The first thing that got really obviously after changing from frist person view to a bird eye view in my game was, that the art looks suddenly a lot better :) In your game I got a similar effect, your game looks a lot more polished and professional from the above view (last journal entry), for the first person view it lacks more detailed/consistent art work.

Nevertheless I think that your goal is to finish a game and I like really the progress you make :)

Thought there are two things you could learn or think about. First, game art is really a tough nut. Either you need to create it yourself, you need to seek someone to create art for you to no avail, or you need to take a lot of money to buy/contract art. But often the right design of your game (eg. first person vs bird eye) helps a lot to reduce the burden by a major factor. The second thing is, that a well-intentioned gimmik (first person view) could hurt your game more than it helps. For one it is often a form of feature creep and adds often nasty design issues (I can't see the ghosts any more, what now ?), which, when not really polished, can devaluation your game. Addtionally it increased the art demand, now you have to make your art look good in first person and bird eye view.

I write this to encourage people to start out with small games and play around with different approaches, designs, ideas, techniques like you do. Therefor good work and keep it up :D

Finishing a game is a great feat, congratulations.