THIS WAS AMAZING! FAV GAME SO FAR. MAIL ME TO ENGLAND YEEHAW
I don't think I've ever actually played a reverse metroidvania, I was always kinda skeptical of the concept, but this was super fun!!
You fit SO many mechanics in, and managed to make the game playable all the way through. Also the gameplay depth on top of that with dashing and low jumps and wall jumps?? hello??? So cool????
I want to say one thing I had issues with is the inflatable raft not working for all spikes, there was specifically a spike pit I think on the lower left part of the map I couldn't use it.
Some of the items were also a little confusing, although I really appreciate the effort to teach them with dedicated training rooms. The vacuum was kinda unwieldy and the broom room made me not really understand the height limit situation? I beat the room but in the real game I didn't feel sure how it worked so I didn't use it over the other items.
Actually can't lie I cheated the vacuum tutorial by flying over with the broom, killing myself to respawn by the button, and then vacuuming back (which was easier to do).
Ultimately I didn't really most of the items in the main game because there was a lot of redundancy (which is alright, I don't know if a game like this would work as well otherwise), I mainly stuck to my MVP the rocket boots with my #2 being raft. I think the stopwatch and the photo were the only ones I felt required to use. But that means I got to try and be creative with what I liked, and that's I think the fun part??? Idk
Also BLESS YOU for doing control reassignments. In a jam game?? Unheard of. Also I needed it because I have a layered keyboard and holding arrow keys while pressing other inputs is impossible for me.
Here's my score, though I am pretty tempted to try speedrunning it now that I know everything...
Also I love the ending cutscenes, very cute and funny lol. I'm sure your Dorothy and our Dorothy would get along lolol.