This is such a delightful little game!! I feel like it does not so much explicitly touch on the subtopics of the Jam as others, but that doesnt take away from the fun at all! The color palette is really making me feel nostalgic <3
Completely agreeing with Huilandos, that the explosions of the bigger enemies are really hard to dodge because they are extremely fast - I think they killed more of my runs than every other enemy type combined!
I could also very well imagine an extra screen in the start menu, where you just explain really quickly what each type of power-up or enemy does - at least I feel like that would have really helped me in particular.