Your game has a lot of potential! I liked the ideas, but unfortunately I got stuck right at the beginning. After getting the platforming ability, I managed to float to a large door but didn't know how to open it, and all the doors were locked in the same way.

Some improvements I noticed in this short gameplay:

Increasing the movement speed would probably help; the character felt quite slow.

Maybe reducing a little the momentum of the character, it feels like sliding sometimes.

The platform idea is really cool, but I think it ran out of energy and I didn't know where to get more to use again, so I couldn't explore much.

Make it a little clearer what you need to do to open the white doors, because I didn't understand (maybe I would have figured it out if I kept trying, but unfortunately I'm short on time).

Overall, the game has a lot of potential; I loved the idea of the mortar and the platform!

Enjoyment 3/5: While the gameplay itself and the concepts in it were pretty enjoyable, everything felt unintuitive, and it usually took a while to understand basic uses for things. There's also some things that are only really vaguely connected, like the concept of the white platforms clearing white barriers, which took me a while to try.

Execution 4/5: Quite solid. The game achieves what it sets out to do, though it's a bit rough around the edges.

Sensory 3/5: While the visuals looked good and cohesive, most of the actions you can take in the game lack feedback and thus feel underwhelming.

Metroidvania 4/5: While the paths can be direct, it's a classic metroidvania through and through.

Relevance 4/5: It definitely fits conceptually, although its kept from being a 5 due to the fact that the game itself doesn't show it much, rather the description and some limited subtext.

The mortar as the core combat concept feels like it has a lot of potential, but for some reason just never felt like it clicked to me. Maybe it didn't feel like there was enough feedback on the hit, I dunno. I also found all the boss fights either incredibly easy (stand in a safe spot and spam shots) or incredibly difficult (constant attacks that felt almost impossible to dodge while actually returning damage), and regular enemies felt just kinda tedious to fight with their unpredictable movements.

To be clear though, I do love the idea of the mortar; and I love a cute gal with huge guns! I think with some work on that you'd have a really fun to play character, and that's before we get to the platforms.

It took a while for the platforms to click, but when they did they definitely felt like an enjoyable way to move around the space. Something about them always felt a little clunky or janky, but not so much that I was frustrated yanno? With a couple platforms available to me it was enjoyable to look at where I wanted to go and ask "how can I put these pieces together to get there?"

I'm not entirely sure how well the platforms and the mortar mesh together, but both are systems with a lot of potential that could become really excellent if you find out how to really marry the two.

Overall a very cool game. While the movement and abilities feel a bit slow and I got lost a few times in the huge levels, using the abilities did become fun after getting the hang of it. Especially that mortar attack.

What stands out to me the most is the visuals. The levels and enemies fit well into the overall design. But the best part has got to be the character. Probably my favorite out of all the entries I've played. Huge ears + huge mortars is peak character design.

Very creative in the design of player abilities (that type of base attack was a first for me). The movement felt sloppy and hard to control, it made precise platforming difficult and sometimes frustrating. The controls being taught in an active manner would have been nice. I don't know if it was intentional, but there wasn't music on my side (I could hear the SFX though). The environment was nicely created, and the minimalist aspect was visible. Good job.

I really like the idea of placing platforms, and the level design is pretty well thought out in how everything seemed to circle back in on itself.  The only major issue in this respect is with the purple key; I found it was very easy to miss, as the nearby green wall naturally draws you in the opposite direction, and with the entrance to the purple key being so high up, it’s easy to just not see it entirely (looking for this area alone probably doubled my playtime, but I may also just be blind).  Otherwise, I very much enjoyed the exploration aspect.

My biggest gripe is more so with the base movement and combat. The jump feels too floaty and the air control too low for the platforming to necessarily feel great, and aiming the attack forwards and back (on controller, at least) felt too sensitive.  On top of that, having to stand still for so long to aim makes bosses frustrating with how much they spam projectiles, and basic enemies obnoxious since by the time the projectile hits the ground, they’ve already moved elsewhere.

Visually, the game is great, I quite like the character and enemy designs. The environments are also distinct with each zone having interesting landmarks to look at; I never felt lost in the sense of not recognizing an area I’ve already been to. Exploration was certainly a strength with this game.

Overall, well done on the visuals and world design, but the controls could have used a bit more time in the oven, I feel.

Please! If you play the game make sure to use the Left Trigger to reset cooldowns! You do not have to wait the whole cooldown period! That's just there to prevent abuse!