thanks for the kind words! to clarify, the online scoreboard site arcade2000.io has been a years long project for me. i have it set up so i can quickly and easily integrate it into a game, so i use it for gamejams. i actually opened up the API prior to the jam so anyone could use it, but i don’t think anyone’s tried yet.
as for the boss, i’m wondering if the main problem is that it’s still too hard to judge depth. i spent a lot of time on shaders trying to solve this problem in a stylish way (dithering + sprite size snapping). we’ll need to find a way to make it clearer. thanks for the feedback!