Wow thank you so much!
The original idea was a little different for sure... We weren't sure who exactly was running the experiments, but when we were discussing adding speed pick-ups, we figured they could be an energy drink/drug and the people running the experiments were the manufacturers testing said drink/drug.
As far as gameplay goes, we did have plans to do platforming but I pretty much slammed that level together in one night xD And we just didn't have the time to add powerups, but we really wanted to!
Again thank you so much for the feedback!