Great game! Loved the pacing and overall feel. Very well done! Everything has already been mentioned here, but things that occurred to me, too: the growth circles idea is great, but I didn't get what they're good for at first. The ranged sword made most of the level too easy. (I died in the boss fight though, have to try again.) Also, after picking up too many "walk speed" powerups, it became really hard to control :)
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Thank you for playing!
Yeah I still have to find a way to make the tutorial more clear!
Yeah balancing is hard... :D I will try to improve on that!
Totally fair and I think I will tone down the amount of wlk spd the upgrades give or maybe even cap it off at some point. Or maybe even introduce more tier one rewards so you don't get that one too often :D