Thanks for the in-depth review!
I also really wish I managed to get some sfx in. I think the next jam I do I'm going to change my approach and add sounds as I'm working on mechanics.
I purposely left helping the bears out of the scoring system. Since my goal was to make it so helping the bears would negatively impact your score. But I did want to reward the player in some way. So each time you help a bear, the world changes a bit. Helping the first bear stops the rain. Helping the second one increases the saturation. And helping the third adds music.
As for the maze...I just ran out of ideas. And I didn't have the time to brainstorm a better one TwT.
And yeah, the first bear is currently broken. I forgot to move the trigger collider when I made the room smaller.
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Yes of course! And it seems I misunderstood your intended purpose and missed the additions to the game! Hearing the rationale, everything makes a lot more sense and I really like the open ended way you left things! And the maze wasn't horrible by any means I just think the more swinging the better! And thank you for the clarification on the first bear! That would have bothered me haha.