Balancing Beavers

This is my first entry for my first art jam on itch.io! The idea for this game mock-up was that the player controls a beaver who's trying to balance on the log floating in the water, since the theme of the jam is "balance." The arrow on the UI slides quickly along the bar from one end to the other, and the player has to hit the correct button when the arrow passes through the middle of the bar. The speed of the arrow increases at higher levels. 

My favorite part of the image is the dithered gradient in the bar. I placed each pixel manually (for the practice), but I went cross-eyed by the end of it, lol.

I'm very, very new to pixel art, so this was a fun challenge to get more practice. Thanks for reading!