Well, my first impression is the villain looks really wicked. It spooked me pretty good the first time I saw it, and died. Got the key on the second run, I was a bit surprised by that ending the game. I would've liked a bit more length/time to get to know our pumpkinheaded friend. But that tends to be the crux of game jams, so I don't hold that against the game too much.
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So! I saw Tomer's comment mentioning getting stuck on a treasure chest. I didn't remember seeing one and got confused, and booted it up again. I now realize the key is randomly placed. I just happened to, in my run, have it spawn at the first possible location, so I beat the game in two seconds. But it turns out there's a good bit more to the level, and even at least one enterable room to explore. So I retract my comment about how short it is!
If there's anything I would've appreciated, it'd be a hide mechanic. Pumpkinboi is faster than you, so if you get stuck out on a long corridor with him chasing, you're just doomed. Unless there's a sprint, or there actually is a way to hide, that I missed. I didn't see a list of controls on the game page to confirm/deny.
Thanks for the review! Glad you enjoyed it, even if your first run was a bit short. The key does spawn randomly in one of the shiny loot spots. We initially wanted to add a bit of a story to make it longer but ran out of time. I'm working on a patch to update the game but I'm thinking to wait until the ratings are done. In the spirit of the jam I'd prefer to have what was submitted be what's rated, but after that I'm hoping to get those in.
Thanks again for playing! And stay posted ^_^