STOVE

The concept isn't bad, but there are a lot of things to be desired, such as the movement of the screen, the control of the characters, and the difficulty of the puzzles.

I think one way is to just leave out uninteresting stories.

In a game where the core of the fun lies in the player's free-roaming adventures and puzzles that they have to solve on their own, it seems like a bad experience to frequently encounter parts where you can't control the controls.

It reminds me a lot of Wave Tail, it seems to share the same flaws of being fun to run around in, but then losing interest in the game once you get tired of it.