Thanks for playing! Yeah, originally there was supposed to be a stealth element to the gameplay, but I kind of gave up on it when I started going into the more chill direction. The stairs seem to be most people's issue with the game and I can see why. I thought about doing the classic castlevania stair movement where it was simply press up at the base of the stairs, but I can't remember why I chose not to do that.
But yeah, I'm glad you liked it. I had a lot of fun working on the animations (I'm a terrible artist).