Bowser's Grade: A+
Just would like to start off by saying my grades mean nothing and I'm just giving my feedback for the benefit of the creator. Hopefully my insight helps you grow and learn.
This review will be rather short because this is just a homerun on all fronts. The presentation was immaculate. The sound design was incredible. The art direction is divine.
This is a wonderful example of a project with perfect scope-management. This is the kind of project that works so incredibly well for game jams. It's a short story packaged with wonderful art direction that is more than manageable for a month-long game jam.
In the interest of keeping this review "spoiler free", I'm not going to render any writing advice or my thoughts about the ending. You're simply on a higher level than I am. In the interest of not leading you astray for your future projects, I'll keep those comments to myself.
"Keep doing what you're doing" is unfortunately not very actionable advice. But at the very least, I hope it builds your confidence for your future projects. Very well done 😸