Today has been a very long, difficult and frustrating day! I've managed to do a major rewrite of a key section of the code and I've made a decision about what I'm going to do with the game going forwards.
Yep me too, that came from the asset pack - Cartoon FX. It not only adds the particle effect for the explosion but the camera shake as well. It's an awesome asset
Thank you! I don't think I'll be able to get the rest of the functionality done in time to update the jam submission, but I'm going to continue working on the game after the jam ends.