VVVVVV was indeed a huge inspiration for me back when I made this game—not only for its gameplay, but it was also the first time I saw a game that was made mostly by one person, and that's really what helped me get motivated to learn game development! If you're interested, at one point I made a collection with all of the games that (more or less) inspired Mobility: https://itch.io/c/283975/if-you-liked-mobility