Very nice game, had a lot of fun! Everything that I have a problem with you seem to be aware of because you listed them in your after the jam plans. The biggest things were that the ghosts were hard to see at first but I got used to it. And that it felt very unfair when I almost completed a level just to be catched by a ghost that just spawned in the door. Your fixes: "Allow the player to goto the next level if they hit the exit even if they've been caught by a ghost" & "Add a timer in front of the door to show when the next ghost will spawn" would fix this perfectly. Even if not a timer just a little indicator that would fit in with the game a little better. Yeah and the pillows were sometimes hard to collect.

Apart from that, great game, great sounds, beautiful graphics and overall fantastic entry. I like the double-challange that its a different kind of game on the way back.

Wow.  This is SO well done.  I rated you top marks on everything.  Stuck with the theme perfectly, sprites were all well done, tasteful (a kid and his pillow right?) I felt perfectly in control of him at all times, it's hard to get just right, but you nailed it.  The edge tiles and little wooden platforms were polished pixel work.  Great crossover transitions, and quick replay-ability of the levels.  The mild stress of the clock, and the difficulty was infuriatingly just right.  Took me 1029 to finish, lol.  GREAT GAME!  Even the credits screen was cool!

Awesome !! I really like this game, you have a good mechanics. 

Keep going please ! :)

The art is top notch and the idea is super original. Definitely one of the best games I've played this jam! The levels are well designed and each level is challenging enough where completing them feels rewarding. I have two pieces of feedback, though they're fairly nitpicky. The first one would be to make the color of the background text more visible. As it is right now, the instructions kind of blend in with the background so I didn't notice them at first. The other one would be to add a visible outline to the shadows to make the hitboxes a little clearer. Overall, fantastic job!

This game was a very enjoyable play! I was playing it live and every victory felt super satisfying! Honestly I really want to go back and speedrun it! The art was lovely too!

After playing, I learned the controls seemed much better on M&K, which made me want to try again with it. ;) The controller support needs a little bit more love. Other than that, I would honestly say it's a fantastic puzzle/platformer which can TOOOOTALLY reward the player for moving fast! 

If you were to make updates to the game, I would personally be interested in the speedrunning aspects.

Thanks for the great experience! 

such a nice idea. I've never played such version of there and back. It's a great great game. everything about it is good even the difficulty which is really really hard. and about the pillow there's a technique that you can throw the pillow under yourself in midair and bounce like a double jump. I don't know if it's on purpose or not but it's cool. I'm also a great sleeper and it's almost impossible to wake me up so  this game is actually my every morning reality. :))

This is such a different spin on the theme, absolutely amazing! Loved the visuals, music and sounds. Credits make it seem like you were gonna give up on gamedev but don't haha, this is very fun to play and well polished (I played the downloadable version). One improvement could be to do with placing the pillow as sometimes it was annoying to get just right. Well done with this entry!

This is extremely clever! And what a lovely color pallet! Make sure you firther develop this one, it has a lot of potential, congrats!