Wow, there's a lot here! This is a cool game, well done. Unfortunately, the hair grappling ability broke when I was playing the web build, so I was stuck and unable to make progress. Once I downloaded the game, the issue went away.
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OH yes--that might be the overall stupidest mistake I made. Only impacts about half of players, because of why it happens. I believe it mainly happens when you get the worm mode power. That'll be fixed in the post-jam polish version. If you've not finished and it somehow happens again, it should resolve with a save-reload. Thanks for your feedback and kind words!