This is one of the best games I've every played
I've been speedrunning this with my cousin who randomly found your game on itch.io
I just now reached a speedrun of 2:41 and the game is just so much fun
If you were to make this into a full game, with a little tweaks I'd definitely buy it for like 5/8 bucks, like that's totally worth it
Here's some more feedback
Problems:
The game is a little bit buggy (This hasn't been a huge problem yet, but it can be improved)
Suggestions:
In a full game a few extra biomes/maps would be great since the art gets a little samy at times, please know I do love the art, I mean the game is just stunning for a random 2D Platformer made in a game jam
A speedrun mode, it'd be great if you could see your time at the end, and a speedrun mode which shows the timer the entire game to make it easier to speedrun.
In the extra maps obviously a little more new species, and possibly lores and a little different boss battles, but similar to this one where you have a goal that isn't killing the actual boss
A pause menu, that also let's you restart
If you were to add all these features into a full complete game, I'll definitely buy it for a few bucks
I truely love the game, it's so balanced and fun to play/speedrun.
Please keep me posted on updates/new versions
EDIT: I think I got the world record, I have a recording of a 2:10 run