I absolutely LOVED this. The visuals are charming, the game play is unique and adds a lot of depth and challenge. ahh I had so much fun from start to finish. I will certainly come back to play a longer version if you make one.

The two forms open a lot of doors to different challenges. The water and lava points were aways well placed and it never felt like I had to go too out of my way to find out for the puzzle at hand. The little mermaid character - adorable. The big ol' snake - adorable. The little lava ball - adorable. The grumpy stone lava ball - grumpadorable!!

These crits are really minor - especially since I think they come from a place of time constraints. The game could really use some sound effects. The lack of them is pretty noticeable. They'd do a lot to communicate things to the player. Or maybe it's just me, but things like wall bouncing or smashing through floors were hard to gauge without sound.

I didn't find the 'Q' button to smash platforms around telegraphed very well. I found out I could do it by accident in a fit of frustration. I understand the coins are mostly a guide for the player - but I'd still love a x/y coin counter haha  

There's one wall jump puzzle that involved sliding down the wall a bit before jumping again and that slowed things down in a weird way. As I said, this is all pretty minor stuff.

Seriously tho, I gave this game 5 stars because it really blew me away. Favourite game I've played so far.

Best of luck in the contest!

The intro is too condensed and fast-paced. I had to watch it twice to catch what it was trying to show. Also suddenly taking control during the tutorial make the player fall into a pit makes it feel more like a glitch or like your mechanics aren't very good.  Even if the player learns better afterward, that's not a good first impression. Having an invisible wall above the wood is similarly not a good idea.

Your visual design is great when it comes to the individual assets, but their use in the level design, especially the way the ground is layered with the not-ground, is visually confusing. Related, the bars really should be split into multiple layers so that the character can actually go through them. Otherwise it's unclear the first time whether they're an obstacle or a mistake in development.

The lava form's blast needs more impact.  It looks like a puff of air.

While I was playing the lava form's movement speed became stuck at the rock form's movement speed, preventing me from clearing jumps I'd already cleared.  I think it occurred because of getting hit by water while using the blast, but it's hard to tell. I played through to the spot with the button to turn on a flame required to get through a gate and then could make the jump afterward.  Then I played through again (to figure out why such a well-made game was leaving me bored) until the part with the large pool with sprays, one of which goes up further into a secret area. The bug definitely occurred the second time, but I'm not sure if it occurred the first time.

I'm having trouble figuring out why, but your challenges seem bland. I get less the feeling of figuring things out and more the feeling as if I'm just going with whatever happens.

I'm so dumb, I don't know what to do xD

Um... I downloaded this but my antivirus software quarantined the exe file when I tried to run it.

Will make sure to download whenever I've a chance. By now I'll just add to collection. Hope this is as good as Little Briar Rose, or even much better :)