Woah! You weren't lying when you said all the assets are original. They all feel really authentic, organic and natural, that's so cool. Having a fight theme is awesome and the only thing I would change is having it start up a little quicker because if you go into and out of battle the music can kind of stall and be maybe more boring than intended.
I know your team didn't have the full time, but if you did have more time I think you should've spent it on making this game a bit more polished and like a metroidvania, with that classic gameplay loop of finding unique abilities to explore areas you couldn't before.
Oh and I also totally get when you said you found my game to be relatively very fast with the jump acceleration, compared to my game yours is like a feather which I think is thematically fitting! Again the game has a had a lot of love and work put into it. Nicely done!