i have about zero idea what is going on here, giving people their relevant square thing does not seem to slow or do anything to nightmare meter, i thought the lose condition was someone losing all emotion (or capping out on it, not sure which is good or bad), but i saw people go like super black after getting hit on their pattern and i could continue fine. i beat the game first try in hard but would lose no matter how well i did on bullets very quickly in lunatic
i do really like the patterns and the variety of dudes you got in here, thats alotta sprites for jam time. having so many difficulties is also very cool
and since i can dodge the patterns and basically win if im on hard mode, its good enough for me. good game