Just tried this yesterday, I think there's a lot of promise! I got through the first three maps and they were fun, although the second map was rough mainly because the physics and jump height are a little inconsistent right now (and also I'd have to wait awhile to be light enough to jump, but I didn't notice the belly rubbing devlog till just now). The skill tree is also really cool, but I had about 3 good attempts on each of the first three maps and I still couldn't even get out of the basic skills. The leveling feels like it takes super long, and once I realized you HAVE to max the basic group it really started to feel like a grind. But it was still a good time, the art is nice and the controls, menus, and mechanics all work very well! Considering the camera feels a little close for my taste I really like that you can quickly look up and down to see where you're jumping!
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Maybe. I think the scaling just felt off if I were to get stuck on, say, stage 2, and suddenly the levelups seem to stop for a long while, but after playing a bit more it looks like if I don't die the first time I clear each stage, then the XP scaling is plenty to get 3 or 4 levels a stage if I'm thorough. So I agree that making the first couple stages give more XP would help since I feel like that's where a new player is likely to get stuck, but I guess it is a pretty controlled progression already which I can understand since that makes it harder to overlevel. (And to be fair, maybe my expectations were too high for what level I should be able to reach since it's still only a demo...)
Also, it turned out the skill tree lets you out of the basic tier way faster than I had thought, I was leveling the talents evenly so I thought I had to complete the whole thing, I guess I got confused by the wording in the guide