This is amazing. I related to so much of this, hit me very hard in the feels. I was super invested in this as I played. I don't really want to spoil anything in the comment for other people so I'll just say that I though the narrative is excellent! Very happy to have played it! The visuals are amazing, the music is great and very fitting too! Loved the game mechanics too!
Here's some feedback notes for when you continue working on this (please, please continue to work on this!!):
- I think another comment mentioned this, but going back to rooms seems to break the game. I got pretty close to the end and then I did this :(
- On my second attempt, I accidentally soft-locked myself in the room that has a downward slope where you throw the orb. I got to the right side, and somehow I managed to make the lower platform disappear and I threw the orb to the left back to the start of the room--it might be good to have a 'restart room' button (if you had one I missed that, sorry!). I got to the very end on the third attempt though :)
- Some platform positioning in the game might need a bit of tuning, nothing super specific here, there's just a couple moments I was playing where there were jumps that felt a little hard, and then there was a part or two where I thought I could make a jump, but in reality I was actually supposed to do something else, so I was a bit confused here and there. This might just be me (and I think getting a bit lost works well thematically in way), so maybe some parts could use some more playtesting and iteration. This is relatively minor so don't worry too much!
Thanks for making this game! I really enjoyed it, and it was meaningful to play. Great job!