Loved this, you really taught me some things about connecting emotionally with the player. A lot of feel packed into a really small package. The gaining self-love kind of theme was really great and reminded me a lot of scott pilgrim vs the world which was also super cool!!
On the gameplay front I struggled a bit. I found it very challenging, frustratingly challenging, but I'm not much of a platformer guy. I did appreciate that the respawn points didn't set me too far back but ultimately I couldn't finish it.... Until I loaded it up again and tried again cuz it was so damn cool!@!
The comeback mechanic was great but the timing of dying in the pit felt random which added to the frustration of how challenging it was for me. Maybe a progress slider or a sinking effect to show the player how close he is to dying when he falls in the doom pits and is struggling to escape.