Great art! Font is tough to read, but a really cool concept. I was digging the story, but I felt like it was difficult to figure out what was going on really during the descending bit. Hope you continue developing this, I'll keep an eye out :D

You have solid game art and character animations, i won't comment on font, a lot of others already said what I have on mind. I can see how this could be interesting story driven, station exploration game with unlockable powers that lets you progress further, but I guess from the dev note (which I couldn't read through) you had to skip to the best bits that you had. Nice try, I liked what I saw, good luck in the future if you decide to keep working on it!

I'm not sure this is a Metroidvania. 

This looks promising. Beautiful graphics, and a well-developed sense of pacing. I enjoyed the opening scenes of the unfolding mystery. 

Unfortunately, the game ends before the action really begins. There really isn't much gameplay per se, so it's hard to judge this as a Metroidvania in particular.

Also--for a story-based game like this, with tons of written dialog, you simply cannot use a font like this:

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Reading this is like doing a Cryptoquote. I zeroed in on the short words and then, by process of elimination, figured out which letter was "E" (the most common), etc. Do not do this to your players! :D

I couldn’t figure out what the game-play is/what, just seems like a bunch of rooms that you may or may not be able to go down the stairs

Things I Like:

• graphics look nice

Things I Would Change:

• reduce intro length
• readable font

Broken Stuff:

• character is [almost] always trying to walk up, even with no inputs press

I liked this old-school style this game has! Had some problems with understanding font, so plot is what I probably missed :D hope you will work on this more! I'm can't wait to see more metroidvania style gameplay here :D