Thank you so much! Gamefeel is what I care the most about and have the best sense for, I think, so I’m glad it landed well for you. I struggle at things like balancing numbers or accounting for a wide variance in play styles (which anyone who reached any of the bosses will know. ’^^ lol).
I was happy with how the grid turned out, it almost feels like “lighting” without doing anything expensive - each vertex in the grid is on a simple spring, events in the game apply impulse forces to vertices on the grid, and then the grid edges get colored lighter based on how far they’ve been stretched.
My wife is indeed the best and I will pass your compliments along! Again, thanks. ^_^