Im loving the spin aswell :)
Seems like you have a good base for building platformers now, who know you might come back to it even if it does get abandoned for now.
As the game stands now, the plus;
Very smooth, Simple enough that you can effectively play it without instructions, stage is simple but thought out, pretty fun!
Crit;
Some of the colours clash - personally i found the characters didnt stand out from the background as much as they could (Should be noted I have a bit of colour-blindness, so others might not agree with me).
Showing a lot of potential, keep up the good work.