Nice mechanics, art, design and overall concept for this entry; it shines through as pretty unique while also tapping into a much loved aesthetic.

Like a number of the other comments, I found the movement a little janky so it would have been great to perfect that. I found the player speed was not quite horizontally uniform when jumping and the jump itself felt a little thrown off by the gravity.

I also felt that it got hard real fast, but that may just be me and my terrible platforming abilities... haha.

I also had to unfortunately stop at the third level (the first time I noticed the torch dimming) as by the time I reached the top portion of the level my torch would be out... even if I used a minimum amount of jumps.

To combat that, what could be cool is alowing your torch to slowly regenerate so that all players can clear all levels. To keep the competitive edge you could also make each level rank your performance with a high score system (like super meat boy), so to get the best scores you have to progress with the torch mostly out.

And lastly (I know you recommended a controller but) I found the controls to be so tight on a keyboard. Could have been nice to have spaced them out a little more to include both hands.

Overall a neat mechanic and a nice aesthetic.

Hello.

I have some feedback for your game:

- Firstly, let's talk about the movement. I have only two problems with your movement.  The first problem is that you can slide through walls. Why did you even add that? That mechanic was not necessary ( at least for the levels that I could play ). The other problem is that there is no just in time jump/coyote jump. You *NEED* to add that.

- Now, let's talk about level design. It conflicts a lot with your movement. The player has acceleration and keeps the momentum after you stop walking. However, the platforms are too small for the player movement to be like that. What you should have done, at least in my opinion, is to either:

      -A: make the player not keep their momentum and not have acceleration. 

      or B: make bigger platformers.

- Furthermore, the way you used the theme is a cool idea although poorly executed on some of the bigger levels, making some deaths feel cheap.

- Another problem your game has is that after you die the scene does not restart. You only send me back to the start. That means that if I touch and platform that goes away I'll have to wait until it regenerates on my next attempt.  Additionally, you cannot remember the timing of the blades. Honestly, just restart the scene after I die. ( Here is a way on the Unity forum on how to do that )

- Speaking of restarting scenes, just let me have a key ( usually R ) to quick-restart the level.

- Lastly, I did not really like the SFX for when you die, but I liked the other SFXs and the music.

Here is where I'd usually put the "You win" screen. However, on the level I'll show you the photo it seems like you forgot to allow me to jump on the last platform. You probably just have to add a layer/tag to that one. Here is the photo:

Music is good. Some good platforming challenges there (falling platforms, small platforms, spikes, moving spikes, minimal view jumps, and timed doors. I feel though you could have separated them a little to begin with.  maybe dealing with one type at a time and adding them together later down the line when you get used to the player movement. Good designs just a little too much too soon combined with imprecise controls. the music and sound effects a really good here well done