Thank you for your detailed comment. :)
This game was heavily inspired by similar games like Getting Over It and Only Up.
I agree, the Artist and Composer did a great job with the art and music/sounds, the game wouldn't have turned out nearly as good without them.
The spikes are slightly annoying, but we wanted to add some kind of obstacle to the bottom area which is why the spikes were added. There are no spikes after the bottom area and once you figure out the controls and the movement, the spikes become less annoying. I believe the game's pace is a bit faster once you get past the bottom area although I could be wrong.
Thank you for playing!