Dreamtrotter [Test Demo]

The art is lovely and leaves me nostalgic for more than one 80's anime & the Little Nemo movie. Despite being an early build, there really is already so much to love and very little to criticize as it's very clear you've put a lot of love and attention even into the demo. I also love the dark, ethereal undertones coursing throughout this demo from start to finish. I really cannot wait to see where things go from here!!!

The only bugs I've found so far are thus:
1. If you press the action key (Z) enough times during a cutscene or at the start of a new level, you can make Moira blink in and out of existence.

1a. If you press the action key (Z) fast enough during a cutscene, her animations begin to overlap. These may be bugs or maybe you intended them, but I definitely feel like if you wanted there is gameplay potential in these two things. 

2. When fighting your first Dream Slimes as opposed to abusing Ciel's slime, it's possible to be knocked off the edge of the map if you are near the starting point to the left of the slimes, falling down and remaining trapped there.

 
3. This is probably the only design criticism I have so far, but the bouncy ball level is frustrating for two reasons. 

3a. There is an exploit at this level that I've struggled to reproduce given how touch & go the balls are, but the one time I nearly managed to reproduce it it involved hitting the jump button 3 times, falling from the second highest ball back to the starting point/giraffee which produced not only a sort of white screen tear but also a slingshot effect. I thought it may have been intentional, though I was only ever able to barely reproduce it once or twice by being able slingshot up the giraffe's neck back to my starting position at the ledge in front of the giraffe.
EDIT: Jump onto the far left tip of the invisible edge on the center ball and let yourself fall towards the giraffe for a slingshot effect, but you may also need to press jump while touching the wall parallel to the giraffe's neck.

3b. This isn't so much a bug/exploit report as it is a criticism. This level is a bit too annoying tbh. A very key location like the item shop (which you'd need to get to buy soda)  shouldn't be hidden behind all of that. It's definitely a good motivator, but the level as it is right now would make this impossible for casual players to reach without a bit of luck. As it is you barely breathe on the balls from the side, you are sent flying! This is pardonable tho since this is in fact a platformer. I'd only change one thing, make the dash take you just a bit further. I honestly had to drop my third playthrough after leveling up and acquiring over 200 candies because I ran out of dash points which was slightly disappointing. I'm definitely not saying to get rid of the difficulty but as it is, unless you are aware of the invisible edges to the balls, it's possible you'll end up wasting all of your dash points or potentially an entire playthrough. I did figure out the timing, but what about players who cannot figure it out before running out of their first set of allotted dash points? It happened to me on my second playthrough, so I had to start over :( 

4. I think an extended dash would change this, but the boss fight can be a little frustrating. It'd be cool if he gave some cue that he was about to plop down from the sky, like a creepy laugh or a shadow appearing where he intended to land (tho, that may hurt the difficulty unless you extend the level, the speed and the amount of times he drops down at you.) Overall though, from start to finish, I'm enjoying the Midnight Carnival so far! Also, have you consider

That all being said, this is one of the very few games I WANTED to playtest thanks to both it's art and it's gameplay. Keep it up, this is a very interesting game with loads of potential and I'm very excited for your next iteration! 

Woah, that was so cool!! Especially for a game made in RM, I didn't expect it to feel so clean to control. Took me a little bit to get used to (and it doesn't help that I suck at platformers), but it started to feel pretty natural by the end. The art is gorgeous too, love the character design! Super excited to see how the project progresses! Big good luck with development! ^^