Ah, I see, in that case maybe change the effect a bit after activating the checkpoints? they look very active and interactable since they keep spinning and are very eye-catching. Just giving them a visual cue that "this is now on but you can't interact with it anymore" would do wonders I think. And thanks for that clip, deflecting projectiles looks satisfying af.
Absolutely looking forward to the full game, hope it does well!