Thanks for the detailed feedback! Level progression is a hard thing to get right in a game like this so I'm glad it felt good to you. I wanted to make even harder levels but ran out of time.
I thought about changing the dash button but couldn't think of a good alternative. Space might have been the best option I think. I'll save that for future potential updates. :)
Yeah I definitely would have liked to add more uses for the bucket. I had other ideas, like using it to block projectiles and somehow using it to change the direction of the cat. Alas, 1 week jams are always too short to fit in all the content I want to include. Need to improve my coding speed! Thanks again for playing.