I just found a "Hardlock" that is super easy to perform. (Note: Normal Spikes works too, not just Instant Death Spikes. Possibly all forms of dying?)
How To:
- When you press "Exit To Menu" the game doesn't pause, thus allow you to
keep falling and die while doing so. Once you load into a new level (can
be a different one, or the same one, it doesn't matter), then you will
hardlock. You can turn left and right, press Y to hear transformation
sound or Jump to hear the jumping sound (neither will actually have any
effect though). Pausing doesn't work either. Now if you Dash then you
will freeze permanently, so any of the previously mentioned actions stop
working. At this point closing the game with Alt+F4 is the only
solution.
I guess the fix would be to make the game not resume after pressing "Exit To Menu"?