This is a short, sweet and really charming Metroidvania! I've been digging into my backlog for shorter games to play since I'm now an adult with a full time job who can't just sink dozens of hours into a game anymore, and I'm really happy I chose to play this!

The game isn't difficult, but it did take me a few tries to beat some bosses and areas. Most of the secrets and upgrades are discoverable by yourself with a little bit time and sometimes trial and error with difficult jumps. It's just the right amount of challenge to make me feel like I'm making progress and achieving something without being a pushover. Each area in the game has it's own gimmick which keeps stuff fresh and nothing overstays it's welcome. I really like the dialogue as well! All the collectable cassettes are a nice touch, although I mostly stuck to the default one. White on pure black looks amaaaazing on the steam deck OLED.

Definitely recommend picking this up and I think it's more than worth it at full price. I hope one day we may even get a sequel. Good job dev :)

The inertia in the movements makes it very frustrating.

It's basically a short version of Guacamelee in 1-bit graphics.