Above all else I have to commend you for the amazing animations. Everything looked so fluid and responsive. That "The End" animation was so polished! The presentation was done very well and the checkpoints were thankfully not too far back.
The one issue I had was with the platforming. It got frustrating to me in two places, the first one at the beginning where if you didn't make the jump you'd have to jump + boost your way up 3 or 4 ledges. Maybe it's because I'm not used to the arrow key controls +z,x,c, but this took me a lot longer to get than I'd expected. The second place was at the final constellation room. I feel like it must have taken me 40 tries to get. I feel like controller support could have fixed most of these problems but for a game jam, it's probably not the top of your priorities.
I thought the book puzzles were excellent and they were done in just the right way to challenge me but also to make me feel smart for having completed it.
All in all, great job with this!
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Thank you for playing the game and for taking the time to give me this feedback -- I appreciate it! I spent an outsized share of my time on animations, so I'm happy to hear you liked them. And yes, I think it actually would have worked better to make the jump with the 3/4 ledges be a jump over spikes so that if you don't make it, you're immediately back at a checkpoint at the top. Great feedback. Thanks again!