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Thanks for the harsh but useful criticism!

1) Indeed I completely forgot to remove it

2) There is an ammo counter on the top left. I figured the player wouldn't immediately be using the railgun until ~300m so that's where I placed that part of the tutorial. Guess I should trigger it earlier?

3) I could add that, these three points are enough to justify a v1.3. While I'm at it, how was the difficulty ramp-up (spawn rate, mob HP), too slow? Too linear?

4) This is however completely intended as StS is not a run and gun; knowing when to move and when to shoot is everything, which is why I specifically highlight this point in the tutorial and recommend the player to destroy projectiles coming from the front with their sword.

5)  Can you be more specific?

6) 

^This is what I expect you to click on ;)
(This screen + the 2$ suggestion are itch's default thing)
If this really does bother you, I've deactivated the prompt.

Now don't forget that this is a jam game, made solo in three days, from scratch. Making something even remotely decent with such a scope is extremely difficult.

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Any vague theme that is compatible with any genre without having to make far-fetched interpretations sits well with me.
Now if we want to go into specifics, I love goofy stuff and themes that allow for immediate, fast-paced fun. If you can make a super nervous quake like with that theme, you've already got me on board.

One-word themes tend to be the MVP in that regard, from my experience.
By contrast, I find the absolute worst "themes" to be not themes but mechanics/concepts (especially those that try too hard to be subversive). You know, the kind of things that populate about 70% of ludum dare theme slaughter pools like "you are the enemy", "less is more" etc.

EDIT: That said, this jam has a history of having great themes so I'm resting easy :)