I agree with pretty much everything you said here, especially about the level design. originally, there was going to be a lot more in this jam version of the game, including a more fletched out tutorial level that slowly introduced these mechanics. But I gave up 2 days before the jam ended, and lost all that extra time to work, but 3 hours before the deadline, I rushed to finish the levels seen here and didn't put much thought into them. It's definitely not my proudest work.
Gah yeah the sliding against walls and stuff was a mistake on my end, I've known about it since I made the sliding but I never ended up using a workaround since sliding was speed based, and you're technically not moving against a wall and I struggled to find a solution. glad you enjoyed it!
I cannot believe that the mage is stuck in a time loop, that caused him to spiral into a state of insanity. It was very tragic watching him tear his friends to shreds, it was a great reference to "Cursed Woody", who also is the main villain. I appreciate the appearance of Humm from Save Kitt by Topazith on itch.io, very awesome.
