I really appreciate the feedback. I had just come from beating Celeste a 3rd time so I think I accidentally scaled the difficulty based on that, so I'm glad to hear from someone with a different background.
I would have loved to implement a story but unfortunately I ran out of time for the current jam. Also with this being my first jam, I didn't want to dig too deep into extra things.
Again, thanks for the comment! Please feel free to rate if you would like.