I see a good base that could become a more solid game.
However, in it's current state I don't see how it fits the jam theme.
Some improvement suggestions:
- I don't know if you worked on all the assets in the game (tilesets, character sprite, enemies, sounds, music) but if there's any created by third parties, please make sure you credit them in your game or in your game's itch page.
- If the bar at the top is levelling up the player character, it would be nice to see a number displaying the level, so that the player gets some feedback.
- I couldn't understand what the countdown from 30 on the screen meant. It didn't seem to be a timer, since sometimes the number would not go down.
- Make sure you tell the player what the goal is. Is it surviving longer than X minutes? Is it reaching X level?
- It would be nice to know what's the story of the character we're controlling. Why are they fighting? What are they fighting?
- The restart / quit buttons at the game over screen don't work.
- The camera shake was a bit too strong.
Good entry. I hope you keep improving this project in the future!