I ended up completing the game twice because yesterday I had to play it without sound, scored 5369 points the second time but probably more the first time as I think there's an optional area I didn't explore the second time (and by the way if there indeed is I like that there's one).
The game is very fun with good control and the perfect set of sequences with the right difficulty. Balancing it with a checkpoint before each sequence was probably the right choice as I enjoyed it this way.
I like the overall creepy atmosphere and the devouring ability definitely enhances it, even if in the current state I'm not sure that mechanically it adds anything (but at least it doesn't harm the game either).
Thanks for sharing!