cool animations, and the idea of a reverse-bondage metroidvania like this is a good one. the slow movement goes on a bit too long though with not much to do in that time. I also would have enjoyed having really fast and fluid movement in the end, jumping from vine to vine like it's mario, to contrast the slowness of crawling. but such is the limitation of a gamejam I suppose.
animations sometimes played at the wrong times - jumping animation when climbing a ladder for instance - but they're still delightful. full points for that for sure.