Lots of fun moving, dodging and attacking. Gets you into the loop very nicely and I love the fact that the statue visually degrades as it loses health. Upgrades are a nice touch as well.
Took a while to learn, but you just need to time your dash through the totem in a way that it refunds the energy mid-dash. That way you have enough energy to jump up after.
Simple game with well-tuned mechanics with an elegant addition of recursion and world persistence. Just don't do the mistake of hiding in the well while the dialogue is still playing. That soft-locked the gameplay for me the first time with no way to exit the well.