Thank you for taking the time to play our game and give a review. I agree that the jam theme didn't end up coming through as much as we would of liked but we are still happy to have released a "completed" game. Over the course of development some of the stronger loop themes were watered down without us noticing until the game was complete.
Some of the bigger level inspiration was the Kirby Super Star boss fight: Nova Core, where kirby was circling the boss, flying around the room. We tried to take that idea and combine it with a looping song to drive home the idea of looping but I think it fell short in readability.
Thank you again, your feedback will help us make better games in the future!