Amazing art style!! The backgrounds were beautiful, I loved the visible brushstrokes in your surroundings. The 3d models were also great! Floating assets kinda took away form the immersive world but outside of that great job with the art!
The platforming itself seemed a little slippery, which is no problem when the platforms to land on are big (which most of them were). There were a few parts of the game with tiny platforms which did not compliment the movement of the game. There were also a few parts of the game where the player can get stuck and has to respawn at a checkpoint. While the checkpoints did work, respawning at the same checkpoint a couple times could get boring since the platforming was not especially hard. Finally, some more signifiers for what objects have certain properties would be helpful. It as hard to predict which walls would be climbable and which platforms would rotate.
The story was great, the characters had personality and made me invested in collecting all of the stars. However, the frog and the turtle's dialogue was the same both times I talked to them. I don't know if this is because I missed a star, but backtracking was very hard unless you restarted at the last checkpoint, so I just kept going forward.
Although I have mostly issued the problems I encountered with the game, that does not mean I did not enjoy it. This game is defiantly one of the best I have reviewed for this jam so far. The game was compelling, fun to play, and mostly polished. The story was digestible, interesting, and new. The art was stunning. This game is very impressive for the timeline we were given.