ok, I am going to change some default settings like the FOV and turn on automatic tooltips.
I might not change music when pausing the game as well.
Early on, the most difficult rooms are those where you can't see all doors (like having a wall in the middle or smaller sidepaths). Rooms with green sludge are also difficult since you lose a lot of time as a beginneryeah, it is my intention to not always show all room, but maybe those are also too hard for beginners. I just don't want new players to see all rooms as just cubes. Most rooms with sticky slime pools should not appear until template Baby Steps+. I am going to change the spawn room to make it less punishing.
I'm just afraid that at that point you will burn yourself out, since there will be nothing else left to do.
It's ok, I could always start coding another game while making assets for this one. I am more likely to slow down development due to ilr things, than burning out on my passion project.
In that case, please stop time when you enter the heart rooms. I imagine I'd be too stressed by the time limit to check them out.
I don't know about completely stoping the timer in heart rooms, but there is a seal in the game which maxes out exra time when you approach hearts for the first time (it's really good when you increase your max extra time too).
One way to handle this is to make specific "tutorial" dungeon rooms.
Yes but teaching things during dungeon runs would completely break the flow of those runs. If I put optional signs for reading in front of some jumps explaining all the possibilities, players that would read them would feel like I am just extending the tutorial with more writing about some edge cases.
I never thought to check honestly due to the time limit
The timer pauses when you open those windows.
Thanks for all the feedback, and ideas on how I can improve the game.