Thanks for the detailed review! Yeah this was Kyle's first soundtrack on a Bitsy game, and he did more for others after. He's a great composer!
I was planning for this game to have 4 dungeons and a whole plot about the Sheriff being insane, and people just playing along that she was a sheriff. There would be a final boss fight with the sheriff, and a really foreboding and fantastic track was left unused for it. Still in the files!
You did have a little laser sword yeah, I just gave up on the enemy feature eventually and left it in for fun. I believe your health might have refilled when you got key cards but maybe not lol. One of the main criticisms was the timing being too hard and not much fun, which I agree with.
And yeah, you were originally going to have an inventory and upgrade path. I made this game as a launch title for the Playdate, and so had a deadline. I lost steam eventually, but knew I only had one opportunity to make a launch game lol, so I slapped together an ending.
I recommend trying out some of my other games, they have a similar cute character based exploration, and are mostly 3D now!