Such a cute game! I'm a sucker for anything featuring good boys. The mechanics are good. I sometimes felt like the controls were not my friend, but I found your fixed version that that seemed to improve things. Guess it was my fps rate. Anyway, it was pretty fun.
Graphics are great, they easily read and the dog is cute.
Sound FX meet expectations but I was bummed there was no music.
Gameboy Soul is bursting out of this. This would have totally been in my collection of carts.
Quirkiness is also here, it's a unique take on platforming.
Secondary theme interpretation: There is gold, I assume it is old. Ya got it!