Thank you for the feedback! I super appreciate it. I agree with pretty much everything you said! Daze was a bit strong, and actually a pain point on the receiving end as well!
The main tool/area interaction I was unhappy with was the first one. The best tool to have in the forest was the knife, which you probably are getting last. I thought it would be a nice feeling to go back and conquer the plants that were tough in the beginning, but it turned out to make the first area people go, a frustrating area. Kind of worst case scenario.
Yeah I spent a couple hours trying to find chiptune music that I liked, since I have no musical talent myself, and I just couldn't find any. I just settled on the ones I found during my search that fit the feeling I wanted instead. Would have preferred music more from the era if I had more time.
Thanks for completing it! I'm glad you felt rewarded to be strategic about what tools/teas you used. That was the part of the game that I was most satisfied with in the end! I think a lot of people didn't make it far enough to see much of that stuff, because of all the points of frustration near the start