This game is so hard. The comment before me said a lot of things I'm agreeing with so I'm just gonna say one negative thing: fix the camera. For the first whole level, the camera is looking at the left side of the screen while the player is moving towards the right side and also can't see pit falls because they're not in the shot...
So camera and level design are tough, but other than that, the game works very well! The animations are smoothly implemented, the throwing and fighting mechanics are nice; I mean even the "breaking pot and looting items" stuff work perfectly!
I played a lot of Ghouls n Ghosts when I was younger (which means I died a lot on the first level) and it was cool to see it referenced in a jam ^^
Nice entry overall!