whoa, this has a lot of ideas in it!  bravo on implementing all of this, holy moly; i've never even tried ledge grabbing, it seems like a nightmare.  and i love horizontal floating; one of my early games was a little puzzler where that was a mechanic.

there might even be a few too many mechanics for how much game there is so far; on our first playthrough we charmed the guard and got right into the cellar without even realizing there was an outside, so we got two infodumps about controls for different characters back to back without having used any of tab'i's abilities at all.  on a later attempt i did find my way outside, but the difficulty spiked (ho ho!) so quickly that it took me at least half a dozen attempts to get through.  i think the introduction would actually be faster with a longer tutorial section, and i'd enjoy getting to just run and float around a bit before the giant 2x spikes come into the picture haha

i like abruptly switching viewpoints halfway through and then getting glimpses of information from the dialogue options themselves.  really clever, and tells me things even if i don't pick that option.  there is clearly a whole-ass world behind the scenes here, and even this small demo leaves me with a feeling of depth

unfortunately the dialogue is really hard to read while it's scrolling since it's constantly in motion.  ideally, scrolling text (even left-justified) should be laid out ahead of time and then revealed, so that the existing text is guaranteed not to move when more of it appears.  (that said i have absolutely no idea how to do this in gamemaker.)

overall this is a little rough around the edges, and it has a lot of edges, but it feels like a good start at something

(btw, if you don't mark your downloads with what OS they run on, the itch app won't be able to play your game!)

wow! i'm excited to see where this goes. i have a hard time with these kinds of games, it was kind of frustrating figuring out how to climb and jump and aim my attacks but i got a little better the more i played. the first time i played i kind of immediately yeeted myself out the door and to the edge of the map by accidentally pressing dash. that was hilarious. i restarted and went into the cellar.

You got a lot done! The level is big, the platforming is fun, and the story parts are pretty funny! A lot to work with for sure! I'd refine the mechanics you currently have, and then add those levels in!

The interactions between Rae and Tab'i are super cute. I'd definitely love to see more of them. I will say, the first combat section seems pretty intense as an introduction to combat, and the controls could use some ironing out, but overall it's a decent start.

The gameplay systems here are seriously cool. Climbing, dashing, floating, and all the stasis crystal stuff are impressive! I think it would have been nice if floating kicked in automatically at the top of your jump if you continued to hold down the spacebar.

I haven't gotten very far in it yet because it's a little too punishing in how far it sets you back when you die. But I'll give it another shot when I'm less sleepy.