Thank you for your thorough feedback! Really appreciate it and it shows you had a good play of the game.
Just to let you know the difference between the carrot and the cactus... the carrot is a mele attack of "karate chopping" whereas the Cactus is ranged and throws his spikes as projectiles :) I definitely like the idea of adding somewhere that you can read up on the characters - however, as is always the case in game jams... time ran out!! :)