Ack -- thank you for trying with the buggy switch BG, and sorry that took most of your time! Unfortunately, that button was weirdly glitched in the jam version and shows two versions (the one with the "shift" button and the blank one) and the collision box is weirdly positioned UNDER the center of the word. It's been less of a help to people and more of a hindrance, for sure!
Good call about missing when delivering a perfect attack; I hadn't even considered getting rid of the ability to miss, but will definitely do so!
Thank you so much for playing (required to or not, I still appreciate it), and especially thank you for the feedback! :)
(edited for clarity / typos in the middle)