Hello! Welcome to Feedback Quest 8! My name's Hythrain, a co-host and one of the streamers for this event! This feedback is being written live as I stream your game! If you're interested in seeing my live reaction, let me know and I can send you a link to the VOD once it's posted to YouTube!
So my normal approach for any game in these events is simple: I get the game, make sure it's not a virus, then play it with as little information on how to play as possible. This way, I can judge how intuitively someone can figure out the game. Only if it's obvious that I need to read more will I do so. I note this so you can get a sense where some of these feedback comes from. In addition, I want to note that feedback and rating are different; don't use this feedback to gauge what I'll rate, nor should you view my rating as entirely indicative of my feedback.
HOW DARE YOU MAKE SUCH A SHORT DEMO FOR SUCH AN INTERESTING AND FUN METROIDVANIA! HOW DAAAAAAAAARE!
Okay, joking aside, I adore this. I love Metroidvanias and this is no exception. The artwork is beautiful and crisp, the music is a mix of evocative and haunting, and I quickly fell in love with the game's mechanics. I think my favourite part was when I realized there would be more than one type of body to control, with each body having their own controls. I love the little bird fish thing!
One thing that popped into my mind while I was playing it, however, was "why make use of the mouse instead of just having two hands on the keyboard?" Then an idea popped into my head: why not make use of the mouse when you're doing the "drawing" mechanic? So after pressing and holding space, the ball becomes bound to the cursor and the cursor is placed where the ball is. Then you can use the mouse to draw the shape. This would feel more accurate than trying to press and hold the right buttons, at least to me, and it would then make sense for why the player is using the mouse as well as WASD. And in the event a player doesn't want to do this, you could make it an option to turn on and off. :D
Otherwise, this game is phenomenal and I'm so upset at how short it was! I was just getting invested!