Truly impressive.
Sprites are well drawn, reminded me of castlevania.
Music is great.
Controls feel clunky, moving and jumping is annoying at first but then I got used to it.
I loved the attack system you made, having only a heavy attack and a light gun attack that stuns enemies and kills the dogs is marvellous. Instead of killing enemies mindlessly, the player has to choose between stunning an enemy or killing the dog an such.
The dark level was interesting, at first I thought "oh shit, why did you make the light source soo small" but then I realised that I was supposed to use my ears and gun to know the enemy placement, really good level.
My biggest letdown was the boss fight. Since fighting pawns was quite a difficult thing for me, I expected the boss to be a true challenge, but I defeated him in my 2° try. I think that his attacks were too predictable and his jumping was just too slow and easy to trick.
Overall, amazing game mate, if you were to work on those tweaks, I think that you just need to fix the platforming and the boss fight.