Thank you so much! Great description of why I like to avoid HUDs as much as possible, combined with how hard it is to make them look nice..
Oh no, did you ever shine in gold? Without the parry the game definitely is difficult or even unbalanced right now. If you press the prompted strike just before the shark would hit you, you become golden and instantly defeat a shark or deflect a projectile. If you still only knock them back you need to wait a tad longer
Anyway thanks a ton for playing and the valuable feedback :)