I've been playing this for about 15 minutes, and I don't know what the hell I'm supposed to do!
I ended up turning it off because I was expecting to get to an endpoint, or at least get a gold bar or something.
It is an interesting idea for a hack. And you got rid of the original music which helps. I also got a kick out of jumping on a turtle and using him to get back on the main level. If I didn't find that, then I'd be bored.
Are the apes from "Sky Skipper"? Part of me thinks that scorpions would be better, but the apes are cool.