I think it was worth for you to experiment like that with the game. If anything now you really know what you need for your vision to come true.
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I never heard of that, thanks for letting me know (I hope it works on linux)
You asked how long it takes me to clear the demo, I timed myself and it took about 8 minutes. Pretty much explains why it's so hard for me to make easy levels.
I can relate to that in a way. Devs tend to be really good at their own games
I do know about the memory leak but I haven't quite nailed down what it is yet. As you figured out it definitely has something to do with things not being deallocated on death though. Thankfully it's reasonably slow leakage considering the size of the demo.Yes, it shouldn't be something most players will experience unless they keep the game open for a long time. You still need to fix it eventually.
Considering how much I learned from making an actually bad demo I feel pretty confident the next one is gonna be a lot better though.I look forward to that. It's great to see a fellow dev level up