Levi!
Great job getting this playable!! I understand the throwing gears mechanic after playing with it a bit (I didn't understand it from your video).
I liked the pixel art. All the movement and player health worked.
Throwing the gears was very satisfying when I could get a chain. At least for me, that was a big when. I really didn't understand why and how sometimes gears just bounced off the enemies right back at me, sometimes they went diagonal, sometimes they went straight up. Again, if I could get the gear to bounce up and then keep bouncing between a low wall and the enemy it was incredibly satisfying.
I think a real quick polish you could add would be a title menu or even just some quick text at the start to tell players what to do because I was just running around and didn't know where to go or what to do. Even something super simple - "Collect 5 gems and escape at a certain location"
There were a few places I got stuck - the screenshot was me at the far right of the map. There was another one where it looked like you could drop down the path but it was blocked as well.
I appreciate you checking out my game earlier! I actually implemented a lot of feedback if you'd like to check it out again: starboardbowgames.itch.io/spinsanity
