Thanks for the feedback and catching those little details such as the Options.
I will remove the holding of Sprint and Action entirely in favor of toggling. I also didn’t clearly explain that the usage of Slice, Shout, and Shock were to allow you to befriend and remove the frustrations denoted by the icons on top of the Beings. Doing the wrong action will make them angered, and after 3, will only allow you to use Slice. Making other actions ineffective. I initially thought that since the HUD showed the icon that had some similarities to the ones on top of Beings, players would gravitate toward trying it but it seems I need to better explain that. So I will be adding some text on it at the starting area.
For these early Beings, I think they’re fine that they are cheesable. If one does choose to befriend instead of slay, I actually did want players to cheese them a little. Maybe slowly drag them out of others’ way so you don’t hit other Beings with the wrong Action. But harder Beings are in the works and I’ll look into more bullet hell style for the later Beings.
I’m still thinking of how to make the cone of action better, but I won’t remove it. I don’t really wanna do the rotating guns like other twin-stick shooters so I still need something for Keyboard-only and Controller. Plus, the Shock action relies on it as it isn’t a projectile. The player must have the Being in that cone for the Shock Action to work.