this was so hard in sonic mania on the part where you go in the water i hated it, but good song!

This sounds really uniquely quirky and interesting. I love that you incorporated the sound effects rather seamlessly. The only thing I might change is cutting a bit of reverb, side chaining the wet signal from it, and cutting off the low end to 250 hz.

You might also cop a plugin like KSHMR Essentials for processing your kick and snare, get some harder transients on them. They seem low in the mix compared to your cymbals, which I might bring down some. There's basically nothing in that range frequency wise, so hihat and cymbal naturally stick out. Experiment with turning the volume down on your mix as a whole, and see if you can push them down a bit without losing them. Then bring the volume back up and hear how much fuller your mix sounds when you get to the final result.

Anyway, sounds great. Keep up the good work!

my childhood fear but cooler