The inner game is really well done, the big knob works pretty well. I looked at the other comment you posted but I didn't notice anything with the buttons, even with big nob maxed out. But the idea you had for this is great
it's not the most obvious, but the debug panel shows the different stats changing for the player, as well as each enemy type.
https://imgur.com/a/XQSzIlf
here's some max corruption with the buttons enabled. Melpert and the Slime Girls are beeg.
