Great work, the gameplay feels satisfying and the artwork is really nicely done, especially the animations and their effects. I will admit that dashing doesn't feel very intuitive in how it controls, having to press two buttons for it, but other than that it was enjoyable. I haven't gotten past the first boss quite yet, but I also like how they respond to the fact that you've returned. The start of the game was also amusingly grim, I suppose those researchers wanted to be quite literally fired.