This is so challenging, addictive and fun to play that I REALLY wish the death animation wasn't so long. It has three separate parts, which is at least one too many when you just want to get back to the game. Any chance of dropping the last one?
Yeah, if you're doing a commercial release I imagine you'll have your own artwork plans so this was just something quick for now.
And there's absolutely nothing wrong with the difficulty, especially in a game with only three stages, but when you're getting killed a lot it gets increasingly annoying to spend half your time watching death animations.