Well didn't think I'd see another update to this game after a while, but it is a very pleasant surprise :3
Game is still just as fun as before, the new characters are very neat as well, Sugar with her whole thing of changing her state with the various powers is very fun, and Pump Punk is easily my favorite because both inflation and her neat way of attacking because of it~
Will say after replaying it a bit after the update, I guess I'd ask for a few things XD
One thing I'll ask is regarding the gallery and wondering if it would be possible to replay pump punks animations in it? both for pumping up the boss and getting *punked* as I think adding those as a sort of replayable option in the gallery might be a fun idea instead of having to re-fight up to a boss just to see the animation in its entirety.
Second thing I'd ask is if it's at all possible to have the power up cakes spawn in the boss buffet mode? unless I missed one spawning I didn't notice any, think it would be helpful for players wanting to unlock all the "beat a boss x way" achievements instead of having to luck out in normal play for a boss they don't have yet.
Third thing I'd ask is if it's possible to have the power ups be activated the way players would active the super belch instead of by basic parrying? Personally I've found it incredibly aggravating when attempting to either save said power for a boss or as some extra power to blast a fresh wave spawn, but in trying to do so I end up having to play more or less handicapped since I can't parry without just wasting the power up. (Unless I missed something which is completely possible)
Either way fantastic update and hopefully things go well for you with the updates to this game and any future games of yours!
Thank you for your notes! I'll add: You can see some of the bosses' various animations in the Cakiary! It's a bit rudimentary, but we'll see about expanding it (haha) in the future!
As for your other suggestions, those are implemented by design. The secret boss interactions are intentionally difficult to obtain. (If you're really bothered, you can always enable cheats.)
Regardless, thank you for reaching out!
After playing some more and after a night of sleep, I can see in many regard some of these so yeah, I'd still request the power activation on Punk Pump at the least due to her mechanics with it XD
To at least explain myself on saying Pump herself would/should need it is really due to her unique mechanics with her own parry since she inhales bullets before belching them out in a counter attack, but it's also how she gets size as well. Also doesn't help that she's extremely difficult to get helpers with compared to everyone else i feel since, if the power is active it auto pops her and prevents the player from getting helpers. I do think her super belch being how it uses her power would be better since I think it would be a better balancing act in my opinion for Pump to try to get to larger sizes by constantly having access to parries and actively trying not to have SKU-11 pop her too early instead of using a single parry and her next attack just wasting the entire power up.
But that's just me and my whinging and whining since I do genuinely enjoy playing the game, and her especially, just sometimes is something to say even if it doesn't happen XD
Also in trying to figure out how best to get her other achievement for 20 bullets in one inhale, that's gonna take a while XD