I gave 5* for mechanics! Absorbing souls to unlock skills is really cool.
The art gives me the old school Prince of Persia vibes, and the low pixel count belies the details (scarf flying, particleFX for skills). Really like it!
If the up button is not bound to any action, perhaps a QOL would be to allow us to jump with UP. In the heat of combat, a few times I tried to jump with UP instinctively, and end up eating arrows to the face.
My only major issue is with the Dash skill as it was not possible for me to predict the distance. It functioned more like a teleport, and I guess thats where I died.
But overall, a really impressive submission!