I like the level design, though I personally didn't like how some npcs lied while others said the truth, I think most people like that. Some improvements that could have been made:
- Some basic animations, like walk and jump, even 2-4 frame animations would greatly better the game feel
- Some polish, like explosions, particles, screen shake, etc. All of those won't apply to this game much, but some more emphasis when the player dies or something like that would have been good.
- Sound effects would have been great.
- I actually did not notice the death counter at the start, and I think maybe making it bigger or adding some text showing its a death counter would help for people like me who just focused on playing the game.
Even though there are a lot of improvements that could have been made, the game itself is still good. For one person, to make the game and all the assets in this game jam while still having good level design is quite difficult.
It would be great if you continue working on the game after the game jam.