I really dig the looks of this one, really close to undertale! The heart at the end was probably my favourite sprite of the game, it looks super detailed.
The gameplay is good overall, tho I wish there was something I could interact with for puzzles, but with time constraints things not always go as planned which be understandable.
The story felt a bit disjointed, you had the whole thing of the abusive step dad and the main characters mom death, and you had the circus, but I felt the bridge between both was kinda missing, I think if you can figure that out it could be interesting.
The dialogue sometimes felt a bit stretched, tho it was only in some occasions. Super nice the house having lots of descriptions with the main character telling what they think about the things and what it reminds them of, I'm a player who likes to interact with every fricking thing on the map, so this pleased me a lot.
When it comes to technical aspects, the game works pretty well overall, only had some weird collisions in some places, and I sometimes felt the player character was a bit too slow, or maybe the maps were too big, ain't sure.
I liked the idea of having to free imprisoned souls of the circus to get a good ending, if you add an extra layer of gameplay to the whole opening big chest thing, like maybe having to find some item or do a small minigame, I think it be good!
Music overall was fitting, I liked the one that played inside the circus, set the mood right!
Overall, it was good, I enjoyed it!