Hey, super enjoyable entry here!
I really loved the vibrant colours you chose for the bugs and foliage, the cutesy bug designs (and their funny little eyeballs), the tree / foliage textures, and ofc the music was a BOP. It all made for a really fun, upbeat vibe. I also thought the concept was original and the tutorials in the game world and journal were clear. Nice touch with journal colour customization, and IS THAT YOUR ACTUAL HANDWRITING?! WOW.
From a controls side, I found the player movement was generally easy to get used to. I made it up the (great deku) tree to the first ability on my first try. I did struggle a bit with the sprint, but I figured it out after dive bombing from the top of the tree a couple of times, which I wasn't even mad at because I was just hoppin' and vibin' to the tunes.
A few opportunities I noticed:
- It would be great if there were edges in the world; I defs yeeted myself off a few times (fun though, tbh)
- I had one issue where I kept pressing Esc automatically to try to close the journal (my bad), but when I full-screened again, my cursor was stuck sort of off-center, and so the camera movement felt a bit weird. That might be more of a me problem than an actual coding issue, but thought I'd mention it just in case.
- Visually, I think the wall and ground textures were a bit taxing and could benefit from perhaps less contrast and/or a bit more variation here and there. I think also divesting from the ideas of "dirt brown, rock grey" and trying out less obvious colours (like a blue or green that has a higher grey content for rock, for example) is something I've found helpful, and it could help to support rather than clash with the beautiful vibrant tones you picked for the trees and bugs, as well as the beautiful warm texture for your tree bark.
- I agree with some other comments that sometimes it seemed like I should be able to inspect an item that I couldn't (like the yellow lumpy pupa (?) and YUMMY LOOKING glowy worms), and it was a bit tough to get the moths in my sights or tell whether I should be able to inspect them.
Overall, as my friends who were in Discord with me while I played this and streamed could attest, I had so much fun boppin' around in your game. Had my silly confused fingers not accidentally somehow closed the game tab, I would have kept going after getting double jump. Nice work! <3