Thank you so much! I'm really glad you enjoyed the game and the gameplay loop! 🔥
And yes, I completely agree with you about the combat system. The higher-level abilities are mostly useful for going faster, rather than offering a real strategic tradeoff. I definitely would have liked to rework that system and give each attack a more meaningful purpose, but I simply didn't have enough time to properly balance it 😅
Originally, I actually wanted the combat to work more like a little puzzle. Each enemy would have a weakness hinted at in their description: for example, an asthmatic enemy would be weak to Smoke, while an enemy wearing heavy armor would be weak to Extreme Heat. The idea was to figure out which attack worked best against each enemy. Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to implement that properly either!
Thanks a lot for the feedback and for taking the time to write such a detailed comment!
You are on fire! 🔥