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Thanks so much!
Don't worry, after a month all I had was very basic horizontal and vertical movement. This is me more than two years into my journey. 

For level design, I have a few resources for you.
I made a level design video a few days ago but not many people saw it. That's like a good overview of the philosophy and process I use personally.

GMTK's level design videos are all fantastic, highly recommend you watch those. 

Let's Talk Game Design is another great channel. That one has a lot of 2D Platformer-specific stuff. 

As for the movement mechanics, LOTS of trial and error. I probably spent over 300 hours on the movement alone (between implementation and tweaking variables). 
Here's how I do jumping: video

A great overview of 2D movement

GMTK on the theory behind good movement

Good luck!

Thank you for the recommendations and I will definitely check them out, and thanks for making such an awesome game, can't wait to see where this goes!