I honestly spent more time on the jump events and game page logo than anything else... Thanks for the review!
In retrospect this was my first attempt at a side-scrolling game, despite my jokey intentions, and will one day serve as a tech demo for an actual game. The usage of button pressing, and maybe a charge up feature a la Mario Bros 3, would have been awesome, agreed. I think I joined the event late, and squeezed this out in a rush.