SAGE 2023 - Demo Out-Class Hunter (SAGE '23 Demo)

I checked up this one last year and I am just now bothering to give it an actual review, since I gave it none past year.
Since the game's so brief I'll be quick with this one, I do like that there are some improvements regarding level design and gameplay, the game is difficult but fair and I like how expansive they are.
The gameplay is quite solid, again I have a skill issue when it comes to platformers but this one wasn't that hard to get into once I get used to it, albeit I'd like if the mouse camera had more sensitivity.
I do also like Winona, she has a cute design and an attitude, I do want to know more about the lore in the future.
The music selection is good too, I find the forest tune particularly memorable, nothing else to say.

The game's not completely flawless, like there's some issue with collision either for or against me(IE: either when I am attacking or when the enemy attacks me), the first level being too short, being able to be completed on less than half a minute, lack of enemy variety(albeit I do like the laser cacti, that's a step up), some bugs that cause or are caused by the weird things and even the AI of the only enemy there is sometimes looks... lobotomized, seriously they don't attack me at all. However, the creator has took these into consideration and he has been already taking a look into whatever's happening, so props for that, and I'd like if the first level was a bit more long and less throwaway. As a bonus I'd like a limited lives system, where if I lose my lives or something I'd have to restart the level with the enemies intact, just as extra challenge.

Anyways, I hope the next version of this game turns even beter, I do like the level variety now and I see the game having a good future.