Cool game. First of all I have to say the visuals are super polished and probably the most polished I've seen so far. I love that VHS tape aesthetic.
This definitely feels like a Foddian game, an interesting mechanic but it makes you rage😅, and from that perspective it's very well done. The oxygen mechanic is interesting and the level design does feel like a Foddian game. I do feel the player moves a bit too slow and the speed could be bumped up.
Here's some post jam feedback I have:
I think your game will really benefit from music and sfx, but due to the given constraints its understandable you couldn't add that.
Maybe WASD and space support would also be nice because me personally I'm more used to that but I could still play fine with arrow keys
Overall, its a great game :D
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Thanks for playing! I get what you mean about the movement speed. I did that to create the feeling of moving underwater, but I do have to agree that it might make things a bit too sluggish, even if the boost ability you get later on does improve things a bit, though altering it would mean reworking the entire map and some of the mechanics to balance things out.
As for adding WASD and space support, I am currently working on a patch to fix a few bugs I found just now, so I will do that as well!
EDIT: Just uploaded the patch, so there is WASD and Space support now!