I attempted this game twice. The first time I decided to just skip the cave as I just didn't feel like it, beat the first part of the boss, died on the two enemies above him and gave up after seeing myself back down. The second time I actually went in the cave and got the improved weapon. Unfortunately I died on the second phase and while my camera was on the boss I wasn't on the screen, so I suspect my character respawned at the bottom again. Sadly I did not manage to find my way up blindly. Finally finished it the third attempt, again without the weapon upgrade (I wanted to challenge myself), and the game felt pretty good, I especially liked the simple drawn art style and animations. Btw what version of godot did you use for this?
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Thanks for playing! The weapon upgrade is intentionally optional, but the final level is much harder with out it. For reference, the upgrade triples your damage-- kudos for beating the game regardless! Sorry to hear you had some camera bugs, I'll take a look at the code in that section to see if I can get that fixed soon. I used Godot 4.1.1!