Hello Dan,
I am sincerely glad to see your recording after playing our Goats Gorge in the previous Jam! Always a pleasure.
We take your feedback very seriously. The map is massive and it can feel overwehlming or monotonous: to avoid that, we can compact it more and also improve the artistic building of some rooms.
I very much encourage you to finish the game. You barely scratched the surface. You still have the second half of the map to discover. Platforming will be a bit more challenging there, rooms are more compact and all have a purpose.
You will acquire abilities such as bouncing on the floating yellow clouds, riding on those wind tunnels, and also Teleport. I think you will like those mechanics and the way they are implemented.
There is also a sequence break to get Teleport earlier, in case you get to find it. The boss battle also asks the player to use his abilities. I hope you get the opportunity to see the rest of the game.
Hope you have the time!
Thank you again for your interest,
Cheers