Thank you for the kind words and thoughtful comments! Our Audio Engineer/Musician/QA Person: AVNDR also caught this during design and building. We decided for the Jam that it was a fun thing for someone to figure out, as you have! You're absolutely right, though; it would need to be balanced in a full release. Perhaps snapping the line at a certain distance could solve this exploit? In the meantime, enjoy cleaning those Seas, and thanks again for taking the time to play our submission!
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That's a great thought as well! Riffing off your idea, we could have some visual animation of a rope getting taught and vibrating right before snapping with sound cues to warn the player. A longer rope would also be a great upgrade if the rope snapped. We also thought it'd be cool if you could pull things towards you with it, such as the large derelict ships.