thank you for your kind words. Definitely the levels should be maybe ordered better or have a more linear difficulty curve in the future
as for the story we brainstormed something and went with that the TV is collecting souls for life force, but didn't think about and totally forgot about implementing any of that in the game. (Also originally we had another plan which would've had quite a bit of story but that would've been too much art wise) and I think we made the right decision by going with this.
thank you! I appreciate it. It means a lot to hear that!