This is amazing feedback Bad Piggy we really appreciate it, we had a discussion last night regarding the future of Sewer Slicks and have taken some of these notes down to improve it!
We agree with the need for tuning and definitely should've tried to tune it a lot earlier in the process but now we have time to master it! There have been thoughts about including a "bullet time" mechanic as you start the trick that allows you to properly follow up/complete the trick so you have more time to react to it. Thankyou for the feedback on the bars too, they were definitely a rush job to get it across the line and we would like to add a more granular slider approach alongside a change up of the UI to make different types of tricks distinguishable from one another.
This is a great point and several people have mentioned now that it feels very sudden, so the artist and composer have already started proposing solutions on really "dressing up" the timer to make it more obvious (and even more playful haha).
We felt that too regarding the child support it was supposed to be something that feels like it is constantly lingering over you forcing you to really decide if you were going to try to min/max your performance in the arena or if you were going to bet it all on slots in the hopes of pulling through so this is definitely a delicate line we need to skirt and balance.
Thanks again for the review Bad Piggy, if you really liked it then make sure to put it in your collection and watch out for future updates!