ILA: A Frosty Glide (Demo)

Played this a little while ago (exactly 2 weeks), and really enjoyed it so I wanted to give some feedback.

First off I gotta say I really admire the artstyle. It looks absolutely fantastic like an insanely cozy game. I don't think there's any possible improvement for the general art-direction of this game.

However I did have some tiny issues with some details.
The first issue is the distance blur effect. It can be really distracting when trying to analyze distant objects and trying to plan out a route to go.
It seems you already tried fixing this by only having the blur active when the camera is close to the character.
But I don't only have the camera close to the character when I am trying to look at the character. There's been multiple situations where I've just been moving the camera around to get a good angle of something in the distance.
Maybe try giving the player an item like a binocular with which they can analyze their surrounding from the players position. Or maybe a scouting magic pet thingy that allows them to have a flying camera.
(Or some less intrusive blur would also work, which would also make it less annoying to get out of places where your camera is naturally close to the player such as the bird statue)

Another detail like that is the "shadows". I dunno what exactly I am reffering to, so here's a GIF:
Take note of those weird Shadows happening when the character walks. No clue where that comes from and how much of a difference a "fix" would make.

Back to the general atmosphere of the game. I really really like the music. Together with the graphical style this already feels like a finished game.  It's making me extremely excited how the final project will look like.

And at last the gameplay.
I found it a bit tricky to control but that was far more so a feature than an issue. It feels like the kind of controls you casually learn as you go through the world, I like that, it fits the atmosphere.

I do have 2 minor issues here again.
The first is a bug. Sometimes the gliding doesn't start. From what I could playtest, I think it is caused by the ground not properly regenerating all the flight points. When that happens the broom doesn't start the flight automatically (or not even at all, I don't remember correctly). And just falling onto the ground again does no longer regain any flight points (from what I remember that was the case).
That's all the info I can give. I sadly can't reliably recreate it, it just sometimes happens.

The other issue is the general concept of the broom starting flight automatically. I am kind of unsure about it. It stole me quite a few flight points because I often try starting it manually instead of just waiting till it starts. and when I do that it uses up 2 flight points instead of only 1.
I think the startup of the flight should either be controlled manually or not use up a flight point.

Anyways that's it.
I am really hoping development will go smoothly and you can finish a great game. Good Luck on that Kickstarter.