So, as you said, it's not a complete game and needs a lot of work and polish. The ghost never shows up for me, the candy count resets with no game loop or win condition, music overlaps, there's infinite dashing, etc... Don't worry, just keep working on it and fix it up once the game jam finishes!
That said, the menu and character art are really well done! Kudos to the artist! Also, the menu music is actually really nice, I enjoyed it, very whimsical and entrancing! Kudos to the music artist also!