I had a lot of trouble figuring out how to fight back (I got BEAT bad) despite having trouble with communicating that feedback - the idea of a beat em up rhythm game was a lot of fun to me. nice work working together in pico8 too
I really really enjoyed the puzzle of moving around once I got the hang of it. At first I thought I wasn't able to play because I was only on a track pad.
My only thought would be to make levels slightly shorter (just for pacing sake)