I'm excited to see how it develops! I feel like the natural progression is to create items that apply modifiers, add more structure to the level progression, etc. but I think it would also be cute to see some Dave the Diver-style story and character content - this art style and the fun concept would be a perfect fit! Like the occasional store commercial or
Oooh! These are great ideas!! Yeah we havent quite decided fully on progression yet. The idea is to have a calendar as an overworld. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday (boss round) you play your coupons in the store. So far for Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays, and Sundays we have only really thought about various mini games and events, but these would be great places to actually slot some more interesting story elements / different gameplay too!
Thank you for the suggestions! You got me definitely thinking on this some more! Haha. :)