I really really love the aesthetic of this game, visuals, sound, and narrative delivery. The controls, for me at least, are just not worth sticking around for. Sorry.
It's definitely something I think I would enjoy if I felt like I had better control of the player. I learned a valuable lesson in the last (and only) jam I submitted a 2D platformer: keyboard controls just don't work for precise movement and jumps.
Awesome job on everything else, though. Seriously I loved it.