thanks for playing
you actually named two of the games inspirations. about the metroidvania thing, i didn't get to add a mini map so i was worried exploration would be frustrating
you may have noticed that some of the floor-less rooms suddenly have a floor if you walk back into them after clearing them, that way backtracking would be possible but yeah most of the game isn't like that
yeah i know the room with the soft lock, i forgot about it and didn't get to fix it, my bad
again thanks for the feedback!