This is incredibly creative and charming! I could see this or something just like this being super addictive and actually educational at the same time, but math games aren't usually inherently fun, so this whole project seems like a delicate balancing act, and the end result is admirable.
The controls aren't super satisfying, but they are well designed overall. (Having to use the space bar exclusively for dialogue windows, while the mouse/click is being unused in those scenes doesn't make sense and is slightly jarring.)
I also found the "bonus points" scene ending abruptly without any sort of "invincibly frame" mechanic is somewhat troublesome, but overall this is amazing, especially for one person.
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Great point about the space bar for the dialogue. I made that same mistake in a different jam but clearly forgot the lesson!
yeah the mode switching back is very abrupt. I tried to add a tone for the last few seconds and there is about 0.2 seconds of iframes, but it’s pretty quick. I wasn’t quite sure how to transfer back in a better way.
But thanks for playing!