I don't really feel like that was true for me? In HK, the main issue with healing is finding a good opportunity. If your health is low it's very hard to get back up, healing is dangerous, and point by point. In silksong, healing is safe, once you have the silk, you're back into the fight immediately

Holy shit I am Really Bad at video games. There's no way I'll ever manage to 1cc this. The game is super lenient with retries thankfully

I remember playing the demo a while back. Immaculate vibes. Why are shmups and rhythm games so fucking awesome? I should play more of those games maybe

I feel like back then (~2010) there were two clear categories of games with a stark difference in terms of budget, aesthetics, and audience. Nowadays the lines are much blurrier on all of these axes. We probably need new, more descriptive vocabulary.

This literal corner case looks like a ton of work even for someone experienced like you

As someone relatively new to the series, what was the "cliffhanger"?

It is a very funny joke

minor spelling mistake etc

It feels like the audience for this game is entirely relying on their enormous amount for trust for Retro to keep their hype going, *despite* the efforts of the marketing team indermining that at every possible opportunity. First time I've seen somthing like that

As long as it's not metaverse bullshit, I welcome any attempt at keeping the space alive because there's so much untapped potential there.
Also the infinite money company for which losses literally don't matter is probably the best positioned player for this

Thank you for this. We need more discussion on this subject as thinky games get more elaborate and diverse.
Another reason I dislike that name is because it misses the forest for the trees IMO. Knowledge gating is a means to an end (various ends, in fact), not the very reason these games are good.

I'm available at the moment. Never worked on a game professionally before, but I have been using Godot (2D and 3D) for game jams for a couple of years, and I'm confident I could work on a full project.