Thank you! Our idea was that it should feel more like a puzzle than an action challenge
The pointer is not a you-issue I'm afraid, that's one of many (oh so many) bugs that were left unresolved before the time was up
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We got back to the game again this morning and with a fresh set of eyes we figured out that the game was missing a whooping 3 lines of code which was breaking the entire game, but that's game jams for you.
We've now got a post-jam version if you want to check it out for the intended gameplay. We're intending to further update later down the line, happy raiding!
https://tobiashenriksson.itch.io/slaves-to-the-meta-post-gmtk-game-jam-version