True, that’s something different. But same as you try to challenge yourself with something you never did before on a jam (as you wrote, you tried a new genre), I always use jams to experiment with alternative paths, sometimes those experiments brought up new things, which are worth to explore further, sometimes not. this time, I wanted to find “something to do for your second hand”. Just to keep you all away from drinking too much energy drinks while playing… caring about your health! :D
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Personally i don't do energy drinks thing (i'm a rare case i guess! >.<), but yeah, I do understand and respect what you've mentioned and it's absolutely fine. Maybe instead of holding it down to shoot you could have sort of a temporary weapon boost that gets on cooldown after use?
Some games do have a normal skill if you tap, and if instead you hold on for a bit longer the key, it activates something different. That kind of thing.
I hope this helps, cheers and thank you for the reply :)