I am the ultimate scapegoat ... wait that's not right. Ultimate escaper ... escape artist. That's it. I'm the greatest escape artist! Loved, loved this entry. Was one of my favorite plays while streaming so far. I think you heard all the feedback there, but great job giving me that gamer high when I finally reached the end.

Great accomplishment. Wonderful use of art and feel good speedy character. Obviously you know the points about the difficulty so I won't bother saying, and it is not a task about gameplay anyway.  looks nice and has a flow in the level which is good.

I hate it. 5/5

I agree with others about the difficulty, maybe a practice mode with checkpoints and no chasing would have made learning the level less frustrating? The art is great and it was still fun to beat, here is my speedrun video

Wow. What can I say, this is absolutely brilliant. Probably the best I played so far in this jam and I've played a lot. The art is astonishing and love the movement feel and abilities of the character. As others have mentioned, it is definitely on the steeper side of the difficulty curve. I managed to get past the two drop down sections and then a little way up the next up section in my first 15 minutes of playing, which is probably about 13 seconds of gameplay, I died a lot but learned with it. I would love to see a video of the whole level or know if I was close to beating the level? I think the shadow chasing the player is really cool but probably work best as a last level boss. I think introducing the character's abilities in a safer place for a first level would work best but I must admit I did enjoy playing this game a lot and may have to come back to it and see if I can complete it

I have a lot to say so here we go.

First the positives. The art is absolutely amazing and I love the use of particles for the thing chasing you and the hazards. the player also controls really nicely feeling super tight, snappy, and responsive. But there are some Negatives as well. Like many have already said the game is brutally difficult, it took me almost 45 minutes to complete. A lot of that is down to two parts in the game that made it kind of frustrating to play, the level design and the death. 

The problem with the death is it messes with the flow of the game. The death cuts off the music and starts it back from the beginning, which is frustrating on its own if you die a lot (Like I did), it also freezes things for a second before you can jump back in again. In a game like super meat boy for example the death is fast, you hit an obstacle and you respawn at the start, no pauses, no music cuts. and this helps the game feel better as there's no pauses in between your runs and you can achieve a better sense of flow. 

The other big is the level design. For the most part the level was great, It was fun to maneuver around. except for 3 big sections which are all drops. all of those parts have hazards at the bottom and its super frustrating to die to them because you couldnt see them coming, and by the time you did you didn't have enough time to react.  especially with the last zigzag section maybe an indicator or a way to see the whole map before you start like Skull Binoculars from celeste would help the player feel less frustrated.

Please don't take this criticism the wrong way though. this game is still absolutely incredible and I hope it gets to the next round.

Dark souls level of difficulty but visually great and gameplay is rewarding when you hit the right notes.

Damn this game is quite hard but really fun. I could see this becoming a popular speed running game with way more levels.

Very challenging! I can definitely see this as a couple levels in where you’ve gotten a chance to deal. You have some unforgiving placements of those pesky slime walls :p Nice art style, popin music, well done.

(also I appreciate the mac build <3)