I have some hoot related questions:

Is it possible to load multiple wasm modules in the game.js file? It would be helpful for reducing the compile times (and maybe used for hot reloading if possible, reloading the hoot module from javascript). I could not figure out how to use  load_extension.

I also tried the repl (works great with the geiser hoot extension for Emacs)  but, since it can't reload functions, I did not figure out how to use it effectively, could you share some tips?

Sorry, I meant re-evaluating a function (with geiser send definition). What worked for me was exporting a global variable (a record)  from a module, and then in the REPL changing the value of different fields, it worked well with the game loop. But it is cumbersome to use globals in this way, I only did it to try out  the REPL and the geiser hoot package. I know there are limitations with the current version of the REPL, that is why I'm asking for some useful tips given said limitations (I only tried it briefly, global variables was the only thing that came to mind).

A takeaway from this jam: most games written with Hoot worked really well and were convenient to use. The few exceptions were due to input handling, for example a game written for a gamepad not working at all without one (because no non-gamepad buttons were recognized).

So maybe that’s an area that could use some polish in defaults (for example by including a default set of keys to start the game with in the template).