Really aestetically pleasing, the various indie inspirations are obvious and awesome, i think this is a strong contender c:
i personally found the enemy attack patterns frustrating, our balloon man feels very floaty (lol) and it can be hard even in small form to get attacks in, and if i don't kill something it just smacks me in the back for the next 20 seconds as i can no longer do anything about it as it goes off the screen hahaha. This is obviously a skill issue, but i found this very difficult and frustrating haha
besides that this was really engaging, i think you did an amazing job, thank you for being the last game i have to rate c: