Awesome use of the theme! The core platforming game is solid and the lantern gives you a strong feeling of advancement as you are slowly revealing more and more of the map. The biggest issue I had with some of the visuals. The ground you are standing on in the start is very hard to tell from the background for me so at first I didn't realize it was a platformer. Also that first spike strip to the right is fairly long and the hitbox is pretty large for how restricted your view is at that point. But these are fairly minor things that don't take too much away from how fun the game is.
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Thank you! I appreciate the feedback. I did run into issues with the hit boxes and I know there is room for improvement with the background foreground contrast.I wanted the player to learn to avoid spikes and tread carefully, but I agree that not being able to see the hazard could be frustrating. I think a cool idea is to trap the player with a hazard that they are able to overcome rather than instantly die to.