This is a very inventive concept, and I really enjoyed trying to minimize the number of tries on each level! I think this game would benefit a lot from a way to skip the timer, since a lot of my time was spent just waiting for it to run out. I also think the death screen is a bit unnecessary, and could probably get converted to a pause screen instead, with the player respawning automatically. That would also make the fact that you become a platform after dying more immediately obvious when playing for the first time. I also really like the gameboy aesthetic!
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Don't Microwave That (included a link below) has a speed up option that worked nicely for the submission. Additionally, once the jam is over, future iterations could go lighter on the theme. Regardless, great job!
https://itch.io/jam/gmtk-jam-2026/rate/4823790