Wow, thanks for such a long comment! Really appreciate it :) Glad you liked the dash mechanic!
I totally agree with all your points. At first, the levels were supposed to be a lot bigger aand roomier, but that would mean I had to up the resolution, and I really wanted to keep the 1-BIT lowres feel. However, I wrote the whole moveset before I designed the levels and theme (classic beginner..), so all gravity, speed parameters, etc didnt really feel right in the smaller levels. Didnt have a lot of the the rest of the week, so I decided to upload it as is.
Love to hear that you played with a controller! The moveset was actually meant to be used with an analog joystick :)