Finally got around to playing this (via catalog), and congrats on another great game! Couldn't stop until I did everything there was to do. I really like the BTS bonuses you add to all your games too. My only issue was performance problems during the final boss fight in the first ending, and the minor factor of Pulp gameplay very often being along the lines of "waiting for spikes or enemies to retract/gaps to fill" which I would've liked to skip while backtracking. The puzzles were really fun (especially the tile-filling ones in one dungeon), I loved that all the bosses had a completely unique gimmick, and some of the environmental hazards were creative, but the classic adventure/exploration game elements are where it shines the most. It's just a lot of fun running around the world and talking to people in these games - the dialogue is so good!
The Along Came a Spider games have such a weird personality to them that I really like. They seem cutesy and funny on the surface but have some edge and really dark humor to them which I really appreciate. Thanks, total steal at four bucks!
(Speaking of Catalog... am I dumb or is this game really hard to find there? I could only find your first game there and had to google this one to actually find it in their catalog. Panic's gotta add some additional sorting options or something).
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Hello - thank you so much for this lovely response to our game! That last boss fight is so taxing on the system, we are asking it to do a ridiculous amount in Pulp and optimised as much as we could, but I think we've reached its limits now!
Shame to hear it was hard to find, we've stepped away from the Playdate scene a little recently (life gets busy!) so wasn't aware of this. We'll check it out and thanks for flagging.
I'm so pleased to hear you enjoy the world. One of our aims was to create a world that's genuinely fun to explore, filled with silly NPCs. Have you found the five endings and got the two save file stars? There's one veeeeery secret secret crammed in there!