Hey Cakez!!! Thanks for playing and investing time to give some feedback! I really appreciate it!
- There is no reason for it to be a .7z file, that was an oversight and it can perfectly be a .zip instead. Good catch!
- Sound settings is something I didn't add due to the prototype nature of the game, but in retrospective it should be something added as early as possible if one wants to have people play testing it. So I'll add it in the following build. It is a common remark, you are not alone!
- Progression wise I understand. That will be an important design challenge, but so far I just focused on the "inner" game loop. But your feedback here and in the VOD is still very valuable to understand where I can go with it.
Qwhack is not abandoned, but definitely slowed down a bit. Also I have been trying to get a wasm build for it, but being made jai made it a bit more challenging. I should probably release a blog post here to lay out the status and plans for the project.
Finally, thanks for the positive feedback on the art and sound. That was all made from scratch by myself (sfx recording had the help of my kid), except the font (so no AI). I am glad that you enjoyed those.
Thanks again for playing!!