I really like the puns, and the dialogue is very nice :) The gameplay loop is really fun, it had me feeling like I was speedrunning, even on the first level!
I was very proud of my atrocious puns, glad you enjoyed.
And yes, I was going for that sense of urgency. Of course, it's not really possible to balance that without real playtesters, so... like all jam games... it turned out harder than I'd intended. :)