I figured my notes from reviewing the games might come in handy, so here's what I wrote about your game as I was playing:
Ambitious! I do not understand the teleport dogs at all, they seem super mean! But I did beat it! The shmup at the end was a cute little reward! This could feel so much better with just a few tweaks to the camera, you can’t see where you’re going most of the time, but that’s an easy fix. Nice job.