Wow -- really, really impressive. I don't know where to start -- the candyland art style is beautiful and well executed, the enemy characters have so much personality and are nicely varied (I really didn't want to have to bonk them). The music is incredible, so fitting and so well done that I just enjoyed listening to it. The mechanics are all smooth and satisfying, the level design is well thought-out and varied. To create this game with as much time as you wanted would be impressive; to do this in the time limits of this jam is bonkers. Nice work! To my eye, it recalls Kirby (a nice nod to Kirby in the game, too), Mario Bros, Mr. Gimmick, some Celeste in the boss (and that laughing is so good), Totoro in one of the enemies, but it also has so much creative originality to it. I played to the finish and then came back a second time to do a complete star collection, and had fun each time. Awesome!