Just submitted!
I'd like to thank my wife for going to the neighbor's bonfire party without me to give me time to finish this game.
A huge thank you to Jeremiah Reid for their amazing tutorial. I learned enough about javascript in 7 days to get this far, but it would never have happened without the template to go off of.
I would also like to thank Michael Brough for his unique game design perspective. If you read his blog, you will find an honest man, new to fatherhood, and it reminds me of my own life. He games and work ethic were a major motivation to enter this year's 7DRL, my first.
I would love to see what your maximum score is, so please post it somewhere if you sink some time into this. It's all about the pontos, after all.
**spoilers**
There are nine abilities to help you navigate. The duck and the lava can kill enemies, the butterfly can heal adjacent characters, and the rest help with movement or via decoys. You may get stuck early on, but if you open up the extra abilities, movement becomes much more fluid and strategic. Good luck.