i hate the mechanic of ranged gathering, im trying to move left not pick up a letter
I tried melee range to begin with and you just lose health all the time. Ranged was the solution that worked best for the sort of person finding this game.
For a future game where you hit things in an order I'd give you different range weapons. And it wouldn't be words it would be spells. But I thought of all this like a week after 7DRL finished so here we are.