Wow, this was fantastic! The artwork and animations were great all around, both the backgrounds and death animations and the delightful running animation haha. I am thoroughly impressed. And from the start the music really raised the experience! Not to mention the gameplay, it was very fun. The rate of progression felt very skillfully crafted, too! I felt like I got just far enough each time to know what I wanted to upgrade next. It's fun that different routes in skill upgrades seem equally viable - I almost completely ignored the dash, put my first upgrades in attack, then some movement speed, and after reaching the beetle I decided to go for as much jump height as I could after maxing my attack, which seems completely different from another rater's strategy. This is very impressive, I hope you're proud of what you managed to create in such a short time. :)