Hey, I'm so sorry it took me this long to reply to this!!! I literally went on vacation and had been sorting out some other more pressing matters, now that the jam was over, haha. 

Thanks so much for persisting and actually restarting! There was a lot of bashing my head against the wall when I exported and uploaded the game for the first time two hours before the deadline, and realising that a bunch of pretty difficult problems popped up that were never an issue in the engine.

I'm happy you enjoyed the little content I managed to scrape up. In a perfect world, the narrative elements you enjoyed would have taken the forefront, but for the jam I am happy with the form the "demo" took. I am actually in the process of planning out how to carry on working on this and releasing something with a few hours worth of content, so hearing that the things that were important to me struck a chord with you is very encouraging! 

Again, thank you for taking the time to play the game despite the bugs and for writing what you did! <3

Thanks so much for your words, it really makes me happy to hear your thoughts about all the things I'd been obsessing about for the two weeks I slaved over the project. :) I pushed myself to the limit in terms of realising what I envisioned, and I'm happy with what I managed tgo accomplish, but there's work to be done yet (if not for the jam version)! :)

I'm really happy you enjoyed the game! From a gameplay perspective, I really want to make it a player-friendly experience that can be both challenging and forgiving at the same time. I didn't manage to implement all the quality of life measures I would want (the levels with the descending elevators and the one with all the portals are both particularly horrible offenders in that regard), but I'm glad it did not deter you and that you could have a good time! :D

And yes, the storytelling is also very important to me, even though I chose a slightly more fragmentary approach in this game. The final and complete story is still partly obscured even for me, but perhaps that's the way it's meant to be for now! :)

Again, thank you so much!

Thank you very much for your comments! I tried to be merciful with the respawns, indeed! I learned before that just because I play through a level 50 times in order to make sure it works doesn't mean that someone picking it up for the first time will have quite as easy a time. :D

Hey, thanks very much for your comment! Yeah, I was pondering the elevators, because in a perfect world I would have had time to implement a kind of "bonk prevention" mechanic, that gives you a bit of leeway if you're 1-2 pixels off, so that I could keep the collision but at least make it not quite as mean as it is in the jam version. I'll definitely put more thought into it when I start dismantling the mess I made in the last few days of the rush to the finish line. :D Again, thank you!

Thank you so much! Glad it worked well for you! 

Hey, thanks so much for what you said! It truly means a lot to hear such positive feedback. I definitely put a lot of effort into it, and there's a lot of effort to put in yet, but knowing that people actually like the game is what makes it worthwhile. I'm sorry it took me so long to reply, it's been a hectic day. I'll have a look at your submission tomorrow, I'm dead tired and I just wanted to thank you before I go to sleep. Till then! :)