I cannot understate how bad the controls are.
This is an excellent concept. It truly is. And it has so much going for it, from the creative character designs to the luscious graphics and beautiful music. BUT, all of that is undermined by some of the sloppiest controls and frustratingly bad hit detection ever to appear in a flash game. North-South movement is far too slow compared to east-west movement, even considering that it's not a true top-down view. Movable boulders won't budge unless you're right in the center. Bubbas (those big orange guys) can kill you even when you're standing just north of where their hands hit. And Level 9 was certainly a nightmare to get through, considering that it is extremely likely that you'll get caught on the edge of a crystal even when your path is approximately 95% unblocked.
And all of this especially saddens me because this looks like it could have been an incredible game, but all of these glitches compound until all the fun is sucked out of it. If you decide to make a sequel to this game, you must, you ABSOLUTELY MUST, fix these problems.