Pretty neat idea, though I got stuck in the ground for some reason and can't progress. I really wish the enemy can respawn after you die because you lose all your dna. Had to start all over again.
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Yeah, the enemies were supposed to function like limited collectibles, although I don't know why you lost DNA upon death... I'll have to look into that. The intended level design was gonna have light puzzle-like elements where in order to find all 10 of the last creature (which didn't make it into the game outside of pressing U to Unlock all the player part), you'd need to use specific combinations to get to each place they were hiding, but I didn't budget enough time for decent level design (which is also why there's at least one inescapable pit I missed until after the submission time).
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