Thanks for playing and for the feedback! I agree about the comic strip, I wanted to try and make it feel like it was going on *slightly* too long to catch the player more off guard but think I went a bit too overboard on this lol.
In terms of the bat, it's actually a hand! I'm not sure if this would make it feel more intuitive to play as I agree if it was a bat then the pivot being in the middle would feel weird!