Local Malice phase 2 hater here- Humor aside, superb work!
Quite polished for the time given in the Gaming Academy, I really dig that. Clean set pieces, cool music choices, The Kitchen's truly cooking!
I did feel that the first open area was somewhat too open? By the second time I went through the level, I pretty much skipped all the smaller enemies and went to the 'midboss' before the portal. Could have loved an incentive to fight these guys, potentially in the full version- If you all also plan to update it, consider some sword swing effects; I do recall getting hit behind Malice's wider slashes on phase 2, a swing could probably help indicate if the hitbox is active or not, and for extra cool points, too!
Great job y'all!