This was such a sweet little game!
The art, especially those character portraits and powerup illustrations are super cute. Tiles, enemies, all look amazing.(I like the implication that all the dead bigoofys turned into gosts and can now live happily :))
I really liked the music! It added so much charm with the recurring instruments and melodies, I wouldn't mind if you uploaded the soundtrack to youtube, it's quite a bop!
I have no gripes with the gameplay either, some rooms might be a bit ridiculous, and some boss attacks felt a little silly, but overall it's just a super solid metroidvania!
Great little story about a monster, good job on making this!!