This has a lot of potential. Good job. Though a bit of early feedback:
- It was really not intuitive for me to need to hit jump right as I hit the ground after falling from a long height. Nothing explained this, I discovered it by accidentally pressing random buttons. Furthermore, when you fall and break your legs or whatever then the game just kinda leaves you there paralyzed... can't do anything, but it doesn't take you back to the last save, no you have to load it on your own for some reason.
- Please make the Escape key function the same as Backspace. It really just makes sense that Escape should get out of menus and such.
- The mushroom boss's second phase... damn, _constantly_ attacking? Having failed on it several times now, it's seeming like a bit too much for my reflexes. What, do I need to grind for a bunch of healing mushrooms? No how I prefer to play. And even then, how am I going to do enough damage when it keeps. doing. attacks. with. no. pause.