This is an interesting idea. I was wondering what was the lie through the whole game and I knew I had to do something else to really win. Maybe it was a little bit too subtle to understand, I don't know.
The story is cool and I like that you literaly turned the metaphorical obstacles of life into obstacles of the game, really cool design there!
The art is childish but in a good way, I liked the character design and the hand writing panels, I didn't like the flashing dialogue though, it made it harder to read and didn't fit the style of your game in my opinion.
The sound fx are ok, I liked the punchy sound when you take damage.
This is a fresh and inventive take on the theme, good job!
It would be great if you'd check out our game too https://itch.io/jam/cgj/rate/477069