Thank you for the lovely review, you're the first person who's said they liked the intro so I appreciate that a lot haha. I can see where you're coming from with the screen clutter, I'll definitely look into a fix for that after the jam, maybe a setting that lowers the opacity of less important sprites, like your projectiles and gems? There isn't an actual ending other than the warning message changing after you've beaten the last boss, but I'm definitely not against the idea of adding something proper. And the iteration counter is a really great idea too. Thanks for the feedback!