This was very fun to play, and looks very nice! :D
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I've been going back to it several times - I think that I maybe would like some sort of feeling of progression - but then again, it feels like just a high-score game so it's not removing much value. An initial reaction I had though, was the fact that only one tree resulted in a monster - and you quickly figured out which one that was. It takes away a bit of the excitement of finding - or not finding - monsters. It's like the timer is not really stressing much, because you pretty soon stop hitting random trees. I think that a more of a randomness in that regard would elevate this game even more! :)
That's cool to hear you're a returning player!
I agree completely, progression is very much needed otherwise what's the point of playing.
That's an interesting point about "discovering" the monsters in trees. I wonder how random trees having monsters in would change the experience of the game. Also, trees with monsters in occasionally twitch, so that could become the only giveaway that monsters are in the trees instead of the darker, thornier appearance.
Would you be interested in testing future versions / projects?