This one clicked for me instantly — drag the arc, launch, and then that little "brake when the buddy echoes" timing window makes the pose-matching feel great. The CLOSE CALL scoreboard breaking the dive into Safe Entry / Pose+Splash / Buddy Proximity / Synchronization is a really smart way to reward the buddy mechanic instead of just splash size, and it gives you clear things to chase on a retry. Genuinely juicy, readable, and fun in the first ten seconds; the "companion copies your pose after a delay" idea is one of the cleanest BUDDY reads in the jam. My only wish is more boards — I wanted to keep diving. Excellent work.
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Thank you so much for the detailed feedback! You understood exactly what I was aiming for: a quick launch, a readable delayed echo, and a moment where the two arcs have to reunite instead of simply landing in the pool. I’m especially glad the scoring breakdown helped communicate that. More boards and variations are at the top of my post-jam list—I wanted to keep diving too!