The controls are based off of physics so the animation plays a as soon as input is received, hence making it feel like it is lagging behind as the character gains momentum slowly rather than all at once like the animation. I disabled the run function because of this very reason, it felt very laggy due to the animations not being perfectly synced. This is fixable by making a blend tree for the animation from idle to walk, but unfortunately I did not have time to configure that even though it is an easy process. Thanks for the review and input!! 

Thanks for your kind feedback! Sorry the gameplay was extremely lacking, it was our first game jam and we weren't one hundred percent sure where we were going with it. We're working on it still though, and hope to make a really interesting game in the future c: