I really enjoyed this game. The graphics, music/sounds and general feel are nice, and are definitely gameboy-esque. Player movement felt good, but some interactions with the environment were a little finnicky. I enjoyed the puzzle aspect much more than the platformer aspect. Some of the platformer bits were a little tedious. I think the most apparent was the slow moving arrows with giant hitboxes, in particular the 6 vertical arrows in a row.
That said, this is really well done all in all, and is definitely my favorite so far. My only other complaint is that I got stuck and it took a bit to figure out how to reset on keyboard. Consider showing “press <start> to reset” all the time.
Well done, this is a great entry!
PS, you can cheese the boulder by just letting it hit you when you’re not holding the idol. I chose to do it the “hard way” anyway :)