Haha I completely love the narrative, the characters and the whole concept of this game. It's super creative and engaging. The bullet hell part was a little easy (too many hearts maybe) and there weren't many patterns, but wow I see this as something that could be expanded on.
The idea is great, Simon and John are lovely, and I'm pretty sure that with overall polishing and improvements on the bullet hell parts this game could be an absolute blast. I see that you still don't know yet if you're continuing development or not, but I'll definitely follow you on itch in case you do.
Well done!