Well, I liked this. The concept was freaking cool, I liked the sliding bar instead of health, made a lot of sense. I think this concept could go way further. Like the music changes while you slide around on the bar to reflect the nature of your emotions. That would be hard to do but really cool. I think the controls were fine, and made perfect sense, with the exception of the spinning fire reticle.
Overall, really nice game. Great work!