Hot Heat Reset

The game is very high quality for only costing $5 and being the developer's first published game. I bought it when I saw it went half off, but, in hindsight, I would have paid full price. It definitely deserves more attention than it has received. Awesome job, developer!
The gameplay is pretty good. Most of the levels are designed well and there are a good amount of hazards to keep things fresh. It's really nice that levels are pretty short, so you can play the game whenever you need a break from something else and stop whenever you want. Improving my times on levels is very satisfying, especially because of the leaderboards. The art and music are also pretty good. The different characters are cool, but I wish there were levels designed for specific characters. I didn't use screen because he's slower than the rest and is also the hardest to use (but maybe he's the fastest character for some levels).
The dialogue, however, doesn't come close to forming a story. It mostly just disrupts the flow of the game, but it's infrequent.
The only things I think could be improved are:
1. Pause the level motion and the timer until the player gives their first input
2. Add a back button to the pause menu that would take you back to the chapter level select (instead of only the main menu)
3. Only display each dialogue sequence once as long as you haven't quit the level. So if you die, restart, or replay the level, the dialogue box would not interrupt you again.