well, thanks for the elaboration! i'm going to be honest, i still don't think i get it. punitive means, like, punishing, right? like, there should be a punishment involved? i'm not sure i see the relation.
i will say, your description of the difficulty is definitely something i will keep in mind. i do not experience the game as being nearly this precise or luck-based. it is valuable to have heard your experience. (personally, i actually really like how the game controls! it feels pretty smooth to me.)
if the tutorial area is still too difficult i would love more details on that. i have a hard time failing a single jump in this area so i am entirely blind to any issues that might remain. no pressure of course, you've written a lot about my game already, but nobody has really given me any specific feedback on this (besides you and a couple other folks about the purple level, that got nerfed) so i'm sure it would be useful.