Thank you!
The pause button was just an initial idea. We thought it would be more useful, we realized it wasn't, and we kept it anyways.
Yess thank you. Very good points.
We did plan on including a launch "cutscene" at the end (and/or menu at the beginning) but cut it due to time (I was literally working on it to the last minute).

We thought the pause button would be more useful, we realized it wasn't and kept it in anyways.
Thank you for the detailed comment!!
Great game! But for some reason the game would horribly lag if you hit "beg for another chance" and kept playing. The only way to fix it was to go back to the main menu, and press play again. Also it was a little annoying you picked up right where you started, and hitting enemies form the top was a nightmare.
But amazing visuals and audio, and great gameplay!