the actual level now as ive drawn all the peices of land! PLus ive changed the tiles for the rocks slighlty so they dont look rubbish against the background!
I think the green on the hills is too intense and needs to be considerably lighter in colour. It clashes a bit too much with the green on the foreground tiles.
Yeah, being so bright doesn't give it the illusion of being far away. The graphic style on the whole though looks really good. I especially like the tree-house